August 2010
US boosts Israeli missile funding →
House c’tee pushes defense program money to highest level ever.
WASHINGTON – US House appropriators have pushed funding for Israeli missile defense programs to its highest level ever, with $422.7 million now slated for 2011. Last week, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense added $95.7m. to the original White House funding request for the long-range Arrow programs and...
Obama Weighs Influence on Democrats’ Midterm Races... →
WASHINGTON — As lunch was served in the Roosevelt Room of the White House one day last week, President Obama assured the nine Democratic members of Congress sitting around the table that he would do anything he could to help them survive their fall elections.
Even, he said, if it meant staying away.
“You may not even want me to come to your district,” Mr. Obama said, according to guests,...
Your Money - Nervous About Social Security? Better... →
If you are worried about the future of Social Security, join the crowd.
Laurence J. Kotlikoff, an economics professor at Boston University, says to expect benefit cuts.
With the nation’s debt swelling, the pressure on Washington to cut spending will only rise. Social Security may not be the first place lawmakers look. But the program, which has provided a significant financial cushion...
Chelsea Clinton weds at exclusive New York estate... →
Former President Bill Clinton walking Chelsea down the aisle. Photo provided by Genevieve de Manio Photography
RHINEBECK, N.Y. – Chelsea Clinton married her longtime boyfriend Saturday night at an exclusive estate along New York’s Hudson River.
Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton announced in a statement that their daughter wed investment banker Marc Mezvinsky after weeks of...
Mary Frances Berry: Tea Party not really racist... →
Mary Frances Berry (file photo)
Ever since the NAACP began stepping up its attacks on the limited government movement through charges of racism against the Tea Parties, it’s become rather apparent that there was a concerted effort behind this rhetoric.
After reading the words of Mary Frances Berry, one of the more prominent leaders in the far-left black political scene, one need no longer...
Proverbs 1
Proverbs 1
The Beginning of Knowledge
1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel: 2 To know wisdom and instruction, To perceive the words of understanding, 3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, Justice, judgment, and equity; 4 To give prudence to the simple, To the young man knowledge and discretion— 5 A wise man will...
Obama's debt commission warns of fiscal 'cancer' →
Erskine Bowles (Michael Dwyer - AP)
By Dan Balz Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, July 12, 2010
BOSTON — The co-chairmen of President Obama’s debt and deficit commission offered an ominous assessment of the nation’s fiscal future here Sunday, calling current budgetary trends a cancer “that will destroy the country from within” unless checked by tough...
The Irish Leave the EU →
Irish emigration soars as Celtic Tiger’s cubs hunt for jobs … The number of people leaving the Republic has swelled far beyond those of every other country in the European Union, says research. An estimated 40,000 people emigrated last year, according to the EU’s statistics office, Eurostat, a rate almost twice as high as that of Lithuania, the next most affected country....
Risk of Earthquakes in the U.S. Midwest May be... →
Historic Charleston earthquake of 1886.
The risk of earthquakes in the U.S. Midwest may be more widespread than geologists have believed, but a “big one” may be less likely at Missouri’s New Madrid fault, researchers said.
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They found that rivers that swept away sediments at the end of the last ice age could have triggered a series of large earthquakes that began in...
Democrats scheming to give child rapists,... →
Oh, and murderers. Can’t forget murderers. These convicted felons and parolees appear to be one of the Democrat Party’s most valuable voting blocs — along with illegal immigrants. Under the guise that prisons contain too many minorities, the liberal activists on the Supreme Court appear to have ordered the administration to review the policies of all 48 states that...
Nikki Phelps, R.I.P. | Doug Ross @ Journal →
Nikki Phelps, R.I.P.
This is Nikki Phelps. This is Nikki’s family. Bill Phelps, Nikki’s husband, and her two boys — Harry and Jack — watched Nikki waste away and die from an advanced and aggressive form of kidney cancer. Tragically, Nikki’s form of cancer was treatable with a drug called Sutent. But Nikki’s health insurer repeatedly denied her the drug,...
California Rep. Waters may face fall ethics trial... →
WASHINGTON – A second House Democrat, Rep. Maxine Waters of California, could face an ethics trial this fall, further complicating the election outlook for the party as it battles to retain its majority.
People familiar with the investigation, who were not authorized to be quoted about charges before they are made public, say the allegations could be announced next week. The House ethics...
