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*************** Obama Moving Towards Regime Change in Syria The report was likely intentionally leaked as a last warning to Assad, but all signs point to a coming U.S. policy of regime change. Plus, read "Syria shells residential neighborhoods; UN, Obama silent" at the Tatler. by Ryan Mauro Yes, you read that title correctly. According to the Associated Press, the Obama administration is close to changing course on Syria and supporting the removal of Bashar Assad from power. *************** Syrian security forces kill 18, rights group says BEIRUT – A Syrian human rights group says security forces have killed 18 people, including an 8-year-old boy. *************** Egypt: Situation Deteriorating Badly and Rapidly by Barry Rubin In the wake of bloody Muslim attacks on Egyptian Christians, the New York Times informs us: “By lifting the heavy hand of the Mubarak police state, the revolution unleashed long-suppressed sectarian animosities that have burst out with increasing ferocity….” *************** "Hide the Decline" *************** Former “alarmist” scientist says Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW) based in false science ***************by Bruce McQuain David Evans is a scientist. He has also worked in the heart of the AGW machine. He consulted full-time for the Australian Greenhouse Office (now the Department of Climate Change) from 1999 to 2005, and part-time 2008 to 2010, modeling Australia’s carbon in plants, debris, mulch, soils, and forestry and agricultural products. He has six university degrees, including a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University / War & Terror *************** Exclusive: Pornography found in bin Laden hideout: officials By Mark Hosenball and Tabassum Zakaria WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A stash of pornography was found in the hideout of Osama bin Laden by the U.S. commandos who killed him, current and former U.S. officials said on Friday. *************** Osama Bin Laden Raid: Pakistan Hints China Wants a Peek at Secret Helicopter By MATTHEW COLE, JIM SCIUTTO, LEE FERRAN and BRIAN ROSS Pakistani officials said today they're interested in studying the remains of the U.S.'s secret stealth-modified helicopter abandoned during the Navy SEAL raid of Osama bin Laden's compound, and suggested the Chinese are as well. National *************** Union whistleblowers: We were beaten and harassed after they accused bosses of looting BY Brian Kates, DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Unionized phone company employees say they were beaten or threatened after they accused their labor bosses of looting their coffers through various scams. *************** Don’t Let Google Off the Hook: Evidence Aplenty That Cretin “Nitecruzr” Represents Google — And Even Has the Ability to Flag Your Google Account! Filed under: General — Patterico I keep reading that the Google support guy “nitecruzr” who heaped abuse on Ann Althouse was just a volunteer, and that Google shouldn’t be blamed for his actions. For example, an Instapundit reader writes Glenn to say nitecruzr “doesn’t appear” to be a Google employee. *************** IMF head Strauss-Kahn pulled off plane, arrested in alleged sodomy of hotel maid By PHILIP MESSING, JAMIE SCHRAM, LARRY CELONA and BILL SANDERSON The French political bigshot who heads the International Monetary Fund was arrested for allegedly sodomizing a Manhattan hotel maid today — hauled off an Air France flight just moments before takeoff from Kennedy Airport, police sources said. *************** None Dare Call it Hypocrisy: The Left’s Outrage Over Teaching Free-Enterprise in Universities *************** The Death of Bin Laden and Obama’s Re-Election Prospects What effect will the killing of Osama bin Laden have on the 2012 presidential election? *************** High-School Students’ Civic Knowledge Continues to Fall By Christian Schneider According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) test scores released last week, American eighth-graders are stagnant and twelfth-graders are regressing in their knowledge of U.S. government and democracy. The silver lining is that fourth-graders’ scores have improved since 2006. *************** Teachers’ Union Protects Teacher for Standing Idly By While Student is Beaten Posted by LaborUnionReport What many may find even more disturbing is the fact that the teacher stood by, with his hands in his pockets, as the student was beaten. However, what is truly appalling is the fact that the American Federation of Teachers is protecting the teacher’s actions inaction. *************** Acolyte of Rev. Wright to complicate Obama poetry night? By Shawn Millerick Just as President Barack Obama celebrates the killing of Osama bin Laden and the closing of the book on the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, he may also be opening up old wounds from a sidebar story from that era that haunted him during his 2008 presidential campaign. Economy
