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  • Dem. Congressman Blames Budget Cuts

    05/08/2013 2:38:35 PM PDT · by carriage_hill · 65 replies
    The Weekly Standard (Blog) ^ | 5/3/13 | DANIEL HALPER
    Democratic congressman William Lacy Clay of Missouri blamed (Republican) congressional budget cuts for the terror attack on Americans in Benghazi. Clay made the statement at a hearing for whistleblowers on Capitol Hill. Video clip at link.
  • Hit-and-run driver speeds down the highway for two miles with man clinging to the hood of her car

    05/07/2013 6:13:08 AM PDT · by RummyChick · 12 replies
    daily mail ^ | 5/6 | daily mail
    A business owner who tried to stop a hit-and-run driver from escaping took a death-defying two-mile ride down the highway when she drove off with him clinging to the hood of her car.
  • Tsarnaev uncle arrives in Massachusetts, but family can't find a place to bury bombing suspect

    05/05/2013 7:12:08 PM PDT · by Libloather · 45 replies
    NBC News ^ | 5/05/13 | Jeff Black
    The family of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect killed in a shootout with police cant find a place to bury him, even as his body is being prepared for just that purpose. An uncle of suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev arrived in Worcester, Mass., on Sunday to prepare the body of his nephew for burial. Ruslan Tsarni, of Mongomery Village, Md., came to the city about 40 miles west of Boston with three other men, who were not family members, and met with the director of the Graham Putnam & Mahoney Funeral Parlors.
  • Reid bill would require background checks to purchase explosive powders

    04/25/2013 5:45:42 AM PDT · by opentalk · 199 replies
    The Hill ^ | April 24, 2013
    Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Tuesday introduced a bill that would require background checks to be run on anyone buying explosive powder, a reaction to last week's Boston Marathon bombing. Reid introduced the bill, S. 792, for Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.), who has been out sick for much of the year. But in a press statement, Lautenberg said the Boston bombing shows that background checks are needed for explosive materials. "It defies common sense that anyone, even a terrorist, can walk into a store in America and buy explosive powders without a background check or any questions asked,"...
  • Barney Frank compares al-Qaeda to Tea Party

    04/24/2013 9:49:39 PM PDT · by smoothsailing · 40 replies
    Washington Examiner ^ | 4-25-2013 | Joel Gehrke
    April 25, 2013 Barney Frank compares al-Qaeda to Tea Party Joel Gehrke Former Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., responding to al-Qaedas criticism of his sexual orientation in the latest issue of their magazine, compared the terrorist organization to the Tea Party and cracked that the two groups are aligned with each other against gay marriage.I wonder how the right wing in America feels about being aligned with al-Qaeda? Frank said to Buzzfeed, adding that there is an irony that the most active anti-gay [groups] are al-Qaeda and the American right-wing.The latest issue of Al-Qaedas Inspire magazine spotlights Barney Frank, Gay Congressman,...
  • Hairy screed's post anti-gun vote response. You'll need some tums.

    04/24/2013 3:03:06 PM PDT · by rktman · 8 replies
    Vanity | 4/24/2013 | Mr. Reid
    Mr. X XX Reno, NV Dear Mr. X: Thank you for contacting me. I appreciate hearing from you. Throughout my time in Congress, I have done all I can to protect the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding Nevadans. As a gun owner, I welcomed the Supreme Court's decision in District of Columbia v. Heller, which made clear that each and every law-abiding citizen has an individual constitutional right to keep and bear arms. Over the years it has been my firm conviction that we must work to protect this right by enforcing laws that keep guns away from terrorists and...
  • Ben Affleck Is Living on $1.50 Per Day--And Here's Why (Ben will do 5 DAYS!! - rolls eyes)

    04/24/2013 11:44:49 AM PDT · by F15Eagle · 55 replies
    ABC News via Yahoo! News ^ | 2 hours 42 minutes ago | By Lesley Messer | ABC News Blogs
    He's a Hollywood actor, producer and director, but Ben Affleck will be living beneath his means in a big way. The Oscar winner, 40, is joining Josh Groban, Debi Mazar, Sophia Bush and "The Avengers" star Tom Hiddleston and getting involved with the Live Below the Line campaign, which encourages people to live on $1.50 per day for five days, from April 29 to May 3.
  • Feds arrest suspect in ricin-positive letters sent to Obama, senator