July 2010
Source: Bristol Palin Ends Engagement to Levi... →
Ex marks the breakup spot for Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston.
The 19-year-old mom called off her second engagement to her baby daddy last week following a fight over one of his ex-girlfriends, a source close to the couple tells E! News.
They must have been on pretty shaky footing already, because the thorn in Bristol’s side wasn’t even the ex who turned up pregnant this week,...
North Korean football team shamed in six-hour... →
The team’s coach, Kim Jong-hun, was reportedly forced to become a builder and has been expelled from the Workers’ Party of Korea. Photo: REUTERS
The entire squad was forced onto a stage at the People’s Palace of Culture and subjected to criticism from Pak Myong-chol, the sports minister, as 400 government officials, students and journalists watched.
The players were...
IMF Says U.S. Financial System May Need $76... →
July 30 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. financial system remains fragile and banks subjected to additional economic stress might need as much as $76 billion in capital, according to the results of International Monetary Fund stress tests.
The findings, released today as part of a broader IMF report on the U.S. financial system, suggested that while the nation’s banking system is stable, it...
The Royal family to share its memories by posting... →
She has famously given YouTube and Twitter the Royal seal of approval. Now the Queen is to establish a presence on picture-sharing website Flickr.
Up-to-the-minute images of the Queen and other members of the Royal Family will be streamed on to the new Buckingham Palace Flickr page, which goes live tomorrow.
The site will initially store 600 images of the Royals and will have 28 sections ...
Proverbs 31
Proverbs 31
The Words of King Lemuel’s Mother
1 The words of King Lemuel, the utterance which his mother taught him: 2 What, my son? And what, son of my womb? And what, son of my vows? 3 Do not give your strength to women, Nor your ways to that which destroys kings. 4It is not for kings, O Lemuel, It is not for kings to drink wine, ...
Dems hope for first lady's stardust in campaign -... →
WASHINGTON – She’s not a political animal, Michelle Obama is the first to admit.
Yet with an e-mail here and a kind word there, the first lady has dipped her toes into the political waters of the midterm elections.
And Democratic candidates are hoping there’s lots more to come this fall.
With her sky-high popularity — Mrs. Obama’s favorability numbers easily outdistance...
Obama: Time for Rangel to end career "with... →
President Barack Obama has kept mum on the fate of Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) for days — but he tells CBS News that it’s time for the embattled 80-year-old former Ways and Means Chairman to end his career “with dignity.”
“I think Charlie Rangel served a very long time and served— his constituents very well. But these— allegations are very...
Hot Air » Did the government cause the Gulf spill? →
by Ed Morrissey
The generally accepted view of the Deepwater Horizon disaster has focused on the blowout preventer and the non-standard procedures BP conducted just before the explosion and fire. However, most of the damage and the main source of the spill came from the collapse and sinking of the DH platform rather than the initial explosion. A new report by the Center for Public...
FOXNews.com - Fox News Poll: 62 Percent Think U.S.... →
A Fox News poll released Friday finds widespread belief among American voters that the country is on the decline as a civilization. In addition, a majority thinks the country is moving toward socialism.
A 62 percent majority of voters thinks the United States is on the decline. That’s more than twice as many as the 26 percent who believe it is on the rise.
Most Republicans — 76...
Welcome to 1984: Russia gets Soviet-era 'thought... →
New legislation: Dmitry Medvedev signed the law allowing its intelligence agency to detain people suspected of preparing to commit crimes
It sounds like something straight out of George Orwell’s nightmarish Nineteen Eighty-Four.
In a move that harks back to the dark days of the KGB, the Russian security service has been given new powers to crack down on so-called ‘thought...
Faith Stops Florida Robbery - ABC News →
Woman Talks to Robber About Jesus, He Leaves Peacefully
Held up at gunpoint, a store clerk invoked her faith to turn the desperate thief into a repentant gunman.
When a man tried to rob a MetroPCS cell phone store at gunpoint in Pompano Beach, Fla., store manager Nayara Goncalves, 20, calmly talked to the man about Jesus and her faith until he left without taking any money.
Goncalves said she...
“Democrat Ben Nelson Opposes Kagan”
– Democrat Ben Nelson Opposes Kagan - The Note
Will Washington's Failures Lead To Second American... →
The Internet is a large-scale version of the “Committees of Correspondence” that led to the first American Revolution — and with Washington’s failings now so obvious and awful, it may lead to another.
