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Joe Lieberman’s sad send-off

Washington Post, by Dana Milbank Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 12/13/2012 5:07:38 AM Post Reply

It was a lonely farewell for Joe Lieberman. When the senior senator from Connecticut stood to give his parting address Wednesday afternoon, just one of his colleagues, Delaware Democrat Tom Carper, was with him on the Senate floor. As Lieberman plodded through his speech, thanking everybody from his wife to the Capitol maintenance crews, a few longtime friends trickled in. In came John Kerry (Mass.), who bested him in the 2004 Democratic presidential primaries and then, like many Senate Democrats, endorsed Ned Lamont, who tried to oust Lieberman from his Senate seat in 2006.

A Secretary John Kerry
Would Elevate Climate Issues

National Journal, by Coral Davenport Original Article

Posted By: Pluperfect- 12/13/2012 4:59:02 AM Post Reply

If Sen. John Kerry becomes the next secretary of State or Defense, he will likely raise climate change to a top-tier priority in either agency. Kerry, the Massachusetts Democrat who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has long been viewed as a likely candidate to replace Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. While United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice more recently had been viewed as the top contender for the post, fierce Republican resistance to her candidacy now appears to be making Kerry, who would probably face a relatively easy Senate confirmation, the more likely candidate.

Loud-Ass TV Ads Are
About to Be Outlawed

Mother Jones, by Adam Weinstein Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 12/13/2012 4:51:11 AM Post Reply

Listen up, TV advertisers: Big Brother is muting you! Well, not entirely. But beginning at midnight tonight, new Federal Communications Commission rules will bar television networks from blasting viewers with those excessively loud, screamy commercial breaks. At last you can retrieve your sanity from Empire Carpet and the KIA Hamsters. (The rules will not, however, get those damn kids off your lawn.) Adopted a year ago Thursday, the rules "will require commercials to have the same average volume as the programs they accompany," the FCC says. The commission was prompted to action last year when Congress passed

Susan Rice’s Personality ´Disorder´

Daily Beast, by Lloyd Grove Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 12/13/2012 4:47:18 AM Post Reply

Susan Rice, the United States ambassador to the United Nations and President Obama’s most visible candidate to replace Hillary Clinton as secretary of state, is being subjected to an immutable law of the Washington power grid: in the rough and tumble of political combat, personality trumps policy. Government policy, especially foreign policy, is rife with nuance and complication. But personality is easier to grasp and harder to shed. Recent critiques of Rice’s influence on U.S. diplomacy in Rwanda, Sudan, and Eritrea over the past two decades are endlessly debatable among think-tank elites.

Why Fox News put Karl
Rove back on the air

The Week, by Peter Weber Original Article

Posted By: MissMolly- 12/13/2012 4:42:49 AM Post Reply

W ell, that was a pretty short exile: A brief 27 days after Fox News reportedly benched Karl Rove (and Dick Morris) for their ill-fated Republican boosterism before and especially during the November election, the GOP strategist once known as "Bush´s brain" was back on the air Monday night, talking about the fiscal cliff with Brett Baier on Special Report. He´s scheduled to appear on Fox´s The O´Reilly Factor on Wednesday. "Gentlemen, welcome back," Baier told Rove and Democratic strategist Joe Trippi at the start of the eight-minute segment. I guess Fox didn´t like having its dirty laundry aired,

Ron Paul Will Charge
$50,000 To Speak

Buzzfeed, by Rosie Gray Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 12/13/2012 4:38:42 AM Post Reply

Ron Paul will follow the well-trod path of hitting the paid speaking circuit after his retirement from Congress — and will charge $50,000 per appearance, BuzzFeed has learned. Paul´s fee is in addition to hotel, meals, and ground transportation in his origin and destination cities for two people. He´s represented by Greater Talent Network Speakers Bureau. Paul´s rate puts him about in the middle of the field for former politicians. He´s making more than John Huntsman, Mike Huckabee, and Joe Scarborough, but much less than Al Gore and Arnold Schwarzenegger, each of whom command six-figure fees.