    04/17/2013 4:40:35 PM PDT · by Kaosinla · 127 replies
    NBC News ^ | 4/17/2013 | Pete Williams, Kristen Welker and Erin McClam
    By Pete Williams, Kristen Welker and Erin McClam, NBC News Federal agents on Wednesday arrested a suspect in the mailing of letters to President Barack Obama and a U.S. senator that initially tested positive for the poison ricin. The suspect was identified as Kenneth Curtis of Tupelo, Miss., federal officials told NBC News. Both letters carried an identical closing statement, according to an FBI bulletin obtained by NBC News on Wednesday. According to the FBI bulletin, both letters, postmarked April 8, 2013 out of Memphis, Tenn., included an identical phrase, "to see a wrong and not expose it, is to...
  • Ex-RNC Chair Michael Steele: I Dont Understand The Fear Of Gun Registration

    04/10/2013 8:10:04 PM PDT · by tobyhill · 82 replies
    tpm ^ | 4/9/2013 | DAVID TAINTOR
    Former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele on Tuesday said he doesn't understand why gun owners fear the registration of their firearms. "I don't get the fear of registration," Steele said on MSNBC. "I don't get the, the concern about trafficking. Are we saying that we want criminals to, you know, make back-alley sales out of the trunks of their cars?" Steele was part of a panel on MSNBC's "The Daily Rundown," during which former Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) said that responsible gun owners insure their guns, which means they're registered. "I mean, I don't understand," she said. MSNBC...
  • Stevie Wonder Working on Three Albums, Wants to Go to North Korea to Talk About Love

    04/09/2013 9:29:13 AM PDT · by SoFloFreeper · 72 replies
    WFGA Radio ^ | 4/8/13
    If Dennis Rodman can go to North Korea and hang with leader Kim Jong-un, then why cant Stevie Wonder? As tensions rise on the Korean Peninsula, and Kim threatens nuclear war against the U.S. and its allies in the region, the music legend says hed like to travel there and talk some sense into the young Supreme Leader. Speaking about unity and love with reporters backstage at the Academy of Country Music Awards on Sunday night, Wonder said, Listen, we could not be here without love. I wish I could say to the president at this very moment, President Obama,...
  • Man seeking cocaine robs man to prove to dealer he isn't undercover, NOPD alleges

    04/01/2013 4:56:04 PM PDT · by BBell · 7 replies
    http://www.nola.com ^ | April 01, 2013 | Helen Freund
    A Mississippi man was arrested Sunday morning after brutally beating a man outside a Bourbon Street strip club while trying to prove himself to a drug dealer and get money to buy drugs, police said. According to police reports, 22-year-old William Busker robbed a man in the 300 block of Bourbon Street and then beat him until he was bloodied and unconscious, court records show. According to records filed in Orleans Parish Criminal District Court, Busker told officers that he had been trying to buy cocaine inside of a strip club on Bourbon Street shortly before 6 a.m. on Sunday...
  • Jim Carrey Admits He Has An Armed Bodyguard

    03/27/2013 10:16:44 AM PDT · by marktwain · 32 replies
    rightwingnews.com ^ | 26 March 2013 | John Hawkins
    <p>After making news for doing a tired humor video mocking gun owners, whom he also called heartless motherf&ckers, Jim Carrey announced today on twitter that his armed bodyguard doesnt have a hundred rounds in his clip.</p>
  • Boehner Says He 'Absolutely' Trusts Obama

    03/19/2013 9:15:00 AM PDT · by IbJensen · 42 replies
    CNS News ^ | March 17, 2013 | Staff
    House Speaker John Boehner says he "absolutely" trusts President Barack Obama not that they don't have their differences. Boehner tells ABC's "This Week" that the two have a good relationship and that they're "open with each other ... honest with each other." But the Ohio lawmaker says they're trying to bridge some big differences. One issue they agree on: The U.S. doesn't have an immediate crisis in terms of debt. Some conservatives criticized Obama when he said last week that the country doesn't have an immediate debt crisis. Boehner says a debt crisis does loom in the years ahead...
  • Pelosi caught in a bind on entitlement cuts