People are asking, “Is the government doing us more harm than good? Should we change what it does and the way it does it?”
Pruning the power of government begins...
With Recovery Slowing, the Jobs Outlook Fades -... →
With Recovery Slowing, the Jobs Outlook Dims
Wilfredo Lee/Associated Press
Shipping containers stacked in Miami. Imports once again grew faster than exports last quarter, presenting a net drag on growth.
There is no more disputing it: the economic recovery in the United States has indeed slowed.
The nation’s economy has been growing for a year, with few new jobs to show for it. Now, with...
Marketing: Omo Detergent Uses GPS to Follow... →
Is Your Detergent Stalking You?
Brazil’s Omo Uses GPS to Follow Consumers Home With Prizes
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Unilever’s Omo detergent is adding an unusual ingredient to its two-pound detergent box in Brazil: a GPS device that allows its promotions agency Bullet to track shoppers and follow them to their front doors.
Starting next week, consumers who buy one of the...
FDA OKs First Embryonic Stem Cell Research Trial... →
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) — The Obama administration has approved the bid by cloning company Geron to undertake the first trial involving the use of embryonic stem cells in humans. They have never been used before in people because the cells cause tumors and have immune system rejection issues when tried in animals.
...
Michelle Malkin » Joy Behar Receives Kneepads Via... →
**Written by Doug Powers
Rush Limbaugh will be pleased that the money he spent to Fed-Ex Joy Behar a pair of kneepads in time for President Obama’s appearance on The View didn’t go to waste.
From Media Bistro:
“You’ve really done a lot, I think,” Joy Behar, who now has her own talk show on HLN, said. “You’ve signed 200 plus laws since you’re in office, financial reform has taken place,...
“Obama’s Mean Streak”
– American Thinker: Obama’s Mean Streak
RealClearWorld - Sun Could Set Suddenly on... →
We have been raised to think of the historical process as an essentially cyclical one.
We naturally tend to assume that in our own time, too, history will move cyclically, and slowly.
Yet what if history is not cyclical and slow-moving but arhythmic, at times almost stationary, but also capable of accelerating suddenly, like a sports car? What if collapse does not arrive over a number of ...
Adult industry sees iPorn potential in new phone -... →
NEW YORK – It’s a maxim of technology: Invent the newest gadget and the porn industry will find a way to cash in.
So when Apple Inc. launched the iPhone 4 and its FaceTime videoconference feature, it didn’t take long for adult-entertainment companies to develop video-sex chat services and start hiring workers through Craigslist.
With more than 3 million of the phones already...
Gibbs Takes on Rush Limbaugh - Washington Wire -... →
At a briefing today to discuss the administration’s efforts to rescue the auto industry, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs took on conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh—and every other critic “sitting in the cheap seats” –for criticizing the rescue of General Motors and Chrysler as a “government takeover” that smacks of socialism.
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs (AP...
Second U.S. sailor's remains found in Afghanistan... →
(Reuters) - The body of a second U.S. sailor who went missing in Afghanistan last week has been recovered, an Afghan police chief said on Thursday.
Logar provincial police chief Ghulam Mustafa told Reuters that his captors had probably dumped the body after the sailor died from wounds received in the incident that led to his capture.
“The body was spotted by villagers,” he...
PALIN FURY: BY LEVI BETRAYED! - Celebrity News |... →
Photo by: splash news online/doc+furious_graphix
SARAH PALIN’s future son-in-law LEVI JOHNSTON is embroiled in a NEW baby scandal, The ENQUIRER has learned exclusively. In the wake of handsome Levi Johnston’s announcement that he’s engaged to Palin’s oldest daughter Bristol, one of his old girlfriends is about to give birth to a child she believes may be Levi’s! ...
Proverbs 30
Proverbs 30
The Wisdom of Agur
1 The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, his utterance. This man declared to Ithiel—to Ithiel and Ucal: 2 Surely I am more stupid than any man, And do not have the understanding of a man. 3 I neither learned wisdom Nor have knowledge of the Holy One. 4 Who has ascended into heaven, or descended? Who has gathered...
Top Mexico drug lord killed - Americas - Al... →
A top Mexican drug trafficker has been killed in a raid by state security forces, defence department officials have said.
Ignacio “Nacho” Coronel was reportedly killed on Thursday while resisting arrest in the wealthy town of Zapopan in central Mexico.
Speaking to reporters in the capital Mexico City, Edgar Luis Villegas, the deputy defence minister, said an army raid was ...
