News of the Week
Obamacare *************** HHS falls short of pre-existing coverage prediction by … 97.8% *************** Climategate *************** UN IPCC Official Admits 'We Redistribute World's Wealth By Climate Policy' By Noel Sheppard If you needed any more evidence that the entire theory of manmade global warming was a scheme to redistribute wealth you got it Sunday when a leading member of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change told a German news outlet, "[W]e redistribute de facto the world's wealth by climate policy." *************** Another AGW argument bites the, er, dust *************** A bad news week for AGW proponents *************** Busted! 12 Photos of the Global Warming Bunko Scam, Which You'll Never, Ever See in Legacy Media *************** EPA issues state guidelines for greenhouse gas emissions *************** War
& Terror *************** Organs of nuclear workers secretly harvested for 40 years, report finds The families of scores of nuclear power station workers whose hearts, lungs and other organs were secretly stored and tested over a period of almost 40 years were let down by the authorities, a report said yesterday. *************** Internet traffic was routed via Chinese servers U.S. military sites included By Shaun Waterman, The Washington Times Nearly 15 percent of the world's Internet traffic, including that of many U.S. government and military sites, was briefly redirected through computer servers in China in April, according to a congressional commission report due out this week. *************** Ortega Picks On Costa Rica to Rally Support At Home Posted by Juan Carlos Hidalgo For the past couple of years, Nicaragua’s president Daniel Ortega has been desperately seeking to subvert his country’s constitution and feeble democratic institutions in order to stand for re-election next year. Since the Nicaraguan constitution bars him from running for a third term (he was president in 1985-1990), Ortega tried unsuccessfully to have the constitution amended by the National Assembly, where his Sandinista party lacks a majority to do so. However, through judicial shenanigans facilitated by a Supreme Court and an Electoral Tribunal packed with Sandinista allies, Ortega is likely to run again next year. Mary O’Grady of the Wall Street Journal and The Economist have documented the case. *************** The Privateers of Yemen Starved for revenue and riddled with corruption, the Yemeni navy and coast guard have adopted a novel fundraising strategy: guns for hire. *************** Senators and TSA Defend "Love Pats" at Airports TSA Chief Admits Screenings are "Invasive" But Says They're Necessary to Stay Ahead of Terrorists' New, Non-Metallic Weapons *************** China, India, Russia vow to deepen cooperation The foreign ministers of developing giants China, India and Russia pledged on Monday to step up cooperation in trade, energy and geopolitical affairs including climate change. *************** Wayne Madsen: China Fired Missile Seen In Southern California *************** Iran, Venezuela plan to build rival to Panama Canal Sources tell Haaretz that the recent Nicaragua-Costa Rica border incident was a trial balloon by the creators of a plan to build a new canal in Latin America. *************** National *************** GOP could make trouble for Google By Sara Jerome Saddled with the perception that it is a darling of the Obama administration, Google may have it tough with Republicans. *************** Tea party aims to avoid Christine O’Donnell, Sharron Angle repeats *************** Nevada: ‘Brutal’ battle predicted in Legislature over new district By Anjeanette Damon Think the biggest and ugliest battle in the state Legislature next year will be over whether to raise taxes? *************** Cops bust seven men playing chess in upper Manhattan park By PERRY CHIARAMONTE, JAMIE SCHRAM and DAN MANGAN Drop that bishop and come out with your hands up! A squad of cops in bulletproof vests swooped into an upper Manhattan park and charged seven men with the "crime" of playing chess in an area off-limits to adults unaccompanied by kids -- even though no youngsters were there. *************** State politicians take aim at Clark County handgun registration Lack of audits, cooperation obstruct challenges *************** House ethics panel convicts Rep. Rangel on 11 of 13 counts of rule violations By Susan Crabtree and Jordan Fabian Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.), once one of the most powerful members of the House, was convicted Tuesday on 11 counts of violating ethics rules and now faces punishment. *************** Hispanic Students In California Offended By The Stars And Stripes *************** Anuzis First to Challenge Steele With RNC Bid By Steve Peoples, Roll Call Staff Former Michigan GOP Chairman Saul Anuzis formally launched a bid to challenge Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele Friday morning, arguing on his blog that “dramatic change” is needed in the RNC leadership. *************** Why the Arizona Civil Rights Initiative Was Needed Posted by Roger Clegg This week Arizonans overwhelmingly enacted the Arizona Civil Rights Initiative, which bans state and local discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, and sex in contracting, employment, and education - including racial preferences in university admissions. Opponents of such initiatives