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This is not the President Obama
we voted for
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Guardian [UK], by Heather Long
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Posted By: garnet- 5/19/2013 10:35:41 AM
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You can argue that Republicans have blocked President Obama from doing just about anything. You can argue that he´s had bad luck. You can argue that he isn´t always the greatest orator. But you can´t argue away that the Department of Justice took the unprecedented step of seizing phone records from the Associated Press. Or the flimsy rationale justifying drone attacks abroad and at home. Or the bizarre step the Pentagon has taken to expand the ability of the military (Snip) These are actions that President Obama and his top team have taken on their own.
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The Benghazi Emails´ Backside-Covering
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Washington Post Writers Group, by David Ignatius
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Posted By: garnet- 5/19/2013 10:27:43 AM
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WASHINGTON -- The hundred pages of Benghazi emails released last week tell us almost nothing about how four Americans came to die so tragically in that Libyan city. But they are a case study in why nothing works in Washington. Rather than reading these messages for their substance on Benghazi (on which officials were still basically clueless three days after the attack), try perusing them as an illustration of how the bureaucracy responds to crisis -- especially when officials know they will be under the media spotlight.
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Authorities: Hofstra student
was killed by police
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Associated Press, by Frank Eltman
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 5/19/2013 10:24:56 AM
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MINEOLA, N.Y. — A Hofstra University student being held in a headlock at gunpoint by an intruder was accidently shot and killed by a police officer who had responded to the home invasion at an off-campus home, police said Saturday. Junior public relations major Andrea Rebello was shot once in the head early Friday morning by an officer who opened fire after the masked intruder pointed a gun at the officer while holding the 21-year-old student, Nassau County homicide squad Lt. John Azzata said. In a tense confrontation with the officer, gunman Dalton Smith "menaces
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Anise, We Have a Problem
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American Thinker, by Keith Riler
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 5/19/2013 10:17:55 AM
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There is an argument that social issues shouldn´t play much of a role in mayoral politics, and many in Houston are sympathetic to that view. But should such a view hold when your lesbian mayor reveals, in arrogant, disparaging, and militaristic terms, how she feels about traditional marriage? Specifically, Houston´s mayor, Anise Parker, who is up for re-election, let her guard down in the Wall Street Journal´s Weekend Interview when she said (emphasis added): "I´m not a spokesperson for the gay community," she adds. Gay marriage is personal.
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Mediaite Exclusive: Internal Memo
Proves That CBS’ Sharyl Attkisson Did
Not Get Benghazi Emails Story Wrong
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Mediaite, by Noah Rothman
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 5/19/2013 10:17:21 AM
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The revelation that the government’s talking points in the wake of the Benghazi attacks were edited to reflect the concerns of a variety of federal agencies has sparked a firestorm of controversy in recent weeks. Some early reports on that email exchange created the erroneous impression that the White House was more deferential to the concerns of State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland, who sought to remove from those talking points a variety of references suggesting the Benghazi attack was the result of a coordinated act of terror. The actual interagency email exchange, released by the Obama administration on Wednesday,
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Evidence emerges that Obama administration official knew of IRS targeting during 2012 campaign
- Thread Closed
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CBS News, by Margaret Brennan
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Posted By: pezanne- 5/19/2013 10:03:49 AM
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There were new questions Saturday night concerning if anyone in the White House was aware of the IRS´ targeting of conservative groups. Inspector General Russell George said he informed a deputy at the Treasury Department in June of 2012 about the probe into the IRS. The Treasury Department confirmed the timeline but said they did not know the details of the investigation until last week.
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Exercise or religion? Yoga is for everyone
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USA Today, by Richard Karpel
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Posted By: pezanne- 5/19/2013 9:58:55 AM
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Millions of people of varying religious beliefs practice yoga and find that it enhances their spiritual life. Millions of others view it strictly as physical exercise and an aid to mindfulness.
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Tennessee Congressmen struggling with internet sales tax decision
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Knoxville News-Sentinel, by Michael Collins
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Posted By: pezanne- 5/19/2013 9:55:43 AM
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U.S. Rep. John J. Duncan Jr. is getting a lot of opinions from a lot of people as he weighs the pros and cons of taxing items purchased over the Internet. Gov. Bill Haslam wants states to have the power to collect the tax, arguing it is money that is already owed. Some small businesses in Duncan’s Knoxville-based congressional district take the same position and say it’s a matter of fairness: They already are required by law to collect the tax and send it to the state, but out-of-state online retailers are not.
