Lucianne.com News Forum - HomePage - RSS (http://www.lucianne.com/) http://www.lucianne.com/rssfeed/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:27:33 GMT Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:27:33 GMT Lucianne.com Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:48:36 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=506666 ED1E07C445FDE95575DEB67C6B31F4F7722253571FF0C6005EB49B23B33CD053 Janesville Gazette [WI], by Ray Walser Posted By: Pageturner- Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:48:36 GMT WASHINGTON — EDITOR’S NOTE: The writer is addressing the question, Should the continued presence of a de facto government in Honduras be considered a serious setback for democracy in Latin America? In Honduras, Barack Obama’s foreign policy team finally rediscovered the first law of holes: when you find yourself stuck in one, the first thing to do is stop digging. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:26:56 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=506665 BCA432A552C1D65C56C4470A0A8279E6F40D06737F675A93CFB585181FE98CB5 Newsbusters, by Jeff Poor Posted By: Rufus2007- Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:26:56 GMT Remember earlier this year when the new era of hope and change was ushered into Washington, D.C. and President Barack Obama made the statement on day one his policies would "represent a clean break from business as usual"? Not so fast says Charles Krauthammer, columnist for The Washington Post and Fox News regular. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:16:28 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=506664 B4B05C277CCE4E5061ACA8ED2955ED170CA803A61871309F8AF05BC7A9B74376 The American thinker, by Marc Sheppard Posted By: Another_Fred- Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:16:28 GMT A folder containing documents, data and emails purportedly "hacked" from Britain's Climate Research Unit (CRU) may be smoking gun proof of a worldwide conspiracy to exaggerate the existence, causation and threat of global warming. And the list of apparent conspirators includes many of the world's leading climate alarmists '' the very scientists on whose work the entire anthropogenic global warming theory is based. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:07:43 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=506663 833331C74BA7CD5965237EFBE90EC4EC0D606036C6A1DB7403A2AEE2B6A0CA43 Wall Street Journal, by William Kristol and Frederick W. Kagan Posted By: Dreadnought- Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:07:43 GMT Can the United States win the war in Afghanistan? The antiwar left has long held the war is unwinnable. Now some conservatives are arguing that President Obama's weakness and indecision forecast American failure''and that, if we're going to fail, we should just get out now. We would be the last to defend Obama's indefensible dithering. But the war in Afghanistan remains both winnable and worth winning''even with Obama as president. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:05:25 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=506662 02507980822958570FA0925836F9BE67063CA9BE8C816A3A123A40D02D99996F Weekly Standard, by Fred Barnes Posted By: Dreadnought- Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:05:25 GMT Back in February, President Obama met with a group of CEOs in the White House, seeking their support for his economic stimulus package. One of his chief targets was Jim Owens, the head of Caterpillar in Peoria, Illinois. The day after the session in Washington, the president flew to Peoria to speak at the Caterpillar factory and took Owens and newly elected Republican representative Aaron Schock, the youngest member of Congress at 28, with him. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:04:05 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=506661 E4265F7C0657DD958D057A0610B3E44DBDA02592DFD51545D8C5CB086C924A7A Weekly Standard, by Mary Katharine Ham Posted By: Dreadnought- Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:04:05 GMT Geraldine Davie has already seen one 9/11 co'conspirator tried in the United States, and that was enough for her. "I went to the Moussaoui trial every day," says Davie, of the years'long prosecution of the "20th hijacker" Zacarias Moussaoui in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia. "That was a travesty." Davie, a petite brunette, is quick to proclaim her Italian, New York heritage, but her accent says Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:03:12 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=506660 8EBAA13AF65CCC7E90622AD3F4AE3DA96BF915A092CED14DF5FF71F5B6FE3968 Associated Press, by Staff Posted By: Pageturner- Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:03:12 GMT CARACAS, Venezuela — Hugo Chavez is defending alleged terrorist mastermind Carlos the Jackal, saying the Venezuelan imprisoned in France was a "revolutionary fighter" rather than a terrorist. The Venezuelan president praised Carlos — whose real name is Ilich Sanchez Ramirez — during a speech Friday night saying: "I defend him. It doesn't matter to me what they say tomorrow in Europe." Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:01:08 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=506659 D1AC809ED668A89D234995EE9CBEEF9023A81B15EB61DC907D717E69B5907D01 New York Times, by Jackie Calmes and Michael Cooper Posted By: Dreadnought- Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:01:08 GMT WASHINGTON — Now that unemployment has topped 10 percent, some liberal'leaning economists see confirmation of their warnings that the $787 billion stimulus package President Obama signed into law last February was way too small. The economy needs a second big infusion, they say. No, some conservative'leaning economists counter, we were right: The package has been wasteful, ineffectual and even harmful Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:59:40 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=506658 6CAC901CB04FB03DD7B9E441DD92C7D1BCABBCCC33B6B8477243008EB5F1F481 Reuters, by Patrick Markey Posted By: Pageturner- Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:59:40 GMT BOGOTA ' Six people, including two children, were killed when suspected Colombian FARC guerrillas stopped and set fire to bus traveling in the south of the country, a local state governor said on Friday. The FARC has been battered by President Alvaro Uribe's U.S.'backed military campaign, but guerrillas are still active in areas where state presence is weak. Rebels often stop and burn buses and trucks as a form of intimidation. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:55:47 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=506657 9E18818FB0C481AF23872C5321864A71AEBAFD63F15EA7603601399602AA218D Washington Post, by Michael D. Shear and Dan Eggen Posted By: Dreadnought- Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:55:47 GMT As a health reform bill endorsed by President Obama marches toward its first Senate floor vote on Saturday, his opponents stepped up efforts to define the legislation as big'government ambition run amok that will interfere with intimate medical decisions and threaten the pocketbooks of average taxpayers. A dozen Republican senators spent Friday in an orchestrated, hours'long session of floor speeches, assailing the health'care bill as a vehicle Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:53:44 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=506656 0DF1B489D6FB2EDE6C4AFF667E9B577B522B4AD816F1F45A2BC6E16524D39B30 Latin American Herald Tribune [Miami FL], by Staff Posted By: Pageturner- Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:53:44 GMT BOGOTA – The smaller of Colombia’s two main guerrilla groups says the United States is spying on neighboring, leftist'led Venezuela from a Colombian base on the border. U.S. military personnel have established an “underground base” at a Colombian army battalion headquarters in the northeastern province of Arauca, the National Liberation Army, or ELN, said in a statement posted on its Web site. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:52:06 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=506655 AB4908250173767328BC561A3F91E0A9E2623C3493AE74913D8E0A501AD6961F Washington Post, by Carrie Johnson, Spencer S. Hsu . . . Posted By: Dreadnought- Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:52:06 GMT In the months before the deadly shootings at Fort Hood, Army Maj. Nidal M. Hasan intensified his communications with a radical Yemeni American cleric and began to discuss surreptitious financial transfers and other steps that could translate his thoughts into action, according to two sources briefed on a collection of secret e'mails between the two. The e'mails were obtained by an FBI'led task force in San Diego between late last year and June Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:49:43 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=506654 B8A8280E004732190AFB967F3992D25195AC5DD997E0BDA63CD46971909E1AEE Wall Street Journal, by David Beamer Posted By: Dreadnought- Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:49:43 GMT On Wednesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee met to question Attorney General Eric Holder about his decision to prosecute Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others in criminal courts rather than military tribunals. As the father of Todd Beamer, who died on United Airlines Flight 93, I was able to attend that hearing. What transpired caused me great concern and shook my confidence in our current administration. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:48:23 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=506653 4BEA6C9671962FBAB7A324C3EAED02BFCAD56D9020021A31BA6AC3B6DC2ACF52 Wall Street Journal, by Douglas Holtz'Eakin Posted By: Dreadnought- Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:48:23 GMT President Barack Obama took office promising to lead from the center and solve big problems. He has exerted enormous political energy attempting to reform the nation's health'care system. But the biggest economic problem facing the nation is not health care. It's the deficit. Recently, the White House signaled that it will get serious about reducing the deficit next year—after it locks into place massive new health'care entitlements. This is a recipe for disaster Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:39:28 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=506652 56B03DEF905117A597F8B00F6011C0ADB8153B4C9CC7EEE7C0FD0B0D1F5A2000 Agence France'Presse, by Staff Posted By: Pageturner- Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:39:28 GMT BOGOTA — Colombia warned its forces were on "maximum alert" and were prepared to defend against any attack, amid rising tensions with neighboring Venezuela. Colombian Defense Minister Gabriel Silva issued the warning after a meeting of the country's national security council in Arauca, a city on the eastern border with Venezuela. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:27:23 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=506651 BCACAC8E12051CDC5B120DAA248AF9B11A847E33B7D01EE7BE9E6141B73BF0B9 American Thinker, by Lee Cary Posted By: zanutsa- Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:27:23 GMT In many and varied ways, Americans are tapping out the international distress signal to each other since Washington, D.C. isn't listening. To all except the most zealous supporters of the Democratic Party, the intentions of the party in power have become clear in less than a year. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:26:46 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=506650 06219BE86F2418DB62103AC8094B6DE08530E14C4AE70154CD00AFBACE870AD0 U.S. News & World Report, by Dan Gilgoff Posted By: Engraved'on'His'hands- Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:26:46 GMT A who's who of Christian right leaders, including Chuck Colson and Tony Perkins, have partnered with a handful of more moderate religious voices, including National Association of Evangelicals President Leith Anderson and New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan, to release a document that reasserts the primacy of three culture war issues for Christians in the public square: abortion, marriage, and religious liberties. A handful of those who signed the document, called ''The Manhattan Declaration: A Call Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:22:08 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=506649 0B28392B3B4977E68BB94D0AAB391D5424F10ED0107CA81145D2011FB6B2A9FB Los Angeles Times, by Diane Pucin Posted By: ClangClang- Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:22:08 GMT Veteran play'by'play man Ralph Lawler and analyst Mike Smith (above, left and right) were suspended for tonight's Clippers telecast on Fox Sports Prime Ticket for comments made during Wednesday's telecast, according to sources with knowledge of the decision but not authorized to speak publicly. Fox issued this statement at 5:03 p.m. today: "We regret the remarks made by Clippers announcers Michael Smith and Ralph Lawler during Wednesday's telecast. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:11:58 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=506648 EBD1C448F2808C60D1B8032C0F8F84F78B90A89269EA971AE31FE03C7D556620 Minneapolis Star Tribune, by Kim Carlson Posted By: NorthernDog- Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:11:58 GMT Before you string your holiday lights this weekend ' read on. In the mid 1970’s during the energy crisis, many families and communities decided to give up lighting their homes and trees for the holidays. Homes in my neighborhood didn’t turn on their outdoor holiday lights again for many years, even after the crisis had passed. Well, here we go again. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:06:02 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=506647 1C1CAD632A85648012204C1ACDEEE61BB13AD92AA3FC720068F027F6E444BA78 Associated Press, by Staff Posted By: Photoonist- Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:06:02 GMT Raleigh, N.C. '' The U.S. Army has reversed its position and now says it will open Sarah Palin's appearance on Fort Bragg to media despite fears the event will turn into political grandstanding against President Barack Obama. Fort Bragg officials in a news advisory said Friday evening that any interested media will be able to attend. A day earlier, a spokesman said media would be prevented from attending so the Palin book signing would not Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:02:04 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=506646 B096FD26DD46E551A2ECA6F5238A9DDE3E67E5E7C897EF23E0C83A24A1C5BAD2 Chico Enterprise Record, by RYAN OLSON Posted By: ruby2ssday- Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:02:04 GMT The Willows Unified School District board of trustees has expelled a 16'year'old for having unloaded shotguns in his pickup parked just off the Willows High School campus. [snip] after the weapons were discovered via scent'sniffing dogs on Oct. 26. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:01:15 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=506645 221CFF6F826BAAC1656D4517A6AB4F43E648F437B541288A84917E3E9BC160C2 Associated Press, by Staff Posted By: NorthernDog- Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:01:15 GMT CHICAGO ' Authorities have filed a hate crime charge against a woman who allegedly yanked the headscarf of a Muslim woman in a Tinley Park supermarket two days after the Fort Hood shootings. (Snip) She also said Kenney approached her from behind near the cash register and pulled on her headscarf. If convicted of the crime, Kenney could be jailed for up to three years and fined as much as $25,000. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:57:33 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=506644 38C06958269D43C7CABE648D8F0C7CAC747D6E519D18B86991D4DAECAC05011B Wired News, by Dylan F. Tweney Posted By: Photoonist- Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:57:33 GMT Google today unveiled more details of Chrome OS, a lightweight, browser'based operating system for netbooks. With a strong focus on speed, the Chrome OS promises nearly instant boot times of about 7 seconds for users to login to their computers. (Snip) Chrome OS netbooks will not have traditional hard disk drives '' they will rely on non'volatile flash memory and Internet'based storage for saving all of your data. All the applications will be web'based, Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:54:22 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=506643 FF86B64B12C3D50AE23D0093F748DAA0B5A86557C9918089AEE4F59C80CAAE72 Associated Press, by Staff Posted By: Photoonist- Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:54:22 GMT Anchorage, Alaska — The mother of the man former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's daughter Bristol had planned to marry has been sentenced to three years in prison. Sherry Johnston was sentenced Friday in Palmer, northeast of Anchorage. She pleaded guilty in August to one count of possession with intent to deliver the painkiller OxyContin. Five other felony counts were dropped in the deal, which called for a five'year prison sentence with two years Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:52:29 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=506642 1E660C50AD66CBD9188AEB59952ED0792D1F048AC052D3647ADD89FD0520CBB0 9 News [Australia], by Staff Posted By: Photoonist- Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:52:29 GMT The ATP will not reopen a doping case against Andre Agassi over his admission about drug use in 1997, tour chairman Adam Helfant said on Friday. Agassi revealed in his recent autobiography that he used crystal meth in 1997 and failed a drug test, a result he says was thrown out after he lied by claiming he ''unwittingly'' took the illegal substance. (Snip) ''There has been a lot of speculation about whether the ATP would Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:49:50 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=506641 605F56B71C67B327BB1521B617EC3B79225225A03075C389F7A5D3771327AF5F Los Angeles Times, by Phil Willon Posted By: Photoonist- Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:49:50 GMT Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa today announced his selection of Douglas Guthrie to become the new general manager of the city’s Housing Department. Guthrie, a former top official at the Chicago Housing Authority, most recently worked with private ventures focused on affordable urban development and the redevelopment of old public housing into mixed'use city centers.