    03/17/2013 6:06:25 AM PDT · by Libloather · 16 replies
    The Hill ^ | 3/16/13 | Mike Lillis
    President Obama's openness to Social Security cuts as part of a sweeping budget package has put Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in a tough spot. The minority leader is straddling the gulf between a Democratic president who's been willing to shrink pay hikes under the popular retirement program for the sake of a bipartisan deficit deal, and numerous liberals in her caucus who are fighting tooth-and-nail to prevent that change. The issue has left Pelosi with at least three balls in the air. First, she wants to keep a united front in the high-stakes budget battle with Obama, who has backed...
  • Bloomberg Worried About Private Jet Owners Using New York City Homeless Shelters

    03/10/2013 6:42:42 PM PDT · by Attention Surplus Disorder · 31 replies
    Weekly Standard Blog ^ | MAR 9, 2013 | Daniel Halper
    New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg expressed concern that private jet owners could clog up the city's homeless shelters. You can arrive in your private jet at Kennedy Airport, take a private limousine and go straight to the shelter system, walk in the door, and weve got to give you shelter, Bloomberg said, speaking on the radio. Thats what the law is. I didnt write the law, Bloomberg added. The New York Post claims he was referring to a law related to homeless shelters signed by Ed Koch. "He was referring to a decree signed by Mayor Ed Koch 30...
  • Moderate Muslims are not an oxymoron (barf alert)

    03/09/2013 11:50:42 PM PST · by Olog-hai · 25 replies
    Chicago Tribune ^ | March 7, 2013 | Steve Chapman
    Lars Hedegaard is a Danish journalist who has made his name denouncing Islam, which he describes as a totalitarian system of thought whose adherents rape their own children. Last month someone showed up at his door with a gun and fired a shot that missed him. Its just what you would expect of those crazy Muslims, isnt it? Except that in the aftermath, Hedegaard found Muslims across Denmark were conspicuously un-crazy. They did not applaud the assailant or excuse his motives. Instead they condemned the attack and upheld Hedegaards freedom to preach unhinged bigotry. If you hear someone in...
  • Cupcakes With Army Soldiers Get Kid In Hot Water At School

    03/09/2013 5:46:46 AM PST · by bryan999 · 47 replies
    A 9-year-old boys birthday cupcakes sparked a school controversy that just keeps growing, with scores of people lining up against a school principal who found the cupcakes topping inappropriate. The boy was chided, and so were his parents, for cupcakes featuring little green Army men on the top.
  • VIDEO: Justin Bieber doesn't know what German is

    03/06/2013 2:12:49 AM PST · by PJ-Comix · 17 replies
    YouTube ^ | May 3, 2010 | carramelmonkey
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  • Romney: It kills me not to be in White House

    03/03/2013 10:14:59 AM PST · by Vaquero · 7 replies
    Yahoo ^ | 3/3/13 | Dylan Stableford
    Mitt Romney says it "kills" him that he's not president. But he doesn't blame Superstorm Sandy, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie or anything else on his loss to President Barack Obama--except his campaign's failure to connect with minority voters.
  • Joe Biden, civil rights wunderkind

    03/01/2013 8:44:33 PM PST · by smoothsailing · 14 replies
    Red Alert Politics ^ | 3-1-2013 | Cameron Young
    March 1, 2013 Joe Biden, civil rights wunderkind Cameron Young The legend of Vice President Joe Biden grew once again Wednesday night.Biden staked his claim in the civil rights movement by asserting that he desegregated movie theaters as a boy, as Paul Bedard of The Washington Examiner reported.The Vice President was hosting his fourth annual Black History Month reception at his Naval Observatory residence, joined by important civil rights leaders such as Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), one of the original 13 Freedom Riders. A White House taping of the event captured the VP saying that as a boy he was...
  • JOE BIDEN ON HOME DEFENSE

    02/22/2013 6:41:11 AM PST · by shortstop · 31 replies
    boblonsberry.com ^ | 02/20/13 | bob Lonsberry
    Biden goes Rambo. In an online interview with a magazine reporter, day before yesterday, the vice president of the United States told us how to defend our homes. He is a significant federal officer -- first in succession to the presidency -- and was one of the longest-serving senators in modern history. And he has given us instructions. The vice president said he told his wife, "If theres ever a problem here, just walk out on the balcony, here, walk out, put that double-barrel shotgun and just fire two blasts outside the house." He then went on to say that...
  • New York City's Imperial Mayor Bloomberg Bans Again (Styrofoam!)