Grad missile lands in Ashkelon →
Several people treated for shock; damaged caused to buildings, cars.
Photo by: Tsafrir Abayov/AP
A Grad missile launched from the Gaza Strip landed in a central, residential area in the southern city of Ashkelon Friday morning. Magen David Adom crews treated two people for shock. The missile shattered numerous windows of the surrounding, multi-story buildings and vehicles in the area. Ashkelon...
WatchBarefoot bandit caught on tape
New surveillance footage shows the American teenager known as the “Barefoot Bandit” attempting to escape from Bahamian authorities before he was arrested. Jon Decker reports.
*** Or, the longest perp walk on video..
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Is US ready to recognize China as world power? -... →
The U.S. government has repeatedly made it clear that it would welcome China’s entrance into the world arena as a power. However, a series of issues since the beginning of this year, particularly Washington’s stance on the U.S.-South Korean joint military exercises and the South China Sea issue, have made the world think: Is the United States ready to recognize China as a power on the...
JENNIFER LOPEZ IS NEW ‘IDOL’ JUDGE! Closed Deal... →
We’ve just learned the backstory of how Ellen DeGeneres bowed out of American Idol and who will be the new judge taking her place. It’s Jennifer Lopez, whose singing and acting career has been on the skids after her recent movie failed at the box office in the spring and she was dropped by her record company Sony Music Epic Records this past winter. We hear her manager Benny Medina...
Democrats hit the post-racial Exacta: Obama calls... →
Thank heavens Barack Obama isn’t a cop in Arizona — he could have gotten in big trouble today with one of the ethnic front groups.
President Obama waded into the national race debate in an unlikely setting and with an unusual choice of words: telling daytime talk show hosts that African-Americans are “sort of a mongrel people.” The president appeared on ABC’s morning talk show...
Kalamazoo River oil spill |... →
Oil from the spill is clearly visible in the Kalamazoo River between the Ceresco Dam and Historic County Bridge Park Tuesday morning.
Sometime between July 25 and 26 a pipeline near Marshall broke spilling more than 819,000 gallons of oil into a creek that drained into the Kalamazoo River. The result is one of Michigan’s largest environmental disasters ever.
Enbridge CEO...
Tight budgets and fewer cops; time for citizens to... →
By Alan Gottlieb and Dave Workman
Plunging government revenues may have the unintended consequence - so far as tax-and-spend (and spend some more) public officials are concerned - of reminding people that we are ultimately responsible for our own safety.
The pie plate is empty and inevitable cutbacks in important public services, including law enforcement, are on the horizon. It is already ...
'My atheism is no threat to the church' →
New Australian PM refused to take oath on bible.
CANBERRA, Australia — New Prime Minister Julia Gillard assured Australia’s Christian majority on Thursday that her atheism would not affect government funding to church-run schools if she is re-elected. Gillard, who was sworn in last month and promptly called elections, was the first prime minister in the federation’s 109-year...
White House proposal would ease FBI access to... →
*** As seen on Glenn Beck
By Ellen Nakashima Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, July 29, 2010; A01
The Obama administration is seeking to make it easier for the FBI to compel companies to turn over records of an individual’s Internet activity without a court order if agents deem the information relevant to a terrorism or intelligence investigation.
The administration wants to...
Exclusive: Google, CIA Invest in ‘Future’ of Web... →
The investment arms of the CIA and Google are both backing a company that monitors the web in real time — and says it uses that information to predict the future.
The company is called Recorded Future, and it scours tens of thousands of websites, blogs and Twitter accounts to find the relationships between people, organizations, actions and incidents — both present and still-to-come. In a...
Texas Legislator Seeks Atty General Opinion on... →
Austin, TX (LifeNews.com) — A Texas state legislator is continuing his battle to ensure no tax dollars go to the Planned Parenthood abortion business, whether to pay for abortions or for other purposes. Sen. Bob Deuell, a Republican, is seeking an opinion from the attorney general in order to clamp down on the funding it...
Moonbattery: Department of Justice Suppresses... →
Under Comrade Obama, it isn’t enough for the Department of “Justice” to facilitate voter intimidation by BHO’s friends at the New Black Panthers. It is also crucial to suppress the military vote:
The Department of Justice is ignoring a new law aimed at protecting the right of American soldiers to vote, according to two former DOJ attorneys who say states are being...
