Douglas MacKinnon – Townhall I spoke recently with a senior Democrat strategist who offered up a quite logical and incredibly frightening scenario for those who are desperate to vote Barack Obama out of office in 2012. His theory goes like this: That the Obama White House and the Obama re-election team are going to work [...]
Such a move, in response to the alleged assassination plot on a Saudi envoy, could severely damage Iran’s economy. Iran has said it would consider it an act of war. Los Angeles Times: Reporting from Washington— The Obama administration said it was “actively” considering sanctioning Iran’s central bank in retaliation for an alleged Iranian assassination [...]
Reuters: WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. environmental regulators will not be buckling to political pressure in making the minor changes expected to an air pollution rule, an Obama administration official said on Wednesday in response to a newspaper report. The rule would require power plants in 27 states to cut emissions of smog-forming pollution. “Folks may [...]
Race not mentioned… NJ Journal: A 15-year-old Hoboken girl was assaulted in a Downtown Jersey City park Friday night by a group of roughly 30 girls who stole her cellphone, police reports said. Police were called to the park on Wayne Street between Barrow Street and Jersey Avenue at 9:57 p.m. on the report of [...]
Fox News: A top senator warned that the United States should be on “alert” about other Iran-driven terror plots in the wake of the alleged scheme to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Washington. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said she’s been aware of the investigation for about a month and [...]
“So, I say let’s end the debate,” Drake said in a press release on Tuesday. “We still have Old Sparky. And if that doesn’t suit the criminal, then we will provide them a .45 caliber lead cocktail instead.”
“Thou shalt not dare leave the Dem plantation or you will be attacked and ostracized. Herman Cain is a huge threat to the Dems and Race Baiters apparently. The Cain attacks are just beginning.”
Reuters: Defense Secretary Leon Panetta chided congressional dysfunction and warned that cutting $450 billion in defense spending would take the Pentagon “to the edge” at a hearing on Thursday punctuated by anti-war protests. Panetta, in his first appearance as Pentagon chief before the Republican-led House Armed Services Committee, said any defense cuts over the $450 [...]
Politico: Former President Bill Clinton’s position on when the government should raise taxes took another turn during his Wednesday night appearance on the “Late Show with David Letterman.” Clinton said last night he does not think now is the time to raise taxes on anyone because the economy is not growing, but advocated for a [...]
Pat Buchanan in WND: With Greece on the precipice of default and Portugal and Italy approaching the ledge, the European monetary union appears in peril. Should it collapse, the European Union itself could be in danger, for economic nationalism is rising in Europe. Which raises a larger question. Is the New World Order, the great [...]
(CBS) “Rush Hour” star Chris Tucker is facing foreclosure on his $6 million Central Florida home. The Orlando Sentinel reports that the actor/comedian owes more than $4.4 million to the bank, citing papers filed in Circuit Court in Lake County. Tucker, 39, purchased the 10,000-square-foot home waterfront home, on Lake Apopka in Montverde’s pricey Bella [...]
Space Travel.com: Iran acknowledged as a failure Wednesday its attempt to send a live monkey into space last month — touted as its first step towards launching a man into space. “The Kavoshgar-5 rocket carrying a capsule with a live animal (a monkey) was launched during Shahrivar,” an Iranian calendar month spanning August 23 to [...]
CBS News/Associated Press: WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama said Thursday that officials at the “highest levels” of the Iranian government must be held accountable for a brazen and bizarre plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States on American soil, insisting leaders of the world will believe the U.S. case without dispute once [...]