    02/15/2013 4:54:19 AM PST · by St_Thomas_Aquinas · 32 replies
    Investors Business Daily ^ | 1/14/2013 | IBD editorials
    Autocracy: Still pulsing with the power from outlawing big servings of sweet drinks, Michael Bloomberg now wants to run Styrofoam out of his city. Clearly, he believes that everyone has to live exactly as he wants them to live. During Thursday's State of the City address, New York Mayor Bloomberg called for a ban on Styrofoam food packaging. It's all a part of his crusade to eliminate smoking, sugary drinks, salt and other items he doesn't like and, hence, thinks no one else should have. So what comes next, Mr. Mayor? What's the target after Styrofoam? Beef? Eggs? Cheese?...
  • Dem Congressman Warns Of "Mob Scenes" Without "Equity In Society"

    02/06/2013 1:12:07 PM PST · by TADSLOS · 69 replies
    Real Clear Politics ^ | 6 Feb 2013 | Staff
    -snip- McDERMOTT: This whole society is gradually changing in response to whats going on. Now, were in a very difficult period right now, because we have a lot of people who suddenly think its all about me. And it isnt about me; its about we. If we dont take care of one another, and we say everybodys on their own, then it will simply fall apart as a society: become a mob scene, as it was in Paris if you go see Les Misrables. You can see what the country can become, if you dont have equity in the society....
  • CHRIS ROCK: 'THE PRESIDENT IS OUR BOSS...OUR DAD'

    02/06/2013 12:11:42 PM PST · by SWAMPSNIPER · 30 replies
    YOUTUBE ^ | February 6, 2013 | dentonexable
    At least they aren't claiming god status here, Obama has been demoted.
  • Joe Biden To Talk About Guns On Google+ Thursday

    01/29/2013 3:28:16 PM PST · by Daffynition · 6 replies
    webProNews.com ^ | Jan 23, 2013 | Chris Crum
    Vice President Joe Biden will be stopping by Google+ to participate in a hangout, and discuss gun violence on Thursday at 1:45 PM Eastern. According to Google, Biden will hangout for 30 minutes, and discuss the White House policy recommendations on reducing gun violence with Guy Kawasaki (author of Google+ book What The Plus), Phil DeFranco and Hari Sreenivasan from PBS Newshour. “As President Obama and his cabinet begin their second term in the White House, they’re renewing a series of conversations on Google+ with top administration officials,” explains Ramya Raghavan from Google+ Politics. “These ‘Fireside Hangouts,’ a 21st-century spin...
  • Stephen King: NRA Should 'Clean Up Blood, Brains and Chunks of Intestine' After Next Massacre

    01/26/2013 10:05:51 AM PST · by Sub-Driver · 191 replies
    <p>"One only wishes Wayne LaPierre and his NRA board of directors could be drafted to some of these [violent] scenes, where they would be required to put on booties and rubber gloves and help clean up the blood, the brains, and the chunks of intestine still containing the poor wads of half-digested food that were some innocent bystanders last meal."</p>
  • Caption Lurch

    01/24/2013 12:43:40 PM PST · by crosshairs · 29 replies
  • New Zealand environmental advocate launches campaign to ban cats as pets

    01/22/2013 5:04:37 PM PST · by SMGFan · 15 replies
    WELLINGTON, New Zealand Gareth Morgan has a simple dream: a New Zealand free of pet cats that threaten native birds. But the environmental advocate has triggered a claws-out backlash with his new anti-feline campaign. Morgan called on his countrymen Tuesday to make their current cat their last in order to save the nation's unique bird species. He set up a website, called Cats To Go, depicting a tiny kitten with red devil's horns. The opening line: "That little ball of fluff you own is a natural born killer." He doesn't recommended people euthanize their current cats -- "Not necessarily...
  • Democrats Proposal-Force Gun Owners to Store Assault Weapons At Government Approved Storage Depots

    01/19/2013 2:57:55 PM PST · by smoothsailing · 67 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | 1-19-2013 | Jim Hoft
    Democrat’s Proposal Will Force Gun Owners to Store Assault Weapons At Government Approved Storage Depots Posted by Jim Hoft on Saturday, January 19, 2013, 3:40 PM     Massachusetts State Rep. David P. Linsky and Barack ObamaMassachusetts State Representative David Linsky has filed a new bill that would force gun owners to undergo mental health background checks, pay an additional 25% tax on all forms of ammunition, and require firearms categorized as “assault weapons” to be stored outside of their homes at government approved sites.Natick Patch reported, via Black Listed News: “This bill is a comprehensive effort to reduce all...
  • Bloomberg: Most people I know dont even have a gun

