Lucianne.com News Forum - HomePage - RSS (http://www.lucianne.com/) http://www.lucianne.com/rssfeed/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:02:22 GMT Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:02:22 GMT Lucianne.com Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:45:45 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=527774 567623764DA14ABC7E1B095F43A51FF3B4776411331F125AD5BF69F003487277 Associated Press, by Staff Posted By: Ribicon- Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:45:45 GMT Santa Ana, Calif. — A state appeals court has ordered parole for a former Southern California dentist convicted of killing three patients with drug overdoses. A ruling Tuesday by the 4th District Court of Appeal said 63'year'old Tony Protopappas must be released from prison unless there is new evidence that he's a danger to society. Protopappas has served more than 25 years of a potential life sentence for second'degree murder. His attorney, Richard Pfeiffer, told the court Protopappas accepted responsibility and is remorseful for the deaths. Thirteen'year'old Patricia Craven, 23'year'old Kim Andreassen and Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:35:38 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=527773 0F59F9C84FD935C3544FE810BF0B93C3C56AD1F98F55181241F12C42A80A275F American Thinker, by Chuck Rogér Posted By: Photoonist- Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:35:38 GMT A new Ivy League ''fellow'' will soon have the opportunity to teach students his belief that white people are "steering poison into the people'of'color communities" and that America should give up its wealth to the American Indians. This June, Princeton University will welcome to its hallowed halls former Obama Green Jobs Czar Van Jones, a self'proclaimed communist. The story of how America started down a path leading to communist instructors in our classrooms begs to be told. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:28:08 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=527772 2AB0078DB914BB24D3CB8DDB2D9D8CD81A70DD9043D39623CEE95CB406BF1C8F Los Angeles Times, by Garrett Therolf Posted By: Photoonist- Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:28:08 GMT As Los Angeles County supervisors prepare to carve deeply into everything from public safety to social services, they also are spending millions in taxpayer dollars to burnish their public images, pay for chauffeurs, hold parties for friends and lobbyists and support pet projects. Each supervisor receives $3.4 million a year to spend as he or she sees fit, without any public vote or scrutiny. (Snip) Supervisor Mark Ridley'Thomas used $25,000 to buy a place in Who’s Who in Black Los Angeles. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:23:02 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=527771 2D0E6D1743CAA3022111B0F5ACB5CE7B836A27670529BF49BDF480AC160587C3 American Thinker, by Lauri B. Regan Posted By: Photoonist- Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:23:02 GMT If there was ever a question as to what President Obama meant when titling his autobiography "The Audacity of Hope," he certainly offered Americans a peek through the looking glass during the televised health care debate two weeks ago. (Snip) The meeting was political, aimed at manipulating the public into buying into the talking point that the Republicans are the ''party of no.'' And it was a propaganda tool aimed at finally televising to the country the Democrats' positions, which are enshrined in distortions and dishonesty lest the public truly understand their implications on the future prosperity of the country. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:16:54 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=527770 6AC5320DED4CB0DBD23CFA4664748B2AA3C7F8C821B970B67237789E6E5E86F4 American Thinker, by Ryan Scott Welch Posted By: Photoonist- Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:16:54 GMT Carl Von Clausewitz, who wrote the seminal work On War, noted that ''[w]ar is a mere continuation of politics by other means.'' If politics and warfare are a continuum, then military strategy should apply in politics and in the contest of political ideas. As a military officer, I study tactics as a part of my professional development. (Snip) In the battle of ideas, progressives, with the aid of their academic and media allies, have defined many of the terms and words that will be used. They are able to ''impose their will'' by defining the terms of the debate. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:10:32 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=527769 4291784E678EACEBD9EBC528A2C43E9C26EF127C04F9EE8C1D4DC4B4787CC7CE Townhall, by Cal Thomas Posted By: Photoonist- Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:10:32 GMT The Supreme Court has decided to take a case that may change the boundaries for types of speech protected by the First Amendment. The case was brought by a Maryland man whose son's 2006 funeral was picketed by members of the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas. (Snip) Hentoff believes speech that might be construed as leading a person to act ''is a clear disturbance of the peace at a religious or any kind of event" and thus "is not protected by the First Amendment.'' Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:06:16 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=527768 7D12A23A2FAA78DD3835E52F50C36CF4199B097D56BEB3859DD4949AB45DC346 Townhall, by Scott Wheeler Posted By: Photoonist- Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:06:16 GMT A Marxist group that has demanded the ''destruction'' of the U.S. and issued a call "to bring this government down" is the recipient of stimulus funds from the Obama American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). This same group, the Brecht Forum, has also called for the complete takeover of insurance companies and farms in America. (Snip) My own investigation uncovered the link to federal stimulus dollars providing financial support for the Brecht Forum. The grants from NYSCA were ostensibly provided for artistic projects, Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:01:59 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=527767 E177A70186A141B284302FAE5ADE2A33927910B313A6D1FA57F1BB9ED70FB8DF New York Times, by Sewell Chan Posted By: Photoonist- Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:01:59 GMT Washington ' A Congressional panel, in a report to be released Thursday, questioned the need for the Treasury Department’s $17.2 bailout of GMAC as the company dealt with the collapsing mortgage market in 2008 and 2009. (Snip) But the five'member panel said it took ''no position on whether Treasury should have rescued GMAC.'' (One member, Damon A. Silvers of the A.F.L.'C.I.O., recused himself from investigations concerning the auto industry.) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:00:39 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=527766 E71C411813108221455EDA5C2BDA881D1DDE946F198215233037C8961B48EBD4 Associated Press, by David Mercer Posted By: Ribicon- Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:00:39 GMT Champaign, Ill. — As they scrambled recently to trace the source of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds around the country, investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention successfully used a new tool for the first time — the shopper cards that millions of Americans swipe every time they buy groceries. With permission from the patients, investigators followed the trail of grocery purchases to a Rhode Island company that makes salami, then zeroed in on the pepper used to season the meat. Never before had the CDC successfully mined the mountain of data that supermarket chains compile. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:54:27 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=527765 155B59224445979E05637939DC9B95B4018224F321A2D76F01D738B675FCDB7F Washington Times, by David M. Dickson Posted By: Photoonist- Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:54:27 GMT The recession and the ongoing jobless recovery devastated much of the private'sector work force last year, sending unemployment soaring, but government workers emerged essentially unscathed, according to data released Wednesday by the Labor Department. Meanwhile, the compensation for state and local government employees continued to easily outdistance the wages and benefits for workers in private business, Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:51:29 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=527764 85ED41EBB669C35860CCC966450AE2DEB920F19EB071D7C7A17D99F6685E9AFB Associated Press, by Staff Posted By: Photoonist- Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:51:29 GMT Cairo ' The Arab League recommended on Wednesday to withdraw its support for indirect talks between Palestinians and Israelis due to recent announcements of new settlement building in east Jerusalem. The league's peace initiative committee's decision is only a recommendation and a final decision will have to be made by the foreign ministers of the Arab nations. (Snip) The committee recommended linking the cessation of plans to build the settlement housing units to any resumption of talks. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:43:26 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=527763 29CF43C30B3613A259E266FED710C6A9C2096A5D4B74EC4379B39FE73FE66D2B Washington Times, by Dr. C. L. Gray Posted By: Photoonist- Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:43:26 GMT Last week brought bad news for universal health care. On Friday, the Daily Telegraph exposed Britain's National Health Service's secret plan to close hundreds of hospital wards after the next general election. Massive budget shortfalls will force Britain's government'run health care system to take this highly unpopular step in order to constrain costs. (Snip) But Britain's National Health Service demonstrates that what the government giveth, the government can also taketh away ' especially when it runs out of money. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:40:14 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=527762 E9129CB62E80D7E8A5BA7DB1E26C072C9B1544DD0EC8C57C30E440D9F252C7BF Associated Press, by Anne Gearan Posted By: Photoonist- Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:40:14 GMT Pul'e'Charkhi ' Afghanistan | Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates raised the possibility Wednesday that some of the U.S. forces involved in the Afghanistan surge could leave the country before President Obama's announced July 2011 date to begin withdrawal. Without giving specifics, Mr. Gates said, ''It would have to be conditions'based.'' (Snip) ''We will begin that transition no later than July of 2011, but the pace will depend also on conditions on the ground.'' Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:38:41 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=527761 14D4C50F28C716515F13841CF99ACB7387B42669BFF426493A7E666F452D0A13 Knoxville News Sentinel [TN], by Jamie Satterfield Posted By: Ribicon- Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:38:41 GMT Knoxville ' The attorney for a University of Tennessee student accused of illegally accessing former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's personal e'mail account is challenging a federal magistrate judge's authority to issue search warrants for Internet companies outside Tennessee. At a hearing today, U.S. Magistrate Judge Clifford Shirley gave attorney Wade Davies the green light to pursue his challenge despite a looming April 20 trial date for David C. Kernell. Kernell, the son of longtime Memphis Democratic state Rep. Mike Kernell, is facing trial on charges he used publicly available information about Palin to figure out the answer to her password Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:35:48 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=527760 7F0B434066CE52DA6CD2F3E2984CB9EA759076C3112C0812883406982981E2AD Washington Times, by Chuck Neubauer Posted By: Photoonist- Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:35:48 GMT The Obama administration promised increased transparency in government but has rolled back rules proposed by the Bush administration that expanded the financial disclosure statements required of labor unions and their leaders. Since President Obama took office, the Labor Department has rescinded or delayed three sets of rules proposed by the George W. Bush administration that would have required unions and their leaders to more specifically detail their finances, according to a review of records by The Washington Times. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:28:29 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=527759 1014DA0D65EB0B405326BF3E3171F4D1B34BE4F843C264FE9D962AAEBABAB865 Associated Press, by Marco Sibaja Posted By: Photoonist- Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:28:29 GMT Brasilia, Brazil '' Brazil's president came under withering criticism Wednesday at home and in Cuba for his deference to the island's communist government over political prisoners and hunger strikes for human rights. (Snip) Silva said hunger strikes should not be used to free people from prison, despite the fact that he himself engaged in a hunger strike as a union leader during his resistance to Brazil's military dictatorship. Brazil's media and critics focused most on a statement by Silva that they interpreted as comparing Cuba's dissidents with criminals in Brazil's largest city who run lucrative drug rings from behind bars Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:25:53 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=527758 71655940E069F0653B45F22A57FA6AA84BE55F480814D76546C1CF057706B74E USA Today, by Janice Lloyd Posted By: Photoonist- Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:25:53 GMT A popular group of drugs prescribed to slow bone loss may be putting some patients at an increased risk of hip fractures if taken for more than five years. Two new studies show the bones of some post'menopausal women who take bisphosphonates (Actonel, Boniva, Fosamax, Reclast) to ward off osteoporosis can stop rejuvenating and become brittle after long'term use. (Snip) ''These drugs are good drugs. They strengthen bone and protect you from fractures for a while. But in some people they can become deleterious after a period of time.'' Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:22:55 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=527757 716B1005F095A5E78D085672ABD5694F19CCF1CF454F2EA744D9DF66266B92B1 Los Angeles Times, by Ronald D. White Posted By: Photoonist- Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:22:55 GMT Some of the nation's biggest oil companies are looking at permanently reducing how much gasoline and diesel fuel they make, a move that analysts say would almost certainly trigger higher prices for drivers. Energy companies are suffering huge losses from refining because of slumping gasoline use '' a product of the economic downturn and changing consumer habits and preferences. (Snip) nergy industry executives say they are facing up to what was previously inconceivable: that the nation's appetite for petroleum products may never return to levels seen earlier in the decade Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:11:58 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=527756 11BB1F02F351E0D16F5445D3D72595C0B2A63DE4A03FE203FE9378E80058EC38 Washington Examiner, by Susan Ferrechio Posted By: Photoonist- Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:11:58 GMT Senate Republicans sent a letter Wednesday to Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid, D'Nev., warning him they will block efforts to try to pass a health care bill using budget reconciliation, which would require just 51 votes for passage instead of the usual 60 votes. Republicans warned Reid that if they try to use the reconciliation process, the GOP would block any provisions in the legislation that violate a rule authored by Sen. Robert Byrd, D'W.Va., that prohibits its use for the creation of policy. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:33:01 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=527755 12BDE752D8AFB590BAB011A28B94C856A97DA3CF3090426C69FBBB85BF23DDF2 Bloomberg News, by Staff Posted By: fishmonger- Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:33:01 GMT The worst of Greece’s financial crisis is over and other European nations won’t follow in its path, said former European Commission President Romano Prodi. “For Greece, the problem is completely over,” said Prodi, who was also Italian prime minister, in an interview in Shanghai today. “I don’t see any other case now in Europe. I don’t think there is any reason to think the euro system will collapse or will suffer greatly because of Greece.” Greek officials are trying to convince investors they can cut the nation’s budget deficit, which at 12.7 percent of gross domestic Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:19:32 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=527754 88498762AB45434C26EEBEF19838C9D3871EC63960B96086F22960397DE004FF Politico, by Carrie Budoff Brown & Patrick O'Conn Posted By: Photoonist- Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:19:32 GMT House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D'Calif.) will start walking her members through major components of the final health care package Thursday as Democrats inch ever closer to a climatic vote on the landmark legislation. ''We’re going to get started,'' Pelosi said as she left the Capitol Wednesday night. ''We have some questions ... but we're hoping that we'll get those answered over the course of the reading. It's not much.'' Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:18:08 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=527753 A3EBFC67443E06CE9386BAED7BBF5CD7B2BE1C35990BF45713CD97B222C6CBDE Politico, by Jonathan Allen & John Breshnahan Posted By: Photoonist- Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:18:08 GMT The House ethics committee closed its investigation into sexual harassment allegations against former Rep. Eric Massa on Wednesday afternoon — even as an aide to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi acknowledged for the first time that her office learned of concerns about Massa far earlier than previously known. (Snip) Democratic insiders say Pelosi’s office took no action after Racalto expressed his concerns about his then'boss in October. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:12:08 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=527752 FECDC3C53D422A12B801382139AA1FACA935A502BE6250E528B8DB3C069E3701 Associated Press, by Staff Posted By: Photoonist- Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:12:08 GMT Raleigh, N.C. '' Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush's oldest son says he doesn't expect his dad to run for president in 2012. George P. Bush made the comments Wednesday at state Republican Party headquarters in Raleigh while in North Carolina on business. He says his father is enjoying the private sector while staying active in conservative causes and education reform. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:07:31 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=527751 207D7D75BB5A647A18A5641530CDDA11222491B31287D6B5C1C1FF8D4AE38F5F Philadelphia Inquirer, by Michael Matza Posted By: JoniTx- Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:07:31 GMT Hot rhythms pour from a sidewalk speaker at Centro Musical, a compact'disc shop near Fifth Street and Lehigh Avenue in a heavily Latino part of North Philadelphia. Largely Puerto Rican, the enclave called El Centro de Oro, or Golden Center, has swelled in the last decade with Dominicans, Colombians, Venezuelans, and other Hispanic immigrants.Most are in the United States legally and say so proudly. Others are not, and fear government notice. The result is a community widely thought to have been undercounted in the last federal census 10 years ago. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:00:52 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=527750 5AFFF362136FAD0297A217C50F278565445624E0C0FB2289392C9168A12DD8FC The Hill [Washington DC], by Jared Allen Posted By: fishmonger- Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:00:52 GMT A group of Hispanic lawmakers on Thursday will tell President Barack Obama that they may not vote for healthcare reform unless changes are made to the bill’s immigration provisions. The scheduled meeting comes as Democratic leaders and the White House are struggling to craft a final bill that will attract 216 votes in the lower chamber. (Snip) But immigration remains just as explosive an issue and carries the same potential to derail the entire healthcare endgame, a number of Democrats said. “It’s still one of those issues that’s out there,” Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:58:24 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=527749 B6400EB9E0309C93225397E41E638B56B050258838461E510E685690B5BEF287 Times [UK], by Giles Whittell Posted By: Photoonist- Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:58:24 GMT Washington ' Haiti’s President went to the White House yesterday with a vision of a Caribbean paradise waiting to be rebuilt after January’s catastrophic earthquake — and a price tag that could rise to $14 billion (£9 billion). President Préval and his Prime Minister, Jean'Max Bellerive, are in Washington with a sales pitch on which their country depends — but which depends, in turn, on persuading recession'hit donors that the corruption that has bedevilled Haiti for generations can at last be overcome.