WAPO: “President seeks options for sending fewer to war” Fox News: President Barack Obama grappled Friday with the costs and consequences of a long-term commitment to Afghanistan, but reached no decisions about troop levels, a top aide said, as military advisers briefed the president on an armed services already taxed by challenges around the globe. [...]
The Gothamist: The lovely-looking restaurant and bar The Breslin begins lunch service tomorrow, and co-owner Ken Friedman (The Spotted Pig) is planning on serving alcohol despite objections from the Masjid Ar-Rahman mosque across the street. Earlier this month the mosque’s leaders called a meeting with Friedman at The Ace Hotel, where The Breslin is located, [...]
“Seriously, Al, I can not believe how strong this weed is…” MSNBC: Obama names 110 White House visitors Most guests still hidden; list shows George Soros, Bill Gates, Oprah, bank CEOs, Gingrich The White House on Friday released a small list of visitors to the White House since President Barack Obama took office in January, [...]
Center For Security Policy: by Nicole M. Ferrand The Obama Administration has made serious mistakes in its handling of the crisis in Honduras where it supports the return of the deposed president, Mel Zelaya. The Administration categorized the removal of Zelaya as a coup when, in fact, the Honduran military has had no role in [...]
Land Of The Free: Mr. (die quickly) Alan Grayson, democrat representative from Florida may be an abject moron when it comes to dealing honorably with others, but he is a colorful congressional whore nonetheless. Based upon Mr. Grayson’s own defense of his slobber-mouthed diatribes spoken in the hallowed halls of congressional whoredom (quoted from Fox [...]
Pajamas Media: New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine has hit some bumps on the road to re-election — and he’s trying to smooth the way with money from his own pockets. Corzine’s popularity hit the skids because he ran up the state budget year after year. In 2009, the state received $2 billion in federal stimulus [...]
American Spectator: One of the most onerous aspects of the House Democrats’ health care legislation is the employer mandate, which would tax employers who do not offer health insurance to their workers. Not only does the proposal impose new costs on employers, but a whole new layer of red tape, both of which would undoubtedly [...]
Here is an example of when saying “Bush did it” is a good thing.
CNS News: The Department of Homeland Security is gagging local law enforcement agencies around the country to protect the privacy of illegal aliens. Under “revised” 287(g) agreements between the Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement division and state and local law enforcement agencies, any information about local police efforts to enforce federal immigration [...]
Un-F-ing-Believable Free Republic: SAN FRANCISCO-CA — In 2007, the last reporting period. the California Highway Patrol (CHP) reported 28 pedestrians fatalities, 440 cyclists injured, a total of 52 people killed in traffic accidents in San Francisco. Now, it’s reported today that the city will no longer enforce the law for first time offenders of driving [...]
AllYourTV: One of the ironic turns in the news business is that as the political climate has become more shrill, the political coverage has increasingly focused more on the political process than on the actual merits of the story. There are times when I watch any of the cable news outlets and I begin to [...]
Creeping Sharia: Eight years to study the Quran and introduce other inmates to al Qaeda ideology, at taxpayer expense. Then, he’ll be released amongst the American’s he plotted to kill. By Daphne Eviatar | Washington Independent Depending on who you ask, the sentencing yesterday of Ali Saleh Kahlah Al-Marri to eight years in prison is [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) – Internal investigations into the conduct of over two dozen House members were exposed in an extraordinary, Internet-era breach involving the secretive process by which Congress polices lawmaker ethics. Revelations of the mostly preliminary inquiries by the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct—also known as the Ethics committee—and a panel that refers [...]
“Hey Peter man, check out channel nine, it’s the breast exam!”
The Hill: The Senate health bill is drifting toward ending up with an “opt-in” provision versus an “opt-out,” one Democratic senator said Friday. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) predicted that healthcare reform in the upper chamber would shift from its current construction, which allows states to opt out of a public option, to a version that [...]
Ace Of Spades: Methane! – “new and improved”, now with 30% more evil!!. …When this indirect effect of the potent greenhouse gas is included one tonne of methane has about 33 times as much effect on the climate over 100 years as a tonne of carbon dioxide, rather than 25 times as in standard estimates… [...]
NEW YORK (AP) – Sting isn’t a religious man, but he says President Barack Obama might be a divine answer to the world’s problems. “In many ways, he’s sent from God,” he joked in an interview, “because the world’s a mess.” But Sting is serious in his belief that Obama is the best leader to [...]