    01/19/2013 3:04:53 AM PST · by 2ndDivisionVet · 64 replies
    The Daily Caller ^ | January 18, 2012 | Caroline May
    WASHINGTON New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg slammed pro-gun advocates while encouraging Americas other mayors to pressure Congress to pass President Barack Obamas gun-control proposals, during a lunch gathering of the U.S. Conference of Mayors on Friday. Most people I know dont even have a gun, Bloomberg said, claiming America is the only industrialized country in the world that has a gun problem where there are more guns than people. Bloomberg spoke highly of the proposals Obama laid out Wednesday and called the current enforcement of gun laws a tragic joke. This is not a Constitutional question, but it...
  • [WATCH] Actor Danny Glover tells students 2nd Amendment was created to protect slavery

    01/18/2013 3:23:24 PM PST · by Kaslin · 43 replies
    CampusReform.org ^ | January 18, 2013 | Timothy Dionisopoulos
    The Constitution's Second Amendment was created to bolster slavery and capture land from Native Americans, award winning actor Danny Glover told a group of students at a Texas A&M sponsored event on Thursday. “I don’t know if you know the genesis of the right to bear arms,” he said. “The Second Amendment comes from the right to protect themselves from slave revolts, and from uprisings by Native Americans.” “A revolt from people who were stolen from their land or revolt from people whose land was stolen from, that’s what the genesis of the second amendment is,” he continued. Glover, best...
  • VA liberal Dem delegate Joe Morrisey waves an AK 47 on the VA House floor

    01/18/2013 11:56:34 AM PST · by Gopher Broke · 38 replies
    Originally published in the Richmond Times Dispatch
    Liberal Democrat grandstands on the House floor with AK 47....what an idiot......
  • Rep. Nadler: Two to Four Self-Defense Shots is Enough

    01/15/2013 7:17:52 PM PST · by paltz · 122 replies
    Breitbart News ^ | 1/15/13 | Kerry Picket
    Nadler told Breitbart News: Hunters dont use large ammunition clips, and as far as self defense, I mean who are you defending yourself against? If youre defending yourself against a robberif you have a pistol permit or youre carrying a gun because you work for Wells Fargo and youre taking money in and out of a bank or something, two or three or four shots should be enoughperiod.
  • Joe Biden Claims Gun Control Is A Moral Issue

    01/12/2013 6:47:56 AM PST · by LD Jackson · 35 replies
    Political Realities ^ | 01/12/13 | LD Jackson
    Never let it be said that the Obama administration is not willing to use every weapon in its arsenal. The fight over stricter gun control laws is heating up and Obama and his team are moving heaven and earth, trying to drum up support for their assault on the 2nd Amendment rights of American citizens. I find it odd that they would target some of the groups they have chosen, hence my claim that they have a double standard on gun control and morals. You may believe I am making a baseless claim, but I can show I am not....
  • Vitter: Harry Reid is an idiot

    01/08/2013 5:26:31 AM PST · by Enosh · 14 replies
    Sen. David Vitter called Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid an idiot for his remarks on Friday that the people of New York and New Jersey suffered more in Hurricane Sandy than Gulf Coast residents did during Hurricane Katrina. Sadly, Harry Reid has again revealed himself to be an idiot, this time gravely insulting Gulf Coast residents, Vitter (R-La.) said in a statement and on Twitter. Both Katrina and Sandy were horribly destructive storms that caused real human misery. And by most any measure, Katrina was our worst natural disaster in history. Vitter pointed to the simple math and statistics from...
  • Boehner Responds to Reid: 'Go F Yourself'

    01/02/2013 6:25:35 AM PST · by RummyChick · 139 replies
    weekly standard ^ | 1/2 | weekly standard
    "Go f yourself," Boehner repeated. Politico reports on the exchange: House Speaker John Boehner couldnt hold back when he spotted Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in the White House lobby last Friday. It was only a few days before the nation would go over the fiscal cliff, no bipartisan agreement was in sight, and Reid had just publicly accused Boehner of running a dictatorship in the House and caring more about holding onto his gavel than striking a deal. Go f yourself, Boehner sniped as he pointed his finger at Reid, according to multiple sources present. Reid, a bit startled,...
  • Petition To Deport Piers Morgan Hits 100,000 Signatures