The Battle of the Bads

PJ Media, by Richard Fernandez Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 12/13/2012 4:34:11 AM Post Reply

The beating of journalist Steven Crowder by union supporters in Michigan highlights once again the role that extra-judicial intimidation plays in politics. We like to think that politics is about reasoned and civil debate. It never has been. The classic left wing understanding of politics was articulated by Mao Tse Tung. Every Communist must grasp the truth; “Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun. … Experience in the class struggle in the era of imperialism teaches us that it is only by the power of the gun

Michigan Furor Previews
Coming Tests of Labor Power

National Journal, by Josh Kraushaar Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 12/13/2012 4:24:56 AM Post Reply

Michigan is currently ground zero in the fight between labor and conservatives who believe its influence is hindering job growth. But the Wolverine State skirmish over right-to-work legislation is just a preview for one of many hotly contested 2014 gubernatorial battles that will determine what role unions will play in the economy for future generations. Among Republican incumbents, Michigan´s Rick Snyder, who held solid approval ratings before this latest fight, will be tested anew as Democrats mobilize and look for a credible recruit. Wisconsin´s Scott Walker, having survived a contentious recall, is on the ballot again in 2014.

North Korean Satellite Launch
Changes Balance And Shakes Region

Arutz Sheva [Israel], by Dr. Amiel Ungar Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 12/13/2012 1:51:06 AM Post Reply

The success of the North Korean regime in putting a satellite into orbit has both diplomatic and strategic implications. It will undoubtedly provide encouragement for Iran, by demonstrating that UN condemnations and expressions of "regret" will not terrorize a country determined to change the strategic balance. It also represents the failure of US multilateral diplomacy that expected Russia and China to do a bit of the heavy lifting with regards to Pyongyang. Once again, the hopes that a young leader would mark a change in a brutal and tyrannical regime have been dashed.

FOX News poll: According to voters,
spending cuts are a must

FOX News, by Dana Blanton Original Article

Posted By: smcchk- 12/13/2012 12:28:12 AM Post Reply

If Washington is looking for guidance on the fiscal cliff, voters are sending mixed signals. A majority says major spending cuts are necessary to solve the country’s budget woes -- that solely raising taxes on the wealthy isn’t enough. Even so, the most popular proposal among voters for reducing the deficit is, you guessed it, raising taxes on the rich. In addition, while a majority of Republicans (59 percent) thinks major cuts to entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare should be made now, even if it is tough on families, a majority of Democrats (52 percent) think those

Senate Democrats Urge
Undoing of ObamaCare

Breitbart´s Big Government, by Dr. Susan Berry Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 12/12/2012 11:16:45 PM Post Reply

Many powerful Democrats, even some of the most liberal among them, are supporting what amounts to a dismantling of President Obama’s signature health care law. Using “Republican” language to make their case, these Democrats are attempting to repeal some of the funding mechanisms as well as the cost-containment measures that were purportedly inherent in the law. With some of their most influential constituent groups facing onerous tax increases that are slated to help fund the law’s mandates and regulations, Senators like Al Franken (D-MN), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Charles Schumer

Joe Allbritton, 87, DC
media, banking giant dies

Associated Press, by Matthew Barakat Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 12/12/2012 11:05:25 PM Post Reply

McLEAN, Va. — Joe L. Allbritton, who became one of Washington´s most influential men through a media conglomerate of newspapers and television stations and a financial empire that once included Riggs Bank, died Wednesday. He was 87. He was suffering from heart ailments and died at a hospital in Houston, where he lived, said Frederick J. Ryan Jr., president of Arlington, Va.-based Allbritton Communications Co. Allbritton´s fortune was self-made, beginning with real estate trades and banking investments. By age 33, he was a millionaire, Ryan said. His media holdings included eight television stations in seven markets

Bill Ford buys the oldest
surviving Ford for $264,000

Fox News, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 12/12/2012 11:00:46 PM Post Reply

Turns out that Bill Ford, Jr. is something of a man of mystery. The Executive Chairman of the Ford Motor Company has been revealed as the high bidder for the oldest-known surviving Ford automobile, which was sold at an RM Auction Hershey, Penn., in October for $264,000. The identity of the buyer had previously been kept under wraps. The 1903 Ford Model A Rear Entry Tonneau is believed to be the third car produced under the auspices of the newly-formed company and was sold on July 19th of that year to Iowa butter maker Herbert L. McNary.

