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BP has announced the discovery of yet another huge oil field in the Gulf of Mexico. At the same time, communist Russia is ready to work with Cuba to begin drilling 50 miles offshore Key West in the Gulf, and China is negotiating with Canada for the right to develop the vast oil resources in Alberta. Still, the Obama administration has remained resolute in opposing U.S. offshore drilling, Jerome Corsi's Red Alert reports. Found 250 miles southeast of Houston, the Tiber well was found under 4,132 feet (.8 mile) of water and was drilled to a total depth of 35,055...

FRANKFORT — Despite evidence that President Barack Obama was born in Hawaii, only a slight majority of Kentuckians think the Democratic president was born in the United States, according to a new poll. The survey, conducted by Research 2000 and released by the liberal publication Daily Kos, showed that 51 percent of Kentuckians said they think Obama was born in this country. Twenty percent said they think he was born elsewhere, and 29 percent said they weren't sure. "Sadly, that means 49 percent of Kentuckians are fully ill-informed," said Rep. Jim Glenn, an Owensboro Democrat and one of six African-Americans...

A Scottish-born man who was shot dead in front of his son in Sydney was in possession of a tape capable of bringing down the New South Wales state Labour government, it has been claimed. Michael McGurk, a well-known loan shark, was arriving at his multi-million-dollar home with his 10-year-old son on Thursday evening when he was shot once in the head by a lone gunman. Michael McGurk Mr McGurk, 46, had been due to appear in court the following day in relation to a complex property dispute. Since his death, it has emerged that he met with journalists from...

My love overwhelms My will in that as my love goes out it cements the foundations of My kingdom come , for where I establish My will my love has already arrived on the scene through the prayers of intercession that is My Son in you " Christ Alive " \o/ The crystal clear persuasion of My holy desire and manifold witness and it is as I come " alive in you " that these 12 foundations unfold into My will on earth as it is in heaven !" Yeah My kingdom come alive through you " . So let...

The Australian public could go to the polls as early as December, if an ambitious climate change bill to introduce an emissions trading scheme fails during its second hearing in the senate. Politicians are due to vote on the contentious bill, which will force about 1,000 of Australia's biggest polluting companies to purchase carbon permits, in November. If it is voted down a second time, it will hand Kevin Rudd, the prime minister, the constitutional right to dissolve both houses of parliament and call an early election. Kevin Rudd, the prime minister of Australia could call a general election as...

I don't know why I've got this phrasing in my head, but: Find everything you can about Glenn Beck, Stu Burguiere, and Roger Ailes. No, even now, I refuse to go all caps. No, sending me links to the last two Countdowns with my own de-constructions of his biblical vision quality Communist/Fascist/Socialist/Zimbalist art at Rockefeller Center (where, curiously, he works, Comrade) doesn't count. Nor does sending me links to specious inappropriate point-underscoring prove-you're-innocent made-up rumors. Tuesday we will expand this to the television audience and have a dedicated email address to accept leads, tips, contacts, on Beck, his radio producer...

In an effort to better understand the construction of the U.S. economy I created a scenario where the entire economy contains $1,000. The Fed would have $1,000 of assets in the form of U.S. Teasury securities, and liabilities of $1,000 as a computer entry that the U.S. government owns The U.S. government would have $1,000 of assets as a computer entry, and $1,000 of liabilities as U.S. Treasury securities. Then I assumed that the U.S. government bought a plane from ACME Airplanes for $1,000. The U.S. government would send ACME a check for $1,000 and would now have assets of...

Most local school districts are not planning to broadcast President Barack Obama's speech to students Tuesday live in their classrooms. The typical approach is that of the Chester School District, which has opted to record the noon broadcast and make the recording available afterward to teachers who want to show it, rather than interrupt classes with a live showing. The Monroe-Woodbury School District is also recording the speech for potential viewing in kindergarten through eighth grade, while giving high school teachers the option of showing the speech live if it's pertinent to their courses. The White House has described the...

Barack Hussein Obama is side stepping the constitution by appointing so many Czars to his administration.