    01/01/2013 10:14:54 AM PST · by Bon mots · 15 replies
    The petition to deport British subject, Piers Morgan has just reached 100,000 signatures. You remember this guy, he chided George Bush once for crashing a Segway, then disastrously crashed one himself.
  • Cornell West On Sandy Hook: We Cant Just Shed Tears For Those On The Vanilla Side Of Town

    12/27/2012 5:30:28 PM PST · by drewh · 62 replies
    Mediaite.com ^ | 5:30 pm, December 27th, 2012 | Noah Rothman
    Princeton University Professor Dr. Cornel West appeared on the Tavis Smiley radio show on Thursday where he weighed in with his thoughts on how the media and lawmakers are responding to the tragic massacre of teachers and children in Newtown, Connecticut. West expressed his frustration over how eagerly the media demanded a conversation about gun laws after Newtown, but seems unmoved by endemic gun violence in Americas cities where the victims are primarily minorities. We cant just shed tears for those on the vanilla side of town, West said. They are precious, but they are no less or more precious...
  • Michael Moore: Americans Feel They Need Guns Because Of 'Race Problem' (MEGA barf alert!)

    12/22/2012 6:38:47 PM PST · by drewh · 52 replies
    Big Hollywood ^ | 21 Dec 2012
    Michael Moore: I think were very frightened people. I think weve been frightened ever since we landed on these shores. We were frightened of the native people, we were frightened of the salves we brought over, as we should have been. And those in power have known how to manipulate us with fear. And weve started wars over being told lies about, whether it was the Spanish American War, Mexican American War, you can go through so many of these wars weve been in throughout history and right up through the Iraq War, he said, which happened because those in...
  • Congressman: Rick Perry Has 'Blood On His Hands' For Supporting Second Amendment

    12/21/2012 8:26:17 AM PST · by bestintxas · 35 replies
    breitbart ^ | 12/21/12
    Congressman Jim Himes (D-Conn.) said Governor Rick Perry had blood on his hands for supporting the Second Amendment of the US Constitution.
  • Bloomberg Making Sense: The NRA Would Defend Your Right To Own A Nuclear Cannon

    12/19/2012 9:00:46 PM PST · by Tolerance Sucks Rocks · 79 replies
    Mediaite ^ | December 18, 2012 | Noah Rothman
    By now, if you have been paying attention to the pronouncements of Hizzoner, you know that New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg really dislikes, among many other things, guns. He also appears to have engaged in a one-man crusade to convince politicians that, if the President of the United States can be reelected without the support of the National Rifle Association, so too can the most rural Congressman or Southern Senator. The logic of that belief is debatable, but what is not debatable is the logic that the NRA would go out of their way to defend the indefensible ...
  • Terry Waite Shakes Hands with Hizbollah 25 Years After Kidnap

    12/08/2012 1:42:26 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 38 replies
    The Telegraph ^ | 08 Dec 2012 | Robert Mendick
    Terry Waite has met the leadership of Hizbollah, the militant group accused of kidnapping and holding him for five years, in an extraordinary gesture of reconciliation.The former hostage spoke for two hours to one of its most senior figures at their stronghold in Beirut, his first encounter with the organisation held responsible for masterminding his kidnapping 25 years ago. Accompanied by The Sunday Telegraph, he travelled to Lebanon to highlight the plight of Christians who have fled the Syrian civil war. Mr Waite offered the reconciliation to Hizbollah to help with the Christians plight at a secretly arranged, late night...
  • Romney was right

    12/03/2012 8:55:02 AM PST · by T.O.K. · 21 replies
    BizPacReview.com ^ | December 3, 2012 | JEFFREY SCOTT SHAPIRO
    Its hard to be honest in politics. Perhaps that has been Gov. Mitt Romneys real problem all along. Romneys candor came out in a recent conference call that was reported by the New York Times in which he said that President Obama offered free gifts to both illegal aliens and American citizens. Romneys observation about rewarding illegal aliens with citizenship and giving free benefits to people exploiting the system is not the same as criticizing minoritiesbut for decades the Left has manipulatively used racism, sexism and discrimination to intimidate the Republican Party into cowering into the aimless, weak institution that...
  • Columnist Who Inspired Bob Costas Drops New Bomb: 'The NRA Is the New KKK'

