New York Times: Obama Making Plans to Use Executive Power WASHINGTON — With much of his legislative agenda stalled in Congress, President Obama and his team are preparing an array of actions using his executive power to advance energy, environmental, fiscal and other domestic policy priorities. Mr. Obama has not given up hope of progress [...]
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Toyota is recalling about 8,000 Tacoma pickup trucks from the 2010 model year to fix a problem with the front propeller shaft that could cause the vehicle to lose control. The automaker told dealers Friday that a crack could develop that could lead to the front driveshaft separating and falling from the [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) – The British commander of the massive force of American, British and Afghan soldiers hammering at Taliban insurgents in the strategic south Afghanistan town of Marjah says his troops have made substantial progress without any casualties. Maj. Gen. Nick Carter, commander of the coalition force’s Regional Command-South, said early Saturday that the combined [...]
Grover Norquist Will it really be? Politico: With conservatives grappling among themselves for control of their movement — and the Republican Party — a group of more than 80 prominent conservative thinkers are set to unveil their version of a mission statement for the right. What they are calling “the Mount Vernon Statement†in homage [...]
Politico: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid led colleagues and the White House to believe he supported a bipartisan jobs bill — only to scuttle the plan as soon as it was released Thursday over concerns it could be used to batter Democratic incumbents, according to Senate sources. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and [...]
NY Times: KABUL, Afghanistan — For all the fighting that lies ahead over the next several days, no one doubts that the American and Afghan troops swarming into the Taliban redoubt of Marja will ultimately clear it of insurgents. And that is when the real test will begin. For much of the past eight years, [...]
HOUSTON, Tex. (NBC) — A British intelligence service says it’s discovered that gel and saline implants may be used by al-Qaeda to terrorize innocent people. British spy satellites have reportedly intercepted terrorist communications from Pakistan and Yemen, talking about women suicide bombers getting explosives put inside breast implants. Former Houston FBI Director Don Clark said [...]
Washington Post: TOKYO — Toyota separated itself from all other carmakers by immersing its workers in “the Toyota Way,” a cult of quality and innovation that was painstakingly taught to new hires by experienced mentors. World-beating quality spawn- ed astounding global growth. The number of cars made at Toyota plants jumped more than 60 percent [...]
The Hill: House Republicans are demanding Democratic leaders disavow a deal in the works on healthcare ahead of a bipartisan summit. GOP leaders sent a letter Friday seeking assurances from Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) after hearing reports that they are negotiating behind the scenes a package that would [...]
Washington (AP) – -A federal appeals court Friday debated a privacy issue you probably hadn’t considered: the government’s ability to track your location at any time, if you carry a cell phone. As cell phones have morphed from cordless communication devices into pocket-sized PCs, cellular providers have developed and honed the ability to pinpoint your [...]
Relative hell, by average national temperature… ATLANTA (AP) – It doesn’t take much snow to shut down the Deep South. Even before the first flake fell, flights were canceled Friday at the world’s busiest airport in Atlanta. A Starbucks on the Gulf Coast closed for the day, citing a steady drizzle and temperatures in the [...]
The Telegraph: by James Delingpole If there’s one thing that stinks even more than Climategate, it’s the attempts we’re seeing everywhere from the IPCC and Penn State University to the BBC to pretend that nothing seriously bad has happened, that “the science†is still “settledâ€, and that it’s perfectly OK for the authorities go on [...]
Stop The ACLU: That is what a leading French feminist is saying Elisabeth Badinter, a leading French feminist, has warned the green movement is threatening decades of improvements in gender equality by forcing women to give up their jobs and become earth mothers. Mrs Badinter claims a “holy reactionary alliance†of green politicians, breast-feeding militants, [...]
The National Review: Multiple outlets are reporting that Operation Moshtarak — the first major offensive of the Afghan surge and the largest of its kind since the beginning of the war — has been launched by a combined U.S., NATO, and Afghan force. The offensive centers around the Taliban stronghold of Helmand province, and especially [...]
