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Ann Coulter rails against
NRA’s Wayne LaPierre

Daily Caller, by Jeff Poor Original Article

Posted By: Donttaxmebro- 12/31/2012 1:34:31 PM Post Reply

On Sean Hannity’s radio show last Friday with Mark Simone filling in for Hannity, conservative commentator and author Ann Coulter expressed her dissatisfaction with National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre, particularly his “Meet the Press” appearance on NBC from a week ago. Coulter suggested LaPierre and other gun supporters should become familiar with the works of John Lott, whose 1998 book “More Guns, Less Crime” makes an argument against limiting the number of firearms.

In Bay State, more taxes, fewer jobs

Boston Herald, by Holly Robichaud Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 12/31/2012 1:27:19 PM Post Reply

Brace for impact because 2013 is not an election year, so Bacon Hill politicians will be up to their old tricks. You can count on the following helping next year: After months of Gov. Patrick galavanting around the country on behalf of the Obama campaign and failing to focus on the home front, the commonwealth is facing revenue problems. Instead of focusing on the heart of the economic problem, Deval and Bacon Hill leaders will raise our taxes. It is not a matter of if. It is a matter of when and how much.

Sources: ´Fiscal cliff´deal emerging

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 12/31/2012 1:16:59 PM Post Reply

WASHINGTON — The contours of a deal to avert the ´fiscal cliff´ emerged Monday, with Democrats and Republicans agreeing to raise tax rates on family income over $450,000 a year, increase the estate tax rate and extend unemployment benefits for one year, officials familiar with the negotiations said. But with a midnight deadline rapidly approaching, both sides were at an impasse over whether to put off automatic, across-the-board spending cuts set to take effect on Jan. 1, and if so, how to pay for that. Democrats want to put off the cuts for one year and offset

Politico: Breitbart Leads
the Opposition

Breitbart Big Journalism, by Joel B. Pollak Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 12/31/2012 1:13:35 PM Post Reply

The left-leaning, DC-based Politico news outlet has named--or blamed--Breitbart News as the leader of the opposition to Speaker of the House John Boehner: "The main anti-Boehner grumbling is coming from conservative media outlets like Breitbart and Hot Air, and outside groups such as American Majority Action." In fact, Breitbart News has not opposed Boehner´s speakership as such, but has reported on possible challenges stemming from his apparent weakness in "fiscal cliff" negotiations with President Barack Obama, his purge of conservative members from key leadership positions, and his failure to unite the Republican caucus behind "Plan B" proposals to

Bolton trashes Clinton PR operation

Washington Post, by Erik Wemple Original Article

Posted By: abuela10- 12/31/2012 1:11:57 PM Post Reply

A cable-news quip by Fox News contributor John Bolton is looking even more dubious following yesterday’s news that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton had checked in to New York Presbyterian Hospital to treat a blood clot associated with a concussion she’d sustained earlier in December. That concussion kept Clinton from appearing at a Dec. 20 congressional hearing on Benghazi, a set of circumstances that triggered a certain meter of Bolton’s. In a Dec. 17 appearance on Fox News’s “On the Record,” he said:

Obama, Clinton most
admired man, woman

United Press International, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 12/31/2012 1:09:18 PM Post Reply

PRINCETON, N.J.- Americans named President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as the most admired man and woman alive, a Gallup survey indicated. Clinton is the Most Admired Woman for the 11th year in a row, while Obama has been the Most Admired Man five years running, results of a USA Today-Gallup poll released Monday indicated. First lady Michelle Obama, television daytime host Oprah Winfrey and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice were behind Clinton on the Most Admired Woman list. Former South African president and anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela, 2012 Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, evangelist

Obama approves pay
raise for Congress

Fox News, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 12/31/2012 12:59:10 PM Post Reply

Washington - As Americans brace for across-the-board tax hikes, President Obama is giving members of Congress -- and his No. 2 -- a pay raise. Obama signed an executive order last week that will lift a ban on pay freezes for federal employees. So who benefits? Vice President Biden, for starters. According to disclosure forms, Biden made $225,521 last year. After his raise which goes into effect March 27, 2013, he’ll be taking home $231,900. Rank-and-file members of Congress, meanwhile, will see a $900 bump -- up from $174,000. Congressional leaders will receive a slightly higher raise,

800,000 civilian furloughs at
stake if spending cuts go
into effect, Pentagon says

Washington Post, by Ernesto Londoño, Original Article

Posted By: abuela10- 12/31/2012 12:52:32 PM Post Reply

On the edge of the so-called “fiscal cliff,” Pentagon officials said Monday they could have to order furloughs for up to 800,000 civilian employees if lawmakers failed to cancel pending spending reductions. The military’s service chiefs, who have already been making cuts as part of a separate, long-term effort to wean down the defense budget, are now working to assess the impact of the congressionally mandated cuts if the White House and lawmakers fail to strike a last-minute deal. If no such agreement is reached before the end of 2012, the sweeping fiscal retrenchment would begin Wednesday.