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New research finds stronger
men are conservatives, of course;
Weaklings are libs
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Investor´s Business Daily, by Andrew Malcolm
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Posted By: SurferLad- 5/19/2013 9:46:19 AM
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Finally, scientific confirmation of what so many have suspected all along: The strongest of men in varied societies around the world are much more likely to hold conservative political views. Probably much smarter too. While weaker guys, regardless of wealth, are more liberal, into handouts and wealth redistribution because, well, they don´t have the strength to get it and keep it themselves. The reassuring results come from a new study by researchers at Denmark´s Aarhus University.
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Reactionaries in New York
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Time, by Joe Klein
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Posted By: Pluperfect- 5/19/2013 8:27:40 AM
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The Democratic candidates for mayor in New York are campaigning to win the support of the teachers union. They threaten to return the city to the horrors of the David Dinkins era. Back at the turn of the 1990s, New York City was a mess. Crime was rampant. The schools were dreadful. Children in foster care were brutalized because–as the head of the Child Welfare Agency said–”oversight is racist.” The mayor was an incompetent. And, above all, the city was run for the benefit of its employees rather than its citizens. What followed was 20 years of governance
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The Stasi IRS?
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American Thinker, by Fay Voshell
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Posted By: Desert Fox- 5/19/2013 8:23:06 AM
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It´s often been said the Internal Revenue Service is the most feared bureaucracy in the United States. Little wonder. As the agency openly proclaims on their own website, concerning what actions they might take if your taxes are unpaid: We could seize and sell property that you hold (such as your car, boat, or house), or we could levy property that is yours but is held by someone else (such as your wages, retirement accounts, dividends, bank accounts, licenses, rental income, accounts receivables, the cash loan value of your life insurance, or commissions).
This site has now reached its quota of posts for the day.
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We´re living in an Ayn Rand economy
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Salon, by Paul Buchheit
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Posted By: randyspencer49- 5/19/2013 8:15:20 AM
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Ayn Rand’s novel “Atlas Shrugged” fantasizes a world in which anti-government citizens reject taxes and regulations, and “stop the motor” by withdrawing themselves from the system of production. In a perverse twist on the writer’s theme the prediction is coming true. But instead of productive people rejecting taxes, rejected taxes are shutting down productive people.
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Scandal is not Enough
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American Thinker, by Steve McCann
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Posted By: Desert Fox- 5/19/2013 8:13:28 AM
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The scandal eruption currently surrounding the Obama regime was inevitable. The only question was when and what would finally break through the wall erected around the White House by the media. It has long been obvious to conservatives in America that Barack Obama and his fellow travelers are devoid of any honor or integrity and have been immersed in not only socialist/ Marxist philosophy but the belief that they are preordained to govern the masses. Therefore there is but one enemy -- their political opposition, who must be defeated at any cost and by any means possible, ethical or otherwise.
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Hope and Fear:
Obama into 2014
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American Thinker, by Eileen F. Toplansky
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Posted By: Desert Fox- 5/19/2013 8:08:16 AM
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In the days before the 1905 Russian Revolution, there was great discontent with the Tsar´s dictatorship. The revolution was a "wave of mass political and social unrest that spread through vast areas of the Russian Empire. Some of it was directed against the government, while some was undirected. It included terrorism, worker strikes, peasant unrest, and military mutinies." These cataclysmic changes evoked a number of reactions. Isaac Leib Peretz, one of the luminaries of Yiddish literature, wrote a small essay entitled "Hope and Fear," wherein he asserted the following. I worry. As victors.
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Pin the fail on the donkey
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New York Post, by John Podhoretz
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Posted By: FlyRight- 5/19/2013 7:59:37 AM
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The Obama administration’s sudden plunge into scandal territory has two aspects — the actual and the political. The first, and most important, has to do with what actually happened. Why did the administration promulgate a false account of the terror attack on Benghazi? Why did the Internal Revenue Service target conservative groups for special scrutiny? Why did the Justice Department act in an unprecedented fashion toward The Associated Press for publishing details of a foiled terror plot the White House was planning to discuss openly the next day?
