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Election 2012 *************** Obama: Let's repeat auto industry success “I said, I believe in American workers, I believe in this American industry, and now the American auto industry has come roaring back,” he said. “Now I want to do the same thing with manufacturing jobs, not just in the auto industry, but in every industry. *************** Pelosi 'Swears' Spirit of Susan B. Anthony Spoke to Her in White House House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D.-Calif.) told a recent gathering of the Women’s Political Committee that the spirits of suffragists Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Alice Paul spoke to her at the White House. *************** Too Far? New Attack Ad Targeting Allen West Depicts Him Beating Women *************** Hey, If Obama Didn't Coordinate With SuperPAC on Soptic Ad, How Come He's Wearing The Same Shirt In Each of Their Ads? *************** Schweitzer at Ohio Dem dinner: Montanans are white, racist rednecks HELENA – Just the other day, Politico said Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer’s rhetorical prowess is a valuable asset and a dangerous liability for his future political ambitions. *************** Big crowds point to a Romney-Ryan edge? Cornell Law Professor William A. Jacobson has a reader, Tim, of his Legal Insurrection blog who attended the Romney-Ryan rally earlier today in High Point, NC and provided the photo above of the line of attendees trying to get into the event. *************** Obama’s College Classmate: ‘The Obama Scandal Is at Columbia’ I am President Obama’s classmate at Columbia University, Class of ’83. I am also one of the most accurate Las Vegas oddsmakers and prognosticators. Accurate enough that I was awarded my own star on the Las Vegas Walk of Stars. And I smell something rotten in Denmark. Obama has a big skeleton in his closet. It’s his college records. Call it “gut instinct” but my gut is almost always right. Obama has a secret hidden at Columbia- and it’s a bad one that threatens to bring down his presidency. Gut instinct is how I’ve made my living for 29 years since graduating Columbia. Hide The Decline *************** NRC holds up licensing, relicensing over waste storage issue The Nuclear Regulatory Commission voted (in a unanimous vote) to halt relicensing of existing nuclear power plants in the US, and to halt licensing processes for those being planned, until resolution is found over its concept of waste storage. Obamacare *************** Obamacare Mandate: Sterilize 15-Year-Old Girls for Free--Without Parental Consent Thanks to an Obamacare regulation that took effect on Aug. 1, health care plans in Oregon will now be required to provide free sterilizations to 15- year-old girls even if the parents of those girls do not consent to the procedure. War & Terror *************** Iran’s nuclear program designed to ‘finish off’ Israel, Hezbollah MP says The entire equation in the Middle East will change, Walid Sakariya tells al-Manar TV *************** NYPD unveils new $40 million super computer system that uses data from network of cameras, license plate readers and crime reports Domain Awareness System is a joint venture between city and Microsoft. Commissioner Ray Kelly says system is able to access information through live video feeds and allow cops to get reading on radioactive substances *************** "The Beijing Conference": See How China Quietly Took Over Africa Since 2010, when China pledged over $100 billion to develop commercial projects in Africa, the continent has now become de facto Chinese territory. *************** Fed study says Bush and the banks didn’t cause the Great Recession. The Fed did *************** Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano favored women pals for jobs: lawsuit A veteran US law-enforcement official has filed a blockbuster discrimination lawsuit against Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, charging she pushed him aside to make way for a less-qualified woman who’s “enjoyed a long-standing relationship” with the anti-terror chief. National *************** FIRE Warns U. of California President: Reject Recommendation, Don’t Pick Fight with First Amendment In a letter sent today, FIRE warns University of California System (UC) President Mark Yudof against enacting unconstitutional "hate speech" policies on UC's campuses. FIRE’s letter responds to a recent recommendation from members of an official advisory body that, in response to alleged anti-Semitism on campus, UC “accept the challenge” of First Amendment litigation. *************** DPD Sgt. Left Holding Bag Over Chick-Fil-A Sandwich *************** Man Sentenced to 30 Days for Catching Rain Water on Own Property Enters Jail Gary Harrington, the Oregon man convicted of collecting rainwater and snow runoff on his rural property surrendered Wednesday morning to begin serving his 30-day, jail sentence in Medford, Ore. *************** Hundreds of Lawmakers Enjoy Chicago on Taxpayers' Dime *************** A Bill to Repeal Everything Obama Has Ever Signed Into Law? Conservative Iowa Republican Rep. Steve King is reportedly considering introduction of a bill that would repeal everything Obama has signed into law. *************** California Senate leader, attorney general back gun-control bill In the wake of the recent mass shootings in Colorado and Wisconsin, the leader of the California Senate and the state attorney general said Monday they support a gun control bill aimed at making it harder to reload assault rifles. *************** California: Blue Twilight on the Pacific *************** What Columbia Is Doing Is Illegal Just a few lawyerly thoughts to add to KC Johnson's excellent post yesterday on Columbia University setting aside $30 million to hire female and minority faculty. It was clear enough all along that Columbia's hiring would be racially discriminatory, if not racially exclusive; and, as Professor Johnson points out, even the pretext that sometimes a (politically correct) white male might be eligible for hiring has apparently now been abandoned. And of course this is an unfair, divisive, and corrupt policy. But it should also be pointed out that it is ILLEGAL to weigh race, ethnicity, and sex in hiring. *************** When 1,099 felons vote in race won by 312 ballots In the eyes of the Obama administration, most Democratic lawmakers, and left-leaning editorial pages across the country, voter fraud is a problem that doesn't exist. Allegations of fraud, they say, are little more than pretexts conjured up by Republicans to justify voter ID laws designed to suppress Democratic turnout. *************** Geithner Sacrificed Pensions Of Non-Union Delphi Retirees Back in 2009 when the government sacrificed GM and Chrysler bondholders just so labor unions (read voters) can be made whole, the media, for various reasons, decided not to pursue the decision-making process that left some workers with their pensions wiped out, while others were made whole and suffered no losses *************** $1.3 billion in ‘clean energy’ subsidies produce 288 permanent jobs, quadruple cost of electricity in Nevada Reid-sponsored National Clean Energy Summit pushes more subsidies as key to Nevada’s future Economy
& Taxes *************** Over 100 Million Now Receiving Federal Welfare A new chart set to be released later today by the Republican side of the Senate Budget Committee details a startling statistic: "Over 100 Million People in U.S. Now Receiving Some Form Of Federal Welfare." *************** Blink! U.S. Debt Just Grew by $11 Trillion Republicans and Democrats spent last summer battling how best to save $2.1 trillion over the next decade. They are spending this summer battling how best to not save $2.1 trillion over the next decade. *************** Most Chinese Companies Reporting Losses, Profit Declines Chinese companies are warning they will be reporting either losses or declining profits for the first half. Corporate results are forcing stock markets down and pointing to a contraction in the country’s economy. *************** China economy: staring down the bottomless pit All major macro data from China over the last 2 days have been disappointing. *************** It's A Centrally-Planned World After All, With Ever Diminishing Returns By now it is