& Taxes *************** Senate GOP Embarrasses Dems Over Boeing Senator Mike Enzi and Boeing lawyer Michael Luttig show up the Dems at their own hearing. by J. Christian Adams At a hearing held this past week by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions, it was amusing to watch the Democratic majority be thoroughly outmatched by the minority Republicans on the committee. The minority managed to divert the subject of the hearing to the National Labor Relations Board and its ridiculous job-killing complaint against Boeing. *************** GM workers sue company, union over back pay By The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of General Motors employees in Ohio is suing the company and the United Auto Workers, alleging that GM has unfairly denied them full pay and benefits and the union has not fought for them. *************** GOP blasts NEA grants to Frisco mimes, accordion festival By Erik Wasson A Republican lawmaker on Wednesday grilled the chairman of the National Endowment of the Arts over grants to San Francisco mimes and an international accordion festival. *************** How Long Will the Tax Break on Municipal Bonds Last? By JASON ZWEIG Could tax-free municipal bonds become taxable? Every few years, Congress floats the idea of reducing or eliminating the muni-bond tax break, long favored by investors looking to shelter income from Uncle Sam. Such initiatives—no fewer than 125 since 1918—always have faded away. *************** John Boehner: Cut 'trillions' as debt limit nears By JAKE SHERMAN NEW YORK — Speaker John Boehner came here Monday to lend a peek to a worried Wall Street and a concerned Washigton as to where he stands as the nation rapidly approaches its statutory debt ceiling. *************** International *************** U.K.: Judge issues gag order for Twitter By Olesya Dmitracova LONDON (Reuters) - A British judge has banned Twitter users from identifying a brain-damaged woman in one of the first attempts to prevent the messaging website from revealing sensitive information. *************** German court convicts then frees Nazi guard Demjanjuk By Christian Kraemer (Reuters) - A German court convicted John Demjanjuk on Thursday for his role in the killing of 28,000 Jews in the Sobibor Nazi death camp, then set the 91-year-old free because of his age. *************** Irish Bombshell: Government Raids PRIVATE Pensions To Pay For Spending Joe Weisenthal and Gregory White The Irish government plans to institute a tax on private pensions to drive jobs growth, according to its jobs program strategy, delivered today. *************** China Continues to Overheat, Inflation at 5.3%, More Tightening to Come; Will it Work? Consumer prices in China rose a reported 5.3% as China's feeble measure to rein in inflation have not produced results. Bloomberg reports China Inflation Signals More Tightening May Come *************** Greece Stages Another 24 Hour Strike (Complete With Teargas) As European Officials Arrive To Enhance Austerity *************** Canada: THE CRIMINALIZATION OF THE LINK Steyn on Canada and the Commonwealth If you wanted to confirm the notion that elections are a waste of time, you could hardly do it more swiftly than the new Canadian Conservative majority government is with its omnibus crime bill. Clause Five criminalizes the "hyperlink" - that's to say, if you include a link to a site "where hate material is posted", you could go to jail for two years. *************** The Coming Euro Crack-Up A currency divided against itself cannot stand. A spectre is haunting Europe - the spectre of the disintegration of the eurozone. All the powers of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance to exorcize this spectre: German chancellor and French president, the Brussels eurocracy and the bonus-laden bankers. Let the ruling classes tremble. The debtors have nothing to lose but their burdens. *************** Opinion *************** Lawrence Solomon: Break It Up Pakistan would be a more stable and peaceful place if its four component nations were unstitched from one another *************** The Chinese Dragon Sweeps Through Latin America Time to stand up and take notice — English and Spanish speakers alike. *************** Senate Seeks to Create Caesar Terresa Monroe-Hamilton The Apotheosis Of Barack Obama Senatus Populusque Romanus — Imperius Rex et Populusque Americanus While all of America is distracted and focused on the death of Osama bin Laden, our President and his minions have been fast at work laying the groundwork for S. 679: Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act of 2011 to speed through the Senate and then make its way into the House and then to the President to sign. Yes, the other hand is quickly forming into a dictatorial fist that is about to smash our Constitution. *************** |
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