Lucianne.com News Forum - HomePage - RSS (http://www.lucianne.com/) http://www.lucianne.com/rssfeed/ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:43:33 GMT Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:43:33 GMT Lucianne.com Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:42:28 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=507704 AF03F8198F7D7A75835FFFC45CB0EC67027581EF4F7EA77B0E0DB512A1FFE678 Voice Out There, by Gwendolyn Kik Posted By: ghkik- Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:42:28 GMT In 1789, George Washington gave the first Presidential Thanksgiving proclamation. President Barack Obama just released his own proclamation. In the last two hundred twenty'two years, the national meaning of Thanksgiving – its purpose, our reasons for giving thanks and our duty to God and country on this day – has changed dramatically. Rather than trying to convince you by my words, I’ll let these men speak for themselves... Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:39:01 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=507703 5577D401E804CC86FA2B495B327F30FF6FF75E5647219EEFF1283E434D60A878 New York Times, by David D. Kirkpatrick Posted By: Dreadnought- Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:39:01 GMT WASHINGTON — Senator Bob Casey of Pennsylvania wants to talk about health care, Medicare, children’s insurance, a public option — anything but abortion. But that is pretty much impossible because Mr. Casey is the country’s most prominent “pro'life” Democrat. He credits his political career in large part to the popularity of his late father, the anti'abortion firebrand Gov. Bob Casey, who challenged Roe v. Wade Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:37:13 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=507702 687E47E28F50C5F7FE41CDADE4C853AAAEEE0C812ECC0EAE41B452EA6D9F69C3 New York Times, by David Jolly and Kate Galbraith Posted By: Dreadnought- Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:37:13 GMT Global financial markets swooned Thursday, with London seeing its most precipitous drop in nearly nine months, a day after Dubai stunned investors with the news that it was asking banks to allow its main investment vehicle, Dubai World, to suspend its debt repayments for six months. The announcement — the global high finance equivalent of a homeowner asking the bank to allow six months of skipped mortgage payments Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:35:10 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=507701 6E816A88CF087D21F9008223B4F0E5C3BC5125591329A804D69A39B6CEE5DF3F New York Times, by Helene Cooper, Janie Lorber. . . Posted By: Dreadnought- Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:35:10 GMT WASHINGTON — The Secret Service is investigating how a couple aspiring to be reality'show celebrities managed to appear at President Obama’s first state dinner without being on the guest list, provoking questions about security at the White House. The inquiry was begun after a Virginia couple, Michaele and Tareq Salahi, slipped past multiple layers of high'level White House security Tuesday night and managed to rub Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:32:08 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=507700 2A9D35F6261112824B57746913167085D1A6A328E7AB6E02B80A936ED322F91C New York Times, by Danny Hakim Posted By: Dreadnought- Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:32:08 GMT ALBANY — New York State is running out of cash. Without a budget deal, New York will be left with just $36 million in the bank by the end of December, according to current projections. And the money will last that long, officials say, only if the state chooses to fully exhaust its emergency reserves by tapping several billions dollars worth of temporary loans from its rainy'day fund Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:30:31 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=507699 FAAB40913E2D674948C1515046276E3F9BD99401888044FEE1891ADE5AB90710 American Spectator, by Quin Hillyer Posted By: KarenJ1- Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:30:31 GMT By all reasonable lights, it is way to early to be lining up behind candidates for president for 2012. But American politics isn't reasonable these days. The permanent campaign is a fact of American political life. And conservatives are right to want to finally have a nominee of their own in 2012. We haven't had one since Ronald Reagan. (Neither of the Bushes, nor Bob Dole, nor John McCain, were movement conservatives; indeed, Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:23:55 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=507698 0F9AD81FEB7914B1CE96F4E37F47B308714B483808F7976F9DBE8861891BF23B Telegraph (UK), by Gerald Warner Posted By: nota bene- Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:23:55 GMT At long last, Christian leaders have faced up to their persecutors in the secularist, socialist, One'World, PC, UN'promoted axis of evil and said: No more. In the popular metaphor, they have drawn a line in the sand. (Snip) This statement of principle and intent is called The Manhattan Declaration, published last Friday in Washington DC. Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:18:50 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=507697 52312DA30D7460351CACBA057E97E55F3C80300CC78FCF393801A49896FB3D3A Washington Post, by Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts Posted By: Liberty7- Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:18:50 GMT The aspiring reality'TV stars from Northern Virginia who appear to have crashed the White House's state dinner also seem to have staked out prime locations during President Obama's inauguration weekend, posting photos on Facebook that purportedly show them in the first family's glass'enclosed viewing area after a concert at the Lincoln Memorial. Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:18:39 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=507696 D027DC2025308096B6C34909993E3525771C759A74B37CB1D40335A0F6EE6720 Telegraph (UK), by James Delingpole Posted By: Another_Fred- Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:18:39 GMT Among the many great amusements of the Climategate scandal are the myriad imaginative excuses being offered by the implicated scientists and their friends in the MSM as to why this isn’t a significant story. Here are some of the best: Most Unexpectedly Honourable Response: The Guardian’s eco'columnist George Monbiot Say what you like about the Great Moonbat... Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:55:00 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=507695 86EDEF7210DEEF5ED2ADE4991D4A6CE08E5C92DD2CC7BB7DBE759F146A49F6EA National Review, by Victor Davis Hanson Posted By: nota bene- Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:55:00 GMT When it comes to the problems facing this country, an old slogan comes to mind: “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet.” High unemployment, the recession, and a terrorist resurgence in Afghanistan are bad enough. But there are a number of problems on the horizon that could dwarf President Obama’s first'year trials. Why the pessimism? In short, we are doing nothing to prepare for the crises to come. Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:23:49 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=507694 CD236455E7CC9DD2983D2BC9B9B96E3AB34962B813C630C8359C3686E75BEEFA Associated Press, by Staff Posted By: fiesta del sol- Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:23:49 GMT Basketball star Shaquille O'Neal has paid for the funeral of a 5'year'old North Carolina girl whose kidnapping and slaying received national news coverage.(snip)More than 2,000 people attended her funeral Sunday. The girl's body was found Nov. 10 beside a rural road.Her mother, Antionette Davis, is charged with human trafficking and child abuse involving prostitution. Mario McNeill is charged with murder, rape and kidnapping. The funeral home declined to say what the service cost. Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:54:31 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=507693 1E8CFAC8937F22433A6122E6AC3E0F8FF1746B3034CEC3030D2DA9F0040777E1 Washington Times, by Ben Conery Posted By: garnet- Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:54:31 GMT Nearly two weeks after the Obama administration announced its intention to prosecute professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and his fellow defendants in civilian court, family members of the terrorist attack's victims remain sharply divided on the issue. On Dec. 5, a group including Sept. 11 victims and family members plans to hold a rally protesting the administration's decision. The rally is being joined by a "tea party" Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:11:38 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=507692 7B179B43D5E70A14715C1B10CF725D073307B2C2AC2F485195A1AB6853E741E6 Wall Street Journal, by Editorial Posted By: nota bene- Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:11:38 GMT The climatologists at the center of last week's leaked'email and document scandal have taken the line that it is all much ado about nothing. Yes, the wording of the some of their messages was unfortunate, but they insist this in no way undermines the underlying science, which is as certain as ever. (Snip) In short, the impression left by the correspondence among Messrs. Mann and Jones and others is that the climate'tracking game has been Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:07:02 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=507691 A0F6D50AD71EE2554C46F5DE02ECCF17ABC5C2B987F885933FAC85D04A5930E2 Daily Telegraph [UK], by Staff Posted By: Liberty7- Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:07:02 GMT Olga Kevelos, who has died aged 85, was one of the last of the wartime "Idle Women", the waterborne equivalent of the Land Girls; after the war she became the country's leading lady motorcyclist and the only woman to win two gold medals for international six'day events. In 1943, when she was 19, she saw an advertisement in The Times, placed by the Department for War Transport, inviting women to train for work on the canals. Quitting Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:01:47 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=507690 F1EA8701A591C487B58039F12EA546F2CF228EE3B50C01C7F29DB20151F7A373 American Magazine, by Ryan Streeter Posted By: TXhockeyguy- Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:01:47 GMT Texas and California are America’s two most populous states, together numbering approximately 55 million people, which is only about 6 million less than the United Kingdom, where I live. California, as everyone knows, has a coolness factor that Texas cannot match. Hollywood, Silicon Valley, and wine. Say no more. But, unless one has been living in a cave, everyone knows that the cool state is also the broke state. If Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:01:14 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=507689 9483A0B7563D52E6C12106DB6751F473AD5B3D60F0D47B6F8A819723B5DB1D8B Wall Street Journal, by Peggy Noonan Posted By: nota bene- Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:01:14 GMT This week, two points in an emerging pointillist picture of a White House leaking support—not the support of voters, though polls there show steady decline, but in two core constituencies, Washington's Democratic'journalistic establishment, and what might still be called the foreign'policy establishment. From journalist Elizabeth Drew, a veteran and often sympathetic chronicler of Democratic figures, a fiery denunciation of—and Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:16:50 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=507688 50C4464F0ABC406C93C161C8200B7945CFF2862CB2760368D99112BDEEC66CDB Daily Mail [UK], by Staff Posted By: JoniTx- Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:16:50 GMT Little did Chinese student Wang Zifei know that she would become an internet sensation after attending a speech by U.S. President Barack Obama. Clad in a black dress and red coat, Zifei was snapped by photographers sitting behind Obama during his townhall forum last week