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Election 2012 *************** Forkless Friday at Obama event LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. --Does a fork or dinner knife pose an unacceptable danger to President Barack Obama? *************** David Duke endorses leading New York Democrat The Democratic Party is facing an awkward problem Thursday because white supremacist David Duke has endorsed a leading candidate in the Democratic Party’s primary race for a New York House seat. *************** Elizabeth Warren goes Alinsky on Cherokee women Four Cherokee women went to Boston this week to try to meet Elizabeth Warren to show Warren genealogical evidence proving that Warren has no Cherokee ancestry, and to explain to Warren why her continued insistence that she is Cherokee is offensive. Occupy *************** *************** Obamacare *************** Top doctor's chilling claim: The NHS kills off 130,000 elderly patients every year Professor says doctors use 'death pathway' to euthenasia of the elderly Treatment on average brings a patient to death in 33 hours Around 29 per cent of patients that die in hospital are on controversial 'care pathway' Pensioner admitted to hospital given treatment by doctor on weekend shift "Hide The Decline" *************** IPCC Gives Up On Science, Makes Grey Literature Official 'Grey' literature, which led to the "Glaciergate" scandal of 2010 when it was revealed that the rate at which Himalayan glaciers are losing ice (gone by 2035!) was stated as fact even though it was not based on evidence, will no longer be a problem for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). *************** New EPA Clean Air Standards Based on ‘Secret Data,’ Says House Chairman The chairman of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee responded with suspicion to new clean air standards proposed by the EPA, saying they appear to be based on “secret data.” *************** A response to Dr. Paul Bain’s use of ‘denier’ in the scientific literature *************** America’s Plan to Cut Carbon: Frack Now As activists in Rio and around the world mourned the failure of yet another useless summit to do anything about climate change, good news on the CO2 front was coming from the country greens love to hate: the US. *************** UN classifies climate change agenda United Nations officials refuse to allow observers to read the draft agenda for the Rio+20 conference on climate change, after an earlier draft called for the economic “contraction” of major countries. *************** The National Academy of Sciences Loses The Plot A man who has a daughter is a pretty pathetic specimen, ruled by the vicissitudes of hormones and hairspray. So when my daughter told me this morning “Hey, Dad, I put the newspaper on your desk, you’re gonna like it a lot!”, I knew my blood pressure was in deep trouble. *************** Junk Science Week: Climate models fail reality test Computer models utterly fail to predict climate changes in regions *************** Professor fired after expressing climate change skepticism Oregon State University chemistry professor Nicholas Drapela was fired without warning three weeks ago and has still been given no reason for the university’s decision to “not renew his contract.” War & Terror *************** Syrian military says it downed Turkish fighter jet The Syrian military has said it shot down a Turkish plane "flying in airspace over Syrian waters", according to state-run news agency Sana. *************** Syria, Iran, Russia and China plan joint war games, Iranian news agency says Largest exercise in Mideast history set to take place within a month; Syrian official denies report *************** Top Turkish officials in meetings after Syria downs Turkish jet Istanbul (CNN) -- Turkey's foreign minister huddled with top officials Saturday after Syria shot down a Turkish military jet that had apparently entered Syrian airspace, a ministry spokesman said. National *************** Financially-strapped Nevada city declared disaster There are no signs of rioters, wind-damaged homes or flooding. The brand new City Hall features gleaming marble floors and the public recreation centers offer Zumba, karate and Pilates classes. *************** Gun ownership up, crime down FBI violent-crime rates show safer nation with more gun owners *************** Border Patrol group calls for Holder’s resignation The National Border Patrol Council, which represents all 17,000 of the agency’s nonsupervisory agents, called Monday for the resignation of Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. for his role in the botched “Fast and Furious” gunrunning operation that resulted in the death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent. *************** The Saviors of the Constitution *************** Michael Bloomberg: Government’s Purpose Is to Improve Health