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Election 2012 *************** Surprising new poll throws Conn. Senate race into spotlight A surprising new poll of the Connecticut Senate race shows Republican candidate Linda McMahon not only leading the primary field, but within striking distance of the likely Democratic nominee, Rep. Chris Murphy. *************** Obama’s first post-Wisconsin fundraiser “memejacked” by S.F. Tea Party *************** Rand Paul endorses Romney File this under signs the Ron Paul campaign is really, truly over: Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul threw his support tonight to Mitt Romney. *************** Ron Paul Supporters Are Fuming Mad at Rand Paul Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul's endorsement of Mitt Romney last night is igniting a fury of rage from his father's hardcore fan base. In a sort of libertarian version of Bob Dylan going electric (ask your parents), the Kentucky senator's enthusiastic endorsement of Romney has Ron Paul forums fuming with cries of "Judas" and "Benedict Arnold." *************** Obama frets after ‘terrifying’ recall vote President Obama will need to double down on his efforts to keep Wisconsin safely in his column after Gov. Scott Walker’s (R) resounding victory in Tuesday’s recall election. *************** Conservatives used tactics of the left in Wisconsin win *************** Barack Obama in dead heat with Mitt Romney in Michigan as popularity slips *************** Return of the Bradley Effect: What if ALL the Polls Are Wrong? Many of us oldsters remember the Bradley Effect. Back in ye olde 1982, Tom Bradley, the longtime popular mayor of Los Angeles, a nice affable fellow in my recollection, ran for California governor against a fairly faceless guy named George Deukmejian. Most of the polls — including exit polls — showed Bradley with a significant lead. But Deukmejian won, narrowly. *************** Exit poll: Wisconsin in play in November *************** Tipster Claims to Have Hacked Into Mitt Romney’s Private Email Account Authorities are investigating whether Mitt Romney’s private email account was hacked, his presidential campaign said Tuesday. *************** Woman Slaps Barrett In The Face *************** Voters in California Back Pension Cuts for City Workers As Wisconsin residents voted on Tuesday not to recall Gov. Scott Walker — who has become an enemy of labor unions nationwide — two California cities dealt blows of their own to organized labor. *************** Wisconsin Democrats Are Busing in Supporters From Minnesota for Recall Vote …Update: Michigan Too! *************** Nevada Republicans Work Around State Party Even before supporters of Rep. Ron Paul (Texas) grabbed headlines by winning control of the Nevada GOP, top Silver State Republicans had moved to build a separate organization to boost down-ballot candidates. *************** Warren Accused of 'Repeated Instances of Scientific Misconduct' Before Harvard Hire *************** Bill Clinton out of control on 2012 Bill Clinton has to be the smartest guy in the room even when he’s not in the room. Clinton is not on Barack Obama’s campaign staff, is not a trusted adviser, does not set Obama’s strategy. But Bill Clinton is pretty good at sabotaging Obama’s strategy. "Hide The Decline" *************** A Big Picture Look At “Earth’s Temperature” I recently came across a January 21st, 2012 Peter Gleick article 2011 Climate Change in Pictures and Data: Just the Facts, which appears to mimic the format and approach of my January 1st, 2012 article A Big Picture Look At “Earth’s Temperature”. War & Terror *************** The Moscow-Tehran Axis Russians supplying missile goods to Iran, U.S. intelligence says *************** Plan for a greener US Navy is dealt a setback in Congress The U.S. Navy’s energy security plan for a greener fleet that relies less on imported oil and more on domestic renewable biofuels has been dealt a setback in Congress, as Republican senators voiced concern about the price of biofuels not being competitive with petroleum. National *************** “Studies” Departments Suffer a Loss Perhaps I’m reading too much into this, but I think something remarkable occurred at UCLA last week. By a vote of 56%-44%—almost double the margin of Scott Walker’s recent recall-election victory—the UCLA faculty rejected a proposed “Community and Conflict in the Modern World” general-education requirement. *************** U.N. could tax U.S.-based Web sites, leaked docs show Global Internet tax suggested by European network operators, who want Apple, Google, and other Web companies to pay to deliver content, is proposed for debate at a U.N. agency in December. *************** High school teacher tells graduating students: you’re not special Commencement speech aims to deflate self-important kids *************** City officials: Detroit will go broke in a week if consent deal lawsuit isn't withdrawn Detroit will run out of cash a week from today if a lawsuit challenging the validity of the city's consent agreement with the state is not withdrawn, city officials said this morning. *************** Rep. Gohmert Demands Answers from Attorney General Holder *************** Holder admits Axelrod, White House helped Justice Dept craft Fast and Furious public relations strategy Attorney General Eric Holder admitted on Thursday that President Barack Obama’s chief campaign strategist David Axelrod and the White House are helping the Department of Justice craft its messaging about Operation Fast and Furious. *************** Stuyvesant HS students hold 'Slutty Wednesday' to protest school’s strict dress code policy *************** Panetta attempts to clean up after Obama in India During a two-day stay in India, Secretary of Defense Panetta urged India to: (1) take a larger role in Afghanistan and (2) support the Obama administration’s new policy that purports to counterbalance China’s growing influence and military power. *************** GOP to Obama: This is ‘All-of-the-Above’ Energy Freezing regs, speeding leases, protecting the SPR: McCarthy and team to introduce Domestic Energy and Jobs Act today. *************** Planned Parenthood Sets Up Shop At Roosevelt High To Reduce Teen Pregnancies Planned Parenthood and the Los Angeles Unified School District have teamed up in an unusual collaboration to reduce the number of unplanned teen pregnancies at Roosevelt High School. *************** R.I.P. Ray Bradbury, Author of Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles *************** Ray Bradbury, a Great Conservative Famed futurist Ray Bradbury died last night at the age of 91 in Los Angeles, the city he grew to love even though he never learned to drive. *************** Bill Press- I Hate The National Anthem, It's 'Stupid And Embarrassing' *************** North Las Vegas action plan: paging Doctor Doom? There is virtually no chance a court will uphold the suspension of union contracts in North Las Vegas following the city's decision Friday to invoke an emergency clause contained in state law. *************** Excess exercise 'hurts the heart' and cause dangerous long-term harm, say scientists Extreme exercise such as marathons may permanently damage the heart and trigger rhythm abnormalities, warn researchers. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2154267/Excess-exercise-hurts-heart-cause-dangerous-long-term-harm-say-scientists.html Economy