in Shanghai. And now photos of her have ricocheted online, turning her into something of a celebrity. She has become China's version of the 'Obama Girl,' as online Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:09:24 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=507687 F788D8522DE15A65EBE5B65E9EF1FCD31903819013F87214133B9615AE012BE8 Times [UK], by Martin Fletcher Posted By: JoniTx- Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:09:24 GMT Iran’s hardline regime has confiscated the Nobel peace medal and diploma of Shirin Ebadi, the human rights lawyer who is one of its most potent and outspoken critics. Her bank account has also been frozen on the pretext that she owes $410,000 in tax. The seizure of the award, unprecedented in its 108'year'old history, caused outrage in Olso where the Nobel peace committee is based. The Norwegian Government summoned the Iranian Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:05:18 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=507686 00F7BBC10395090C73CC45FD16EFC2FFBCFA6BA1655BB763B1D7966595435C20 Reuters, by Raymong Colitt Posted By: PageTurner- Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:05:18 GMT MANAUS, Brazil, ' Brazil will not recognize the winner of this weekend's election in Honduras as a legitimate president, Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim said on Thursday, setting the stage for a potential showdown with Washington. Honduras will hold elections on Nov. 29 in hopes of ending a political crisis that began when soldiers toppled leftist President Manuel Zelaya on June 28, installing Roberto Micheletti as the country's de Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:57:57 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=507685 25179438C159246938791953D3DEC646EDACC94C1C76124BD50AFC28541BA1B1 Investor's Business Daily, by Editorial Posted By: PageTurner- Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:57:57 GMT Trade: The U.S. prides itself on its open economy and free markets. But a closer look at the data suggests backsliding on major competitiveness indicators. If it's not reversed soon, there will be no hiding the decline. Tuesday, Cato Institute economist Daniel Griswold took issue with U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk's congratulatory claim that the U.S. is "the most open market in the world." Actually, it slipped from No. 2 in 2000 to No. 26 in Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:54:54 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=507684 BE5C5BEDBB14D7A67B0E42E8905A6FED3C3300939EA4E15C7FCAADF6E16E1EA0 Investor's Business Daily, by Editorial Posted By: PageTurner- Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:54:54 GMT Afghanistan: With an increase in forces apparently likely, guess what prominent Democrats in Congress are thinking about? No, not "How can we help America win?" but "How can we exploit this to increase taxes?" Politicians love to spend — like $787 billion on a stimulus that doesn't stimulate, and trillions to take over our health care system. But when it comes to things the government is actually authorized to do by the Constitution, like fight Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:02:26 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=507682 F931C19CB1C6DDB70020947D13C00C7CCD434D31B6E7E752F3533F38CA2D27DD Telegraph [UK], by Gerald Warner Posted By: GaGardener- Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:02:26 GMT Just a few considerations in addition to previous remarks about the explosion of the East Anglia Climategate e'mails in America. (Snip) But the real car crash for Obama is on Capitol Hill where it is now confidently believed his Cap and Trade climate legislation is toast. It was always problematic; but with a growing awakening to the scale of the scientific imposture sweeping the world, as far as the Antipodes, the clever money is on Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:55:02 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=507681 D4475AE471B1CF2A757D76A64F47C48F72523A96A5AD5243F1AD232A254ED0CA Macleans [Canada], by Mark Steyn Posted By: Liberty7- Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:55:02 GMT Ever since this magazine attracted the attention of Canada’s “human rights” regime, defenders of the system have clung to a familiar argument. In a letter to Maclean’s, Jennifer Lynch, Q.C., Canada’s chief censor, put it this way: "Steyn would have us believe that words, however hateful, should be given free rein. History has shown us that hateful words sometimes lead to hurtful actions that undermine freedom and have led to unspeakable Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:37:02 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=507680 4D1A24C97E744F84AF570AE56E788560F85A1C3FF1654816864B38BD29537155 American Spectator, by R, Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. Posted By: StormCnter- Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:37:02 GMT WASHINGTON '' I assume all readers of this column are aware of polite society's theory of Global Warming. According to the theory, anthropogenic (once known as "man'made") gases waft into the atmosphere, causing worldwide temperatures to soar and our imminent doom. Yet, how many of you are familiar with my theory of Kultursmog? According to it, our culture is polluted by political ideas, prejudices, and false pieties Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:18:45 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=507679 3FC3D37C61F361EC0D77BA903E9FA802023B9C167C744A014DD872B20C23095C Associated Press, by Staff Posted By: 1sttofight- Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:18:45 GMT WASHINGTON '' President Obama enjoyed a quiet first Thanksgiving at the White House, telephoning U.S. servicemen and women stationed around the world and spending time in the company of his family and friends. Obama placed calls from the Oval Office to 10 U.S. servicemen and women '' two each in the Army, Navy, Air Force, the Marines and the Coast Guard '' stationed in combat zones in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as in