frequently claim that they are a solution in search of a problem, that the presence of preferential treatment is greatly exaggerated, that quotas are already illegal, and so forth. *************** Next on San Francisco's Hit List: Circumcision *************** Peaceful resistance: incandescent light bulb stockpilers defy the ban *************** UC students clash with police before fee hike vote *************** Sen. Rockefeller: FCC Should Take FOX News, MSNBC Off Airwaves *************** New Reports of Ballot Stuffing, Native Voter Fraud in Alaskan Senate Race *************** Condoms For Elementary Students? Yes, Says Mass. Town Provincetown Approves New Condom Distribution Policy *************** In-state tuition for illegal immigrants is preserved with California Supreme Court ruling *************** Shuler on Pelosi: If 'she doesn't step aside, I will challenge her' By Molly K. Hooper Blue Dog Rep. Heath Shuler (N.C.) said on Sunday that he will run for House Democratic Leader if Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) doesn't drop her bid for the top-ranking position. *************** DeMint Looks for Fresh Faces for RNC, 2012 By Melanie Starkey , Roll Call Staff Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) is on the lookout for candidates to take over the Republican National Committee from Michael Steele and to run for president in 2012. *************** Missouri democrat warns McCaskill against disloyalty to Obama *************** New budget majority-vote law has unknown effects By JIM MILLER, Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO - The Inland region's GOP-heavy legislative delegation would seem to be big losers from voters' decision last week to end the two-thirds vote requirement for the annual budget bill. *************** Senate GOP should filibuster if Kirk is delayed *************** Tea party institutionalization update Tea party license plates maybe be coming to Virginia *************** Bad news Democrats _ 2012 could be worse than 2010 By CHARLES BABINGTON WASHINGTON (AP) - Last week's election was bad for Democrats. The next one could be worse. Senate Democrats running in 2012 will be trying to hold their jobs in states where Republicans just scored major congressional and gubernatorial victories - Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, New Mexico and Virginia. *************** Ten Mysteries of 2010 Why was the GOP aced out in Massachusetts and Connecticut? How did Blago’s right-hand man win in Illinois? And eight other unanswered question *************** Obama's Indonesian gay nanny and other things from his past By Matt DeLong With Obama visiting Indonesia today, the New York Times has a story that is just chock-full of interesting tidbits about Obama's time living there as a child in the late 1960s. For example, the Times reports that back then Obama was "chubby" and that some of the locals referred to him as "the boy who runs like a duck." *************** Five Paths to the GOP 2012 Nomination The next presidential election cycle began on November 3, 2010. *************** GOP may be setting its sights on Ensign By Jon Ralston Suffering from the enervating ennui of postelection depression, I always find there is only one cure: Look ahead to the next one. *************** Perry calls Social Security bankrupt 'Ponzi scheme' By Josh Baugh - Express-News Gov. Rick Perry stopped off in the Alamo City on Tuesday for a bite of barbecue and a bit of promotion for his new book — and called for completely repealing President Barack Obama's health care legislation while he was at it. *************** Economy
& Taxes *************** California's Destructive Green Jobs Lobby Silicon Valley, once synonymous with productivity-enhancing innovation, is now looking to make money on feel-good government handouts. *************** California Having Trouble Selling $10 Billion In Revenue Anticipation Notes *************** Soros: China has better functioning government than U.S. *************** California's Destructive Green Jobs Lobby Silicon Valley, once synonymous with productivity-enhancing innovation, is now looking to make money on feel-good government handouts. *************** GOP Senate leader McConnell backs down, agrees to earmark ban By J. Taylor Rushing Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) announced Monday that he would join a GOP effort to ban congressional earmarks, a stunning turnaround that reflects a huge victory for the Tea Party movement. *************** The Myth that High Unemployment Means a High Crime Rate Once again, the conventional wisdom of the elites proves itself wrong. *************** Secret Walmart Survey Shows Inflation Already Here *************** Rand Paul: Fiscal commission report doesn't go far enough By Jordan Fabian The draft report issued by President Obama's fiscal commission does not do enough to bring down the nation's debt and deficits, Sen.