Union Violence In Michigan
Is No Tea Party

Investor´s Business Daily, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: HollowLeg- 12/12/2012 10:50:25 PM Post Reply

Organized Labor: The assault on a Fox News contributor protecting women and seniors in a tent is but the latest example of the civil discourse and respect for democracy the president´s union supporters really have. Imagine the outrage and the mainstream media feeding frenzy had it been a Tea Party member punching an MSNBC contributor covering a protest over ObamaCare. Or if Tea Party members had descended on a tent full of Occupy Wall Street supporters, flattening and tearing it apart with total disregard for the people inside. Yet that is precisely what happened to conservative comedian

California governor treated
for early-stage prostate cancer

Reuters, by Mary Slosson Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 12/12/2012 10:46:48 PM Post Reply

SACRAMENTO- California Governor Jerry Brown is undergoing treatment for early-stage prostate cancer with an excellent prognosis for recovery, and the 74-year-old Democrat is expected to keep up a full work schedule, his office said on Wednesday. "Fortunately, this is early-stage localized prostate cancer, which is being treated with a short course of conventional radiotherapy," Dr. Eric Small, Brown´s oncologist, said in a statement. "The prognosis is excellent, and there are not expected to be any significant side effects," he added.

Obama´s America Will
Become Detroit

Cybercast News Service, by Terence P. Jeffrey Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 12/12/2012 10:42:53 PM Post Reply

President Barack Obama travelled to Michigan this week and made his case for class war in defense of the welfare state. We need to take more money from the rich, he said, or schools will not be able to afford books, students will not be able to afford college, and disabled children will not get health care. "Our economic success has never come from the top down," said Obama. "It comes from the middle out. It comes from the bottom up." Obama spoke these words a few miles from Detroit — the reductio ad absurdum of his argument.

Mayor sees middle class
in revolt if tax rates rise

Washington Post, by Dave Boyer Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 12/12/2012 10:35:07 PM Post Reply

One of the mayors invited by President Obama on Wednesday to a White House meeting on fiscal issues predicted after the session that there would be civil unrest if congressional Republicans fail to agree to extended tax cuts for the middle class. “I think that America will retaliate in the event this does not occur,” said Mayor Michael Coleman of Columbus, Ohio. “Yes, we’re going to be frustrated if this does not occur. In fact, it’ll rise above frustration.” Asked by a reporter to elaborate, Mr. Coleman said retaliation was “maybe a little bit too strong” a word, but added

Money pours in to replace
hot dog vendor´s equipment
destroyed at Capitol

The Detroit News, by Chad Livengood Original Article

Posted By: barbcrose- 12/12/2012 10:31:10 PM Post Reply

Viral Internet video and photographs of right-to-work protesters tearing down a tent and trashing a Lansing hot dog vendor´s catering equipment has sparked an online fundraising drive to help a man known by most as "the hot dog guy." During Tuesday´s mass demonstrations that attracted an estimated 10,000 to the Capitol lawn, protesters of the right-to-work law the Legislature was passing and voting on tore down a tent rented by the Michigan chapter of Americans for Prosperity. Witnesses and Internet videos show protesters, some wearing union clothes, using knives or box cutters to cut the tent´s ropes.

Syrian forces fire short-range
ballistic missiles at rebels

Washington Post, by Karen DeYoung Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 12/12/2012 10:27:56 PM Post Reply

Government forces have fired at least a half-dozen short-range ballistic missiles at rebel groups in northern Syria over the past several days, according to U.S. officials, a potentially significant escalation of a civil war that has killed more than 40,000 people. U.S. officials and the group Human Rights Watch also alleged Wednesday that Syrian government forces are dropping incendiary devices similar to napalm weapons on rebel fighters in populated areas. The officials described the tactics as acts of desperation as rebels gain momentum in the nearly two-year-old fight to oust President Bashar al-Assad.

Groups vow to push ‘right
to work’ in other states

Washington Post, by Felicia Sonmez and David A. Fahrenthold Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 12/12/2012 10:25:32 PM Post Reply

LANSING, Mich. — The conservative groups that supported Michigan’s new “right to work” law — winning a stunning victory over unions, even in the heart of American labor — vowed Wednesday to replicate that success elsewhere. But the search for the next Michigan could be difficult. National unions, caught flat-footed in the Wolverine State, pledged to offer fierce opposition wherever the idea crops up next. They consider the laws a direct attack on their finances and political clout at at time when labor influence is already greatly diminished.

North Korean satellite ´tumbling
out of control,´ US officials say

NBC News, by Jim Miklaszewski & Alan Boyle Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 12/12/2012 9:49:24 PM Post Reply

The object that North Korea sent into space on Wednesday appears to be “tumbling out of control” as it orbits the earth, U.S. officials told NBC News. The officials said that it is indeed some kind of space vehicle, but they still haven’t been able to determine exactly what the satellite is supposed to do. In a statement, the White House said the rocket launch was a highly provocative act that threatens regional security and violates U.N. resolutions. (Snip) North Korea is banned from conducting missile and nuclear tests, under the terms of U.N. sanctions imposed after a series of nuclear weapons tests in

Nancy Pelosi pushes Democrats
as the anti-corruption party

Washington Examiner, by Joel Gehrke Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 12/12/2012 9:27:24 PM Post Reply

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., asserted once again the Democrats status as the anti-corruption party a press briefing today, despite the ethical challenges faced even her prominent colleagues. Pelosi discussed the causes for Democratic Party’s 2006 electoral success. “There was ending the culture of corruption that existed under Republicans here,” Pelosi said before calling for House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, to imitate her tactic for addressing a thorny issues as he carries on with the fiscal cliff negotiations. How well did Pelosi succeed in “ending the culture of corruption”?

Replacing Speaker Boehner

American Spectator, by Peter Ferrara Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 12/12/2012 9:13:59 PM Post Reply

Here's how and why it has to be done. John Boehner is a good man in a hard place. He has served in public office as a lifelong conservative, not a RINO. His position on the Obama tax increases has been better than almost any other Republican who has been speaking out lately, given the Obama/Democrat election victories -- close loopholes and deductions for $800 billion in new revenue over a decade, but no increases in rates. But face it. Boehner is no match for Obama on the national stage. He cannot press the economic arguments articulately. He does not have a compelling personality.

War on Women: Prominent Democrat’s
Son Assaults Girlfriend, Fracturing
Her Skull

PJ Media, by Bryan Preston Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 12/12/2012 8:55:37 PM Post Reply

The last time Patrick Moran was making headlines, it was for his appearance in an undercover video by James O’Keefe. Moran was seen assisting voter fraud, and was promptly fired from his father’s campaign. His father is Rep. Jim Moran of Virginia. Now, the younger Moran stands accused of assault and has pled guilty. Moran and his girlfriend were fighting outside 14th Street bar The Getaway around 1:23 a.m. on Dec. 1, according to a police report, over Moran talking to another woman at the bar. Suddenly, Moran allegedly slammed his

Software pioneer McAfee
arrives in U.S. from Guatemala

Reuters, by Kevin Gray Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 12/12/2012 8:50:03 PM Post Reply

Miami - John McAfee arrived in Miami on Wednesday night after Guatemala deported the computer software pioneer who is wanted for questioning in Belize over the murder of a fellow American, according to fellow passengers on the American Airlines flight. McAfee, 67, was escorted from the plane by airport security officers, passengers said. He had been held for a week in Guatemala, where he surfaced after evading police in Belize for nearly a month following the killing of American Gregory Faull, his neighbor on the Caribbean island of Ambergris Caye. Police in Belize want to quiz McAfee

Sandoval First Republican to Embrace
Obamacare Medicaid Expansion

Breitbart´s Big Government, by Tony Lee Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 12/12/2012 8:37:38 PM Post Reply

Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval announced on Tuesday his state would participate in Obamacare´s Medicaid expansion, becoming the first Republican governor to embrace the aspect of Obamacare the Supreme Court ruled was optional. Sandoval made the decision days after the Obama administration told states they would have to cover everyone below 133% of the federal poverty line ($14,893 for an individual) if they wanted to be reimbursed as part of the Medicaid expansion. "All in all, it makes the best sense for the state to opt in," Sandoval said. Sandoval also said that though he has never

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