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Arab Revolts *************** Hillary's Syria sellout President Obama won’t take meaningful action to speed the fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. But that doesn’t mean his secretary of state should profane the situation with Orwellian distortions and contradicting demands. "Hide the Decline" *************** UN security council to consider climate change peacekeeping Special meeting to discuss 'green helmets' force to intervene in conflicts caused by rising seas levels and shrinking resources *************** CO2 Theory About to Take Another Big Hit? By Bruce McQuain *************** A green dark age Matt Ridley The government’s new emissions target will despoil the countryside, rob the poor – and enrich landowners like me *************** Why Did CERN Gag Its Scientists? That there is a gag in place is not in dispute. The question is why? War & Terror *************** China building electromagnetic pulse weapons for use against U.S. carriers China's military is developing electromagnetic pulse weapons that Beijing plans to use against U.S. aircraft carriers in any future conflict over Taiwan, according to an intelligence report made public on Thursday. *************** China shunning Palau for taking Uighurs: president KOROR, Palau — Chinese investment in Palau has dried up since the Pacific nation granted asylum to six former Guantanamo detainees from the Chinese Muslim Uighur minority, President Johnson Toribiong said this week. *************** Oslo bomb kills 7, gunman fires on youth camp By Walter Gibbs and Alister Doyle A bomb ripped through Oslo's central government district on Friday killing seven people, police said, and hours later a gunman opened fire at a youth camp on a nearby island. National *************** Bernie Sanders: Let’s primary Obama President Obama is under attack these days from all manner of nasty conservatives who don’t care for his liberal, big spending ways. They seem to have found an unlikely ally, though, in the person of the only officially declared socialist in Congress… Bernie Sanders. *************** ACLU: 'Communism is the Goal' Irony is defined as "the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning." The term doublespeak means "evasive, ambiguous language that is intended to deceive or confuse." *************** Young woman accuses Oregon Rep. David Wu of aggressive, unwanted sexual encounter By CHARLES POPE, JANIE HAR and BETH SLOVIC A distraught young woman called U.S. Rep. David Wu's Portland office this spring, accusing him of an unwanted sexual encounter, according to multiple sources. *************** Republican States Have The Best Public Schools In The Country, By A Long Shot Walter Russell Mead, The American Interest When it come to excellence in education, red states rule—at least according to a panel of experts assembled by Tina Brown’s Newsweek. *************** Shooting the Shooting Range By STACEY BAKER *************** Bureaucracy Humor, Probably Created by Somebody at Homeland Security or HUD *************** Will college bubble burst from public subsidies? By: Michael Barone When governments want to encourage what they believe is beneficial behavior, they subsidize it. Sounds like good public policy. *************** Anita Perry encourages husband to run for president by BRAD WATSON AUSTIN, Texas -- Gov. Rick Perry will need money, organization, staff and stamina if he runs for president. Economy
& Taxes *************** GOP readies new debt ceiling plan; bill set for Sunday Byron York House Republicans are finishing work on a new proposal to resolve the standoff over the debt ceiling. The proposal, set to be finished and crafted into the form of a bill by Sunday, will be in two parts. The first will combine a short-term increase in the debt ceiling with spending cuts. The second will lay the groundwork for a longer-term increase in the debt ceiling coupled with far-reaching deficit reduction. *************** Layoffs Deepen Gloom BY CONOR DOUGHERTY Companies are laying off employees at a level not seen in nearly a year, hobbling the job market and intensifying fears about the pace of the economic recovery. *************** U.S. Consumers Relying on Credit for Basic Necessities By Anna-Louise Jackson and Anthony Feld Consumers in the U.S. are increasingly using credit cards to pay for basic necessities as income gains fail to keep pace with rising food and fuel prices. *************** International *************** At least 32 die in east China high-speed train crash By Ben Blanchard At least 32 people died when a high-speed train smashed into a stalled train in China's eastern Zhejiang province Saturday, state media said, raising new questions about the safety of the fast-growing rail network. *************** 150 human animal hybrids grown in UK labs: Embryos have been produced secretively for the past three years By Daniel Martin and Simon Caldwell Scientists have created more than 150 human-animal hybrid embryos in British laboratories. *************** Update to Chávez Health Story: His Brother May Succeed Him This article is about the presumed successor to el Presidente Chávez — who has cancer, is receiving chemotherapy in Cuba and may (or may not) be dead within eighteen months – — his oldest brother Adan. *************** Squabbles between Flemish and Walloons could bring down EU, warns Belgian king King Albert II of Belgium has warned that over a year of political squabbling between Flemish and Walloons has threatened to break up his country and to endanger the future of the European Union. *************** Ortega’s Cynical Strategy The Sandanista leader has combined economic pragmatism and authoritarian tactics to bring the country to heel. *************** Opinion *************** Give Greece What It Deserves: Communism Once in a great while an opportunity comes along to deliver justice to a people, giving them what they truly deserve. Greece’s time has come. *************** Living Freely in England a Century Ago By Daniel Pipes *************** |
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