Finally, New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg reveals the philosophy of his assault on sugary drinks — not to mention smoking, trans fats, and possibly, as members of the New York City Board of Health recently hinted, movie-popcorn sizes and high-calorie milk-based beverages. *************** Richer Than Romney: Jon Stewart Hides Mansions Under Pet's Names Jon Stewart, the left-wing star of the low-rated "Daily Show," might not be richer than Romney today, but the pace he's currently on means that someday he may very well be. *************** The 12 Reasons College Costs Keep Rising When asked the question, "Why do colleges keep raising tuition fees?" I give answers ranging from three words ("because they can"), to 85,000 (my book, Going Broke By Degree). Avoiding both extremes, let's evaluate two rival explanations for the college cost explosion, followed by 12 key expressions that add more detail. *************** A Tale of Two Conservatives Sixteen Senate Republicans, including Marco Rubio, vote to preserve the sugar quota program. *************** Phoenix boy, 14, shoots armed intruder while watching three younger siblings *************** Vote to Sanction Holder Escalates Gun-Probe Fight WASHINGTON—A standoff between Republicans and the Obama administration over a botched gun-trafficking operation escalated Wednesday, with a House committee voting to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress. *************** North Rowan teacher in video controversy will keep job The North Rowan High School teacher who told students it’s criminal to speak ill of the president will keep her job with the Rowan-Salisbury School System. Economy
& Taxes *************** Free Market Ecology These gargantuan global conferences where the emissaries of governments meet in hallowed halls to thrash out a global planning agenda — dressed in the clothes of ecology, or sustainable development, or whatever the buzzword of the day — are a waste of time. *************** Turns Out China IS Lying About Everything In what may come as a shocking surprise to exactly nobody, the next great discovery as more and more layers of the global ponzi onion are exposed, is that China was, in fact, lying about everything. *************** "One Cannot Operate A Capitalist System If The State Can Borrow At A Negative Cost" *************** Forget Gold, Buy Twinkies and Bullets Cause Ding Dongs are lame. *************** French Socialists eye tax rises after big poll win France's Socialists vowed on Monday to use a resounding victory in weekend parliamentary elections to pursue President Francois Hollande's drive for growth in Europe while sticking to promises to cut the budget deficit, mostly through taxation increases. *************** International *************** French president mortified as love triangle eclipses eurozone crisis Satirists delight in saga of François Hollande's ex and partner as Valérie Trierweiler's book stokes feud with Ségolène Royal *************** ‘Selfish’ UN is picking on Quebec over protest law Navi Pillay, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, could not be expected to mention every abuse in the world as she sketched out the “backdrop of crises” against which the Human Rights Council opened its meeting in Geneva Monday. *************** Militants cross into Israel from Egypt, 1 killed *************** Stop stand-up urination for men, Swedish politicians urge A Swedish political party is taking a stand against upright urination. At a county council meeting Monday, the Left Party, or Vänsterpartiet, tabled a motion that would require office washrooms to be genderless with a sit-down-only requirement, reported the news agency Tidningarnas Telegrambyrå. *************** Thousands crowd into Tahrir after Muslim Brotherhood candidate is declared the official winner with 13.2 million votes. *************** EU should 'undermine national homogeneity' says UN migration chief The EU should "do its best to undermine" the "homogeneity" of its member states, the UN's special representative for migration has said. *************** Paraguay's leftist president ousted by Congress Paraguay's Congress removed President Fernando Lugo from office after a lightning-quick impeachment trial on Friday that he said was tantamount to a coup but pledged to accept. *************** Giant Mushroom Cloud In Beijing *************** Islamist claims victory in Egypt president vote The Muslim Brotherhood declared early Monday that its candidate, Mohammed Morsi, won Egypt's presidential election, which would be the first victory of an Islamist as head of state in the stunning wave of protests demanding democracy that swept the Middle East the past year. But the military handed itself the lion's share power over the new president, sharpening the possibility of confrontation. *************** Opinion *************** |
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