& Taxes *************** Farewell to Incredible India Bereft of leaders, an Asian giant is destined for a period of lower growth. The human cost will be immense *************** Robot sewing machines could make 'made in China' obsolete Sweatshops filled with robots could bring manufacturing of smartphones, computers and TVs to the United States, as well. *************** Argentina loses a third of its dollar deposits Argentines reacting to foreign exchange restrictions About $100 mln in dollars withdrawn every day Rush toward greenback started in November *************** The US Deleveraging Has Resumed Last quarter, upon the release of the Q4 2011 Z.1 (Flow of Funds) report, we penned "The US Deleveraging Is Now Over", because, well, it was: all the categories tracked by the Fed's Credit Market Debt Outstanding series posted a sequential increase over Q3. *************** The US Labor Market Is In A Full-Blown Depression Now that stocks are back to reflecting nothing more than expectations of how many times the Chairsatan dilutes the existing monetary base in a carbon copy replica of not only 2011 but also 2010... and 2009 (because contrary to what purists may believe, the only way to inflate away unsustainable debt in a growth-free economy is by destroying the currency), and manic pattern chasers have crawled out of their holes proclaiming the death of the bear market after a two day bounce, what is happening in the actual economy, no longer reflected by the market, has once again been pulled back to the backburner. *************** Greece Warns of Going Broke as Tax Proceeds Dry Up As European leaders grapple with how to preserve their monetary union, Greece is rapidly running out of money. *************** Number of the Week: Most Unemployed Have College Experience 52%: Percent of the unemployed who have spent at least some time in college. In a significant shift in the labor market, the majority of people who are unemployed have some college education, reversing the situation that prevailed for decades. In 1992, only 37% of the unemployed had some college experience. *************** Economic Collapse for Dummies *************** Beijing Alone Has 50% More Vacant Housing Than The US *************** ‘Serious possibility’ Cyprus may need EU bailout Eurozone member Cyprus conceded on Tuesday that there is a serious possibility it may need an EU bailout to save its banking system, which is heavily exposed to Greek debt. *************** International *************** TWO GUYS IN A SHOP Australian athletes are in trouble for being photographed with firearms: Swimmers Nick D’Arcy and Kenrick Monk have been ordered to remove Facebook photos of themselves posing with high powered guns … D’Arcy and Monk posed with the weapons in a gun shop in the US where the Australian swimming team has been training and competing before the Olympics start next month. Legal weapons in a legal shop. Unloaded. Not aimed at anybody. This, for some reason, is causing outrage *************** Forty Years Later: Kim Phuc and Her North Vietnamese Enemies Meet the girl in the picture considered iconic for all the wrong reasons. *************** Underestimating the New Nazis in Greece: The Golden Dawn Party Who are they and what do they believe? *************** U.N. says reported new massacre in Syria barbaric, urges peace U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon ratcheted up the pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday to end his 15-month onslaught against an opposition seeking to oust him, condemning a reported new massacre in Syria as an “unspeakable barbarity.” *************** Estonia Uses the Euro, and the Economy is Booming It’s the euro zone Jim, but not as we know it. *************** Venezuela bans civilians from private gun ownership Venezuela has major crime problems — we hear a lot about the systemic violence in Mexico, but by at least one count, Venezuela’s murder rate is four times higher than that of Mexico’s and the highest in all of South America. As such, violent crime is one of the most dominant political issues in the socialist nation, and will factor hugely in their upcoming October elections. *************** Opinion *************** Some Thoughts on Guns and Civil Rights My son and I went to Gander Mountain today and fired off 300 rounds on my beloved Sig Sauer Mosquito Sport. One of the great advantages of a .22 pistol is that you can shoot 300 rounds and not have to worry about the cost. *************** Global Governance Utopianism and the Threats to Freedom It does not take much to trace the lineage of the global governance movement. Beginning with the very first work on international law, written by Herman Grotius in 1623, down through the philosophical writings of Immanuel Kant and Karl Krause and to the mid- 20th century novels of H.G. Wells, a line can be drawn threading together advocacy of intellectuals and political leaders for the establishment of some kind of global authority to be placed in charge of governing mankind’s work and activities. *************** Future tense, X: The fourth revolution On the possibility of a forthcoming political revolution. *************** The Left's Assault on Free Speech and Conscience Have you heard of SWATing? Someone calls 911 falsely claiming that a person has killed someone or is about to do so. It can bring down a world of hurt, complete with sirens and a SWAT team with drawn guns. *************** |
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