-elect Rand Paul said Friday. *************** Election makes Laffer less gloomy By BRIAN CALLE, Register columnist Arthur Laffer, one of the more prescient economists of our time and an adviser to President Ronald Reagan, has been a longtime proponent of keeping money in the hands of those who earn it because they are best able to spend in ways that stimulate the economy. In recent years he has been increasingly critical of the monetary policies of the White House and Congress, culminating in the release this year of his latest book, which he describes as a roadmap for the United States' return to economic prosperity. *************** Co-Chairmen of Obama’s Fiscal Commission Unveil Real Tax Increases and Fake Spending Cuts by Dan Mitchell I have many pet peeves, but one that causes me endless frustration is the Washington “spending cut” scam. This happens when politicians increase spending, but claim that they’re cutting spending because they previously had planned to make government even bigger. *************** How to Shut Down Fannie and Freddie The Treasury Department can stop rubber-stamping their debt issuance at any time. *************** German tempers fray as U.S. policy gulf widens By Stephen Brown and Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's undiplomatic outbursts against U.S. policy, calling it "clueless" before a G20 summit, show growing estrangement on economics as America's focus shifts away from transatlantic ties to domestic challenges and Asia. *************** International *************** The Real Cause Of Europe's Sovereign Debt Crisis: Mamma's Boys *************** White Britons to become minority by 2066 White Britons will be outnumbered by 2066 if the rate of immigration continues, researchers have claimed. *************** Austria tells Greece to get stuffed *************** Mother kills autistic son by forcing him to drink bleach A mother killed her 12-year-old son by forcing him to drink bleach because she feared social services would take him away. *************** Japanese citizen judges sentence man to death for first time A panel of judges consisting of ordinary Japanese citizens has for the first time passed the death sentence on a man found guilty of two murders. *************** More than 340 dead fetuses found in Thai temple BANGKOK - The bodies of more than 340 human fetuses, apparently from an illegal abortion clinic, were discovered inside a Buddhist temple in central Bangkok, Thai police said Tuesday. *************** Euro under siege after Portugal hits panic button The euro is facing an unprecedented crisis after another country indicated that it was at a “high risk” of requiring an international bail-out. *************** Greek Socialists win key local elections as debt fears rise Greece's governing Socialists won several key local election run-offs on Sunday, including a mayoral race in Athens for the first time in 24 years, despite renewed pressure on the crisis-hit nation to further cut spending. *************** High Court considers barring Christian foster parents The stunning, benchmark case of a Christian couple told they may not be able to be foster parents under new laws dictating sensitivity to homosexual children is now awaiting judgment from Great Britain's High Court. *************** The Students Are Revolting *************** U.K.: Armistice Day: protesters burn poppy Extreme Muslim groups marred Armistice Day in London by burning a model poppy in protest against the wars of Iraq and Afghanistan. *************** Sarkozy signs the law: French retire at 62, not 60 By JAMEY KEATEN PARIS (AP) — Nicolas Sarkozy may want to keep the pen as a souvenir. The unpopular French leader has raised France’s retirement age to 62, scoring a much-needed victory after a showdown with labor unions over a reform central to his presidency. The measure became law Wednesday, a day after he signed it. *************** U.K.: Student tuition fee protest turns violent as Tory headquarters evacuated A demonstration against tuition fees by tens of thousands of students and lecturers descended into violence today when a group of protesters smashed their way into the headquarters of the Conservative party. *************** Opinion *************** The Case against the U.N. Women’s Treaty By Christina Hoff Sommers On Thursday, November 18, at 2:00 p.m., the Senate will hold hearings on the U.N.’s Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), which commits nations that sign it to abolishing discrimination against women and to ensuring their “full development and advancement” in all areas of public and private life. *************** The horrible truth starts to dawn on Europe's leaders The entire European Project is now at risk of disintegration, with strategic and economic consequences that are very hard to predict. *************** China’s Economic Miracle Is Over *************** California’s Demise Bruce Bialosky In November, 2006 things looked bleak for California Republicans. Governor Schwarzenegger had won re-election, but he had long since abandoned his economic policies of 2003, and by soaking up all the available political money, he was no help to any other GOP candidate. *************** Thomas Sowell: Gridlock can be a beautiful thing By: Thomas Sowell, Examiner Columnist Whenever the party that controls the White House does not also control Capitol Hill, political pundits worry that there will be "gridlock" in Washington, so that the government cannot solve the nation's problems. *************** It’s “Otb” Time: One-Term Barack Larry J. Sabato and Alan I. Abramowitz The wreckage of the Democratic Party is strewn just about everywhere. President Obama’s carefully constructed 2008 Electoral College breakthrough is now just broken, a long-ago memory of what might have been a lasting shift in partisan alignment. *************** |
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