FBI subpoena targets 5 Trenton
housing projects from Mayor
Douglas Palmer´s administration

The Times [Trenton, NJ], by Alex Zdan Original Article

Posted By: Ribicon- 12/31/2012 12:31:36 PM Post Reply

Trenton - The FBI is investigating all funding sources for five housing projects started under former Trenton Mayor Douglas Palmer´s administration, according to a federal subpoena obtained today by The Times of Trenton. All five projects being investigated involved developer Robert Kahan, whose company Tara Developers was a frequent fixture of city projects during the second half of Palmer´s 20-year tenure as mayor.(Snip) The latest federal probe into Trenton development projects is apparently unrelated to the pending case against current Trenton Mayor Tony Mack, who has been indicted on charges he accepted bribes from a developer seeking to build

GOP sets record for quickest
surrender in history

American Thinker, by Rick Moran Original Article

Posted By: fishbone- 12/31/2012 11:53:59 AM Post Reply

Yesterday, the Republican leadership insisted there would be no fiscal cliff deal unless there was a cap on cost of living adjustments for social security. They were adamant - a deal killer. That was yesterday. By last night, that strong stance had melted like a stick of butter at a midsummer Grant Park picnic. The Hill: Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) said Social Security cuts are all but off the table. She said that the issue would be "a part of a larger debate," later in 2013 when Congress considers raising the debt-ceiling limit.
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NBC reporter raises
Hillary Clinton questions

Politico, by Kevin Robillard Original Article

Posted By: abuela10- 12/31/2012 11:04:07 AM Post Reply

The top science reporter for NBC News raised questions Monday about Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s hospitalization, raising the possibility the blood clot causing isn’t linked to an earlier concussion. “It’s not exactly clear what is happening with Secretary Clinton’s health,” NBC News chief science and health correspondent Robert Bazell said. “All we have is a statement from her office. The hospital isn’t saying anything and the statement from her [office] says that she had this blood clot that stemmed from the concussion and she’s being treated with blood-thinning drugs,” Bazell continued.

Craigslist sperm donor forced to pay
child support to lesbian couple despite
giving up parental rights to daughter before
birth

Daily Mail (UK), by staff Original Article

Posted By: zephyrgirl- 12/31/2012 10:47:30 AM Post Reply

A sperm donor has been forced to pay child support to the lesbian couple who found him via Craigslist. Angela Bauer, 40, and partner Jennifer Schreiner, 34, placed an ad on the site three years ago for a donor which was answered by William Marotta. He provided sperm which was used for artificial insemination on Ms Schreiner. In return, Mr Marotta gave up parental rights including financial duties for the child.

Fiscal cliff: Major
progress toward deal

Politico, by John Bresnahan* Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 12/31/2012 10:44:57 AM Post Reply

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Vice President Joe Biden engaged in furious overnight negotiations to avert the fiscal cliff and made major progress toward a year-end tax deal, giving sudden hope to high-stakes talks that had been on the brink of collapse, according to sources familiar with the discussion. McConnell and Biden, who served in the Senate together for 23 years, are closing in on an agreement that would hike tax rates for families who earn more than $450,000, and individuals who make more than $400,000, according to sources familiar with talks. That would mark

Isakson: Negotiations at Point
Where ‘Revenue is No
Longer a Question’

PJ Media, by Bridget Johnson Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 12/31/2012 10:41:19 AM Post Reply

Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) said this morning on CNN that he believes fiscal cliff negotiations have progressed to a point where “the revenue issue is no longer a question.” “I think we stand close to a deal,” the senator said. “The question is making sure any new revenues go to debt spending reduction and deficit relief rather than new spending. It’s deficits that got us into this problem. It’s only reducing deficits that get us out of this problem,” he added. Democrats this morning offered $450,000 as a deal

Who’s Attacking the Constitution Now?

Reason, by A. Barton Hinkle Original Article

Posted By: zoidberg- 12/31/2012 10:33:01 AM Post Reply

Many ardent supporters of the Second Amendment are not quite so ardent about the First. And vice versa. A few days ago CNN host Piers Morgan got into it with the head of a gun-rights group. Now more than 87,000 people have signed an online petition demanding that Morgan, who is British, be deported for his “hostile attack against the U.S. Constitution.” But the First Amendment does not exempt British nationals, which means those signing the petition are also committing a hostile attack against the Constitution. The irony is probably lost on them.

Cops in Schools

National Review Online, by Eliana Johnson Original Article

Posted By: markinalpine- 12/31/2012 10:32:36 AM Post Reply

The NRA’s executive vice president, Wayne LaPierre, has been the subject of Beltway ire for his proposal to put police officers in schools across the country; the White House, lawmakers, and political analysts on both sides of the aisle have summarily denounced him. Rewind just 13 years, though, and many of these lawmakers were cheering a proposal that bears a remarkable resemblance to the one set forth by the NRA: President Clinton’s “COPS in Schools” program. In October 1998, Clinton announced the $60 million grant program, which was housed in the Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing

Subverting the Constitution

American Thinker, by Thomas Lifson Original Article

Posted By: magnante- 12/31/2012 10:26:42 AM Post Reply

Another line is being crossed in the campaign to fundamentally change America. The Left has long regarded the American Constitution as an obstacle to the sort of fundamental change it desires, and now the seeds of delegitimizing the Constitution itself are being planted by powerful members of the progressive establishment. Louis Michael Seidman, Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Constitutional Law at Georgetown University, is no fringe figure. He is a pillar of the left wing legal establishment, graduate of Harvard Law, former clerk for Thurgood Marshall, and notable figure in the Leftist "critical legal theory" movement.