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Amgen Tour of Califrnia:
Konig hangs on for Stage 7 win
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Associated Press, by Staff
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Posted By: Zarin- 5/19/2013 7:04:54 AM
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Leopold Konig of the Czech Republic won the seventh stage of the Tour of California in a mountaintop finish Saturday, and American Tejay van Garderen finished third to keep the overall lead for the third straight day. Koenig, riding for the German team NetApp-Endura team, quickly moved ahead of Janier Acevedo of Colombia with about 400 yards left and completed the 91.4-mile stage from Livermore to Mount Diablo in 3 hours, 54 minutes, 17 seconds. Acevedo, the Jamis-Hagens Berman rider who won the second stage
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Immigration reform no sure bet
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Politico, by Seung Min Kim & Jake Sherman
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Posted By: Pluperfect- 5/19/2013 6:29:04 AM
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After years of false starts, Washington finally appears to be on the path to rewriting the nation’s immigration laws. The Senate Gang of Eight bill is holding its own in committee and is expected to hit the Senate floor in June. And in the House this week, members of a bipartisan group agreed “in principle” on a big bill to be revealed in June. But in this case, looks are deceiving. There are still major hurdles before immigration reform can reach President Barack Obama’s desk. The biggest one is the GOP-controlled House. Right now, the Senate bill has no chance
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All the Lonely People
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New York Times, by Ross Douthat
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Posted By: StormCnter- 5/19/2013 6:24:58 AM
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OVER the last decade, the United States has become a less violent country in every way save one. As Americans commit fewer and fewer crimes against other people’s lives and property, they have become more likely to inflict fatal violence on themselves. In the 1990s, the suicide rate dipped with the crime rate. But since 2000, it has risen, and jumped particularly sharply among the middle-aged. The suicide rate for Americans 35 to 54 increased nearly 30 percent between 1999 and 2010; for men in their 50s, it rose nearly 50 percent. More Americans now die of suicide
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´Catching Fire´ dampened
but not drowned at Cannes
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Associated Press, by Jake Colye
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Posted By: Zarin- 5/19/2013 6:23:44 AM
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Little could lessen the fever-pitched excitement for "Hunger Games: Catching Fire," but heavy rain nevertheless dampened the film´s lavish Cannes party. Stars of the "Hunger Games" sequel, Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth and Sam Clafin, arrived Saturday at the Cannes Film Festival. "Catching Fire," perhaps more than any other film not actually screening at Cannes, is seeking to use the festival´s global platform to promote the highly anticipated sequel. Digital flame billboards have constantly burned by the Majestic Barriere hotel. The cast posed for photographers Saturday. And in the evening, Lionsgate held a lavish soiree beside the beach
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Obama adminstration talking
points scrubbed jihadists from
Cairo as well as Benghazi
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Power Line, by Paul Mirengoff
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Posted By: StormCnter- 5/19/2013 6:13:07 AM
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In the days after the Benhazi attack, the State Department scurried to cover up its failure to heed warnings of such attacks while the White House scurried to cover up the fact that that attacks were the work of al Qaeda-linked terrorists of the sort President Obama supposedly had largely vanquished. The final Benghazi “talking points” and Susan Rice’s talk show appearances represent the product of this scurrying. To help advance the narrative that the Benghazi attacks were spontaneous, and thus (a) not to have been anticipated and (b) not linked to al Qaeda,
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Governor Bobby Jindal calls
for IRS officials to be jailed
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Daily Mail [UK], by Staff
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Posted By: Attercliffe- 5/19/2013 6:10:07 AM
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Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has delivered some harsh criticisms to President Barack Obama over recent controversies surrounding his administration in a speech. [Snip] CNN says Jindal addressed the IRS’ extra scrutiny of conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status, saying those involved in the targeting should ´go to jail´. ´Anyone who participated in this targeting of Americans for their political beliefs, anyone who knew about it, anyone who simply looked the other way, and anyone under whose watch this occurred needs to be fired,´ Jindal said, noting that ordinary citizens who fail to pay taxes could face jail time.
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Toronto Mayor: That Wasn´t Me
Smoking Crack In That Video
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Reuters, by Julie Gordon & Cameron French
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Posted By: StormCnter- 5/19/2013 6:08:26 AM
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TORONTO - Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, a target of criticism for his often unconventional conduct, on Friday denied media allegations that he had been caught on video smoking crack cocaine. "Absolutely not true," Ford told reporters gathered outside his west Toronto house, before driving off in his SUV. Reporters for the Toronto Star and Gawker Media said late on Thursday they had watched a cellphone video that appears to show Ford smoking crack, although both news outlets said they had declined to pay the $100,000 price asked by the tipsters,
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Revealed: Obama administration knew
about investigation into claims that
IRS was harassing tea party groups
since June 2012 as ousted head of
the agency insists it was not illegal
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Daily Mail [UK], by David Martosko & Associated Press
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Posted By: Attercliffe- 5/19/2013 6:04:22 AM
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Obama administration officials were made aware in June 2012 about an investigation into complaints from conservative tea party groups that they were being harassed, and they knew the probe was ongoing at the height of the presidential race, a Treasury inspector general revealed Friday. J. Russell George, the Treasury inspector general for tax administration, testified alongside ousted IRS head Steven Miller, who did little to subdue Republican outrage during hours of intense congressional questioning. Both defiant and apologetic, Miller acknowledged agency mistakes in targeting tea party groups for special scrutiny when they applied for tax-exempt status, but he insisted that
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