Archive for December, 2010

Los Angeles Times: One person was killed and two were wounded in a car-to-car shooting on the northbound Interstate 5 in Norwalk, in suburban Los Angeles, authorities said Thursday. The three victims were shot about 9:45 p.m. Wednesday near Carmenita Road. They were taken to a hospital, where one died Wednesday, said Sgt. Ralph Gama [...]

Rush Limbaugh On The Lack Of A Ladies’ Room In Congress, Defends Congresswomen

New York Times: WASHINGTON — From hundreds of diplomatic cables, Afghanistan emerges as a looking-glass land where bribery, extortion and embezzlement are the norm and the honest man is a distinct outlier. Describing the likely lineup of Afghanistan’s new cabinet last January, the American Embassy noted that the agriculture minister, Asif Rahimi, “appears to be [...]

Strange Bedfellows: Rep. Peter King Gives Impassioned Defense Of Charlie Rangel
Time Lapse Of White House Christmas Tree

Washington Post: BEIJING – Revelations by the organization WikiLeaks have received blanket coverage this week on television, in newspapers and on Web sites around the globe. But in parts of the world where the leaks have some of the greatest potential to sow controversy, they have barely caused a ripple. Authoritarian governments and tightly controlled [...]

McCain Confronts Gates, Mullen On DADT

Los Angeles Times: The suicide of a suspect in the slaying of Beverly Hills publicist Ronni Chasen was captured on a security videotape at the Hollywood apartment where police confronted the man. According to law enforcement sources, police are reviewing the tape and also interviewing several witnesses who were in the lobby at the time. [...]

Battle Over Oklahoma Sharia Law Ban Continues

The Hill: Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), who will chair the House Budget Committee next year, said Thursday that he would vote against the president’s deficit commission plan. “Obviously I am not going to vote for it,” he told reporters at an event organized by The Christian Science Monitor. He said the plan makes spending problems [...]

High School Player Penalized For Giving Props To Jesus
MSNBC’s Ed Schultz: Targeting “Psycho Talk” With Psycho Talk Of His Own?
O’Reilly And Beck Discuss WikiLeaks, Soros

O’REILLY: Do you believe, in your heart – and I’m not gonna ask you to prove it – who you and I both believe is a danger to America- BECK: Yeah. O’REILLY: -is in bed with Assange, knows what his operation is, had a hand in it. BECK: I don’t think he had a hand [...]

Big Journalism’s Dana Loesch Duels With Joy Behar And Obscure Comedian

Fox News: House Democrats on Thursday passed a bill making middle-class tax cuts permanent as Republicans accused them of playing political games at a sensitive time. The bill passed 234-188 but stands no chance in the Senate. But House Democrats, who want to let the cuts expire for the wealthy, wanted to publicly stake out [...]

Politico: As the release of leaked diplomatic cables dominated the news on Monday, Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the Justice Department had cracked down on websites breaking counterfeiting and copyright laws. But WikiLeaks.org — which government officials say has endangered U.S. lives and jeopardized national security — wasn’t one of them. The offenders: 82 [...]

Nasa: NASA-funded astrobiology research has changed the fundamental knowledge about what comprises all known life on Earth. Researchers conducting tests in the harsh environment of Mono Lake in California have discovered the first known microorganism on Earth able to thrive and reproduce using the toxic chemical arsenic. The microorganism substitutes arsenic for phosphorus in its [...]

Boehner: <b>“Chicken Crap”</b>
Raw Video: <b>Death Sentence In Conneciticut Home Invasion</b>

Steven Hayes is sentenced to death in the killings of a woman and two daughters, saying he welcomed execution. Dr. William Petit survived the attack, saying it has emotionally scarred him. He left the court without speaking to reporters. (Dec. 2)

Bumped: <b>Obama’s FCC Commissioner Suggests Its Time To End Free Press In America</b>

“We have to reverse that trend” – FCC Commissioner Michael J. Copps. Must means must. And if it must happen, then the government has the responsibility to make it happen, now doesn’t it? Is this what he’s suggesting? Yes, yes it is. It’s time for the government to come in and control the media: that’s [...]