As the entire civilized world now knows, President Barack Obama will be addressing the nation’s school children this Tuesday. As soon as this was announced, and the accompanying Department of Education lesson plan released, a storm of controversy arose and suddenly schools were being besieged by angry parents. Bombarded principals, administrators and superintendents all across the country were almost overnight in a mad scramble for cover. I received the following email yesterday from the superintendent of the private school that my children attend. It did save me from having to make the decision as to whether or not take the...

Citizen Cope: Bullet and a target

According to reports from Afghanistan, New York Times reporter Stephen Farrell and his driver/interpreter have been kidnapped while attempting to cover the story of the NATO airstrike on the two Taliban-hijacked tankers in Kunduz, Afghanistan. The local Afghan press is reporting on Farrell's kidnapping; however, the international press and the wires services have been silent on this issue. Multiple sources in Afghanistan tell me that The New York Times is attempting to suppress the reporting on Farrell's kidnapping. Read more: http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/2009/09/nyt_reporter_kidnapped_in_kund.php#ixzz0QO1gsSUt

Losing a beachhead Back to School: Rob Koons, a University of Texas at Austin philosophy professor and a Christian, poured six years into development of a UT Program in Western Civilization and American Institutions. Then administrators yanked it away from him | Marvin Olasky AUSTIN, Texas —"And Jesus said to His disciples . . . 'it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.' When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished, saying, 'Who then can be saved?'" (Matthew 19:23-25). "Work your fingers...

Here is video of Minnesota Democrat Rep. Keith Ellison telling CNN's John King that President Obama should not compromise on the "Public Option" in Health Care legislation. Ellison said to King, "Why should the liberals always cave?" He also said he hopes if necessary, Obama will opt to push Health Care with a "Public Option" through the Senate using the "reconciliation process," often called the "Nuclear Option." That requires only 50 votes, plus the vote of Vice-President Joe Biden to pass a bill. . . . (VIDEO)

I'm just curious. Because it wasn't all that long ago that we repeatedly heard again and again and again from biased liberal journalists that Sarah was a quitter. Dude, where's my objectivity?

Beyoncé's rendition of "At Last" at the presidential inauguration hit a sour note with at least one person - the woman who made the song famous. At a concert last week in Seattle, legendary crooner Etta James slammed Beyoncé for serenading President Obama with her signature song. "I tell you that woman he had singing for him, singing my song, she gonna get her ass whupped," James told an audience at the Paramount Theatre, sarcastically calling her "The great Beyoncé." James didn't finish there. "I can't stand Beyoncé," she spit out on an audio clip posted on Allhiphop.com, adding that...

September 7, 2009 President Obama got in a little relaxation Sunday afternoon with a game of golf ahead of a pivotal week for one of his administration's key policy objectives: health care. On Monday, Obama plans to attend an AFL-CIO picnic in Cincinnati, Ohio, to rally support for his health care plan. He won't focus solely on that topic. He will also address the state of the nation's economy when he speaks at the organized labor event. Last week, mixed reports revealed that there were fewer than expected jobs lost in August, but the unemployment rate inched closer to 10...

Very funny, but provocative video - English subtitles over German. Something for everyone, including "birthers."

President Barack Obama is addressing one of his key constituencies — organized labor — on Monday as union members gather to celebrate the holiday named for their movement. As Obama prepares for a critical speech Wednesday to Congress and the nation about his efforts to overhaul health care, a supportive audience at the AFL-CIO’s annual Labor Day picnic in Cincinnati should provide welcome relief from the highly charged partisan atmosphere surrounding the issue. Besides addressing health care, Obama will tell the assembled union members he has named Ron Bloom as senior counselor for manufacturing policy. Bloom has served since February...

U.S. author, dissident intellectual, and Professor of Linguistics at the Massachussetts Institute of Technology Noam Chomsky met for the first time with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in Caracas and analyzed hemispheric politics during a nationally televised forum on Monday. Chomsky is well known in Venezuela for his critiques of U.S. imperialism and support for the progressive political changes underway in Venezuela and other Latin American countries in recent years. President Chavez regularly references Chomsky in speeches and makes widely publicized recommendations of Chomsky's 2003 book, Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance. "Hegemony or survival; we opt for survival,"...