    12/03/2012 9:53:44 AM PST · by chessplayer · 61 replies
    Kansas City sportswriter Jason Whitlock loves to stoke controversy. So after he blamed Jovan Belcher's murder-suicide on the "gun culture" -- inspiring NBC Sports lecturer Bob Costas -- in an interview with Roland Martin, he added fuel to the fire by claiming "the NRA is the new KKK." Apparently, black youths are "armed" by the NRA, and they're also responsible for loading up black neighborhoods with drugs:
  • Barbara Lee drops leadership bid, clearing way for (white guy) Crowley

    11/28/2012 7:48:04 PM PST · by Libloather · 4 replies
    Politico ^ | 11/28/12 | SEUNG MIN KIM
    Barbara Lee drops leadership bid, clearing way for CrowleyBy SEUNG MIN KIM | 11/28/12 10:47 AM EST Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) said Wednesday that she is dropping her leadership bid in what wouldve been the only contested race among House Democrats. **SNIP** Lee, a former chairwoman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, said she was withdrawing her bid in order to unify lawmakers around Crowley.
  • Romney Adviser: We Lost Because Far Right Has Taken Party to Place It Doesnt Belong

    11/18/2012 11:48:22 AM PST · by greyfoxx39 · 284 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | November 18, 2012 | Jim Hoft
    Carlos Gutierrez, adviser to Mitt Romneys presidential campaign, said Sunday he was shocked by Romneys comments this week on minorities.I think we lost the election because the far right of this party has taken the party to a place that it doesnt belong.Ugh.CNN reported: In an interview set to air in full Sunday on CNNs State of the Union with Candy Crowley, Gutierrez also sharply criticized Romneys remarks made on a call Wednesday with donors following his loss in last weeks election. Romney explained his loss in part by pointing to gifts President Barack Obama gave to certain groups...
  • Gingrich dumbfounded by Obama win

    11/12/2012 3:58:25 PM PST · by Olog-hai · 154 replies
    Yahoo News ^ | November 12, 2012 | Claudine Zap, The Ticket
    Add Newt Gingrich to the list of Republicans coming to terms with the loss of the presidential election. On Monday, the former speaker of the House sounded reflective on the "Today" show, saying, "We need to stop, take a deep breath and learn." He added, "The president won an extraordinary victory. And the fact is, we owe him the respect of trying to understand what they did and how they did it." Gingrich said, "But if you had said to me three weeks ago Mitt Romney would get fewer votes than John McCain and it looks like he'll be 2...
  • New FB Page "Nate Silver Wrong"

    11/06/2012 8:42:45 AM PST · by jpeg82 · 13 replies
    Facebook ^ | 11/6/2-12 | Bate Silver Wrong
    "Dedicated to the heavenly statistician God from the NY Times who for months swore Obama was going to win..with a 91% probability"
  • Biden Gets Name of Virginia Dem. Senate Candidate Wrong

    10/27/2012 11:29:28 PM PDT · by Cincinatus · 26 replies
    The Weekly Standard ^ | October 27, 2012 | Daniel Harper
    In remarks today in Virginia, Vice President Joe Biden got the name of the Virginia Democratic Senate candidate wrong. There is a decent honorable man," Biden said of the Virginia Democratic Senate candidate. "That man has more integrity in his little finger than most people have in their whole body. I'm a big Tom Kaine fan. A big Tom Kaine fan." His name is Tim Kaine, and he's the former chair of the Democratic National Committee.
  • Biden: Romney Wants $500 Trillion Tax Cut

    10/26/2012 2:58:32 PM PDT · by Kaslin · 18 replies
    Rush Limbaugh ^ | October 26, 2012 | Rush Limbaugh
    BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: Folks, listen to this. This is Joe Biden. This is this morning in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Listen to this. BIDEN: You can't erase what you've already done. They voted to extend tax cuts to the very wealthy, giving a $500 trillion tax cut to 120,000 families. RUSH: Five-hundred trillion tax cut. The national debt is $16 trillion. BREAK TRANSCRIPT RUSH: Grab sound bite 28. We had to ram this through right at the conclusion the previous hour. Joe Biden. I don't know if you chalk this up to losing it, but, folks, the wheels -- no, I better...