Honor Flight taking veterans
by the thousands to D.C.

Springfield News-Sun [OH], by Andrew McGinn Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 12/31/2012 10:19:42 AM Post Reply

Final numbers are still being tallied from Honor Flight Network’s 2012 flying season, which ended in November, but it’s possible the Springfield-based nonprofit flew its 100,000th veteran to the nation’s capital this year to visit the war memorials they never thought they’d see. If correct, the milestone would perfectly cap a banner year for the organization founded locally in 2005 to fly veterans physically or financially incapable of getting to Washington, D.C., on their own. Not only is the Honor Flight Network the subject of a new documentary, but this month the group also received

Pentagon debuts float in
Rose parade to honor vets

Associated Press, by Julie Watson Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 12/31/2012 10:08:07 AM Post Reply

SAN DIEGO - It´s been almost 60 years since James McEachin returned home with a bullet still lodged in his chest, finding an America indifferent toward the troops who fought in Korea. Now he will get the homecoming parade he had expected. The Defense Department for the first time will put a float in Pasadena´s Tournament of Roses , one the most watched parades , to commemorate the veterans from a conflict that still casts a shadow over the world. "I think it´s a magnificent gesture and it cures a lot of ills," said McEachin,

Joe Biden Named 2012
Joke of the Year

Investor´s Business Daily, by Andrew Malcolm Original Article

Posted By: SurferLad- 12/31/2012 9:58:32 AM Post Reply

Well, the vote has been counted. And Vice President Joe Biden is the recipient of the first annual, not-so-coveted Joke of the Year Award. It´s a BFD. Without even trying, the Veepman has provided more laughs for millions of Americans than his highly-paid late-night competitors. Biden helped Republican Mitt Romney win the state of North Carolina by declaring there that the middle class had been buried during the last four years.

Here comes 2013! Sydney
is first major world city
to celebrate as New Year
spreads across the globe

Daily Mail (UK), by Leon Watson Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 12/31/2012 9:34:52 AM Post Reply

The New Year started with a bang today as the first countries to toast 2013 did so in style. The central Pacific Ocean island of Kiritimati (Christmas Island) and the eastern-most island in the island nation of Kiribati were the first to usher in the New Year at 10am GMT. And Sydney was the first major world city to see in 2013 at 1pm GMT, with some 1.5 million people attending the city´s events.Eager revellers camped over Sunday night on the shores of the harbour to get the best vantage points to see the fireworks show

Brace For an Avalanche
of Unfunded Debt

US News and World Report, by Mortimer B. Zuckerman Original Article

Posted By: galloglass- 12/31/2012 9:20:08 AM Post Reply

All eyes have been on the clear and present danger of the fiscal cliff—understandably—but there´s a sound in the mountain range that´s even scarier than the cliff. It´s the sound made by an avalanche, the trillions of dollars of debt that´s heading our way, gathering speed and mass. For most people, it´s out of earshot now, and that´s the way our government prefers to play it in its financial statements. Liabilities are not set out there in accordance with the well-established norms of the private sector, where this overhang of liabilities would set off alarm bells in the markets, with
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Obama lists those to blame for the
fiscal cliff and he´s not one of them

Investor´s Business Daily, by Andrew Malcolm Original Article

Posted By: SurferLad- 12/31/2012 9:11:30 AM Post Reply

At this hour of the last day of 2012, 10 days into the new Mayan calendar, it´s become quite clear that the United States is falling off the much-looming fiscal cliff. Or perhaps it won´t. Or maybe if it does, Washington clowns will do something to reverse the new taxes and severe budget cuts. Or do part of something. Or maybe not. Got it? As five or six of you probably saw, Obama made a rare Sunday talkshow appearance to put his spin on the events or non-events. He sounded pretty pessimistic. Downright downbeat, in fact.

Homeless heir to Huguette Clark´s
$19M fortune found dead in Wyoming

New York Post, by Jeane MacIntosh Original Article

Posted By: abuela10- 12/31/2012 9:03:51 AM Post Reply

He could have been a $19 million hobo. The twisted saga of reclusive New York railroad heiress Huguette Clark took another bizarre turn yesterday when a long-lost heir — described as a transient man who potentially stood to get a whopping piece of her massive fortune — turned up dead under a Wyoming train overpass, authorities said. The body of Timothy Henry Gray, 60, was found by kids sledding near a Union Pacific Railroad span in the small town of Evanston, police there said yesterday. The “homeless” Gray, who was wearing a light jacket in 10-degree weather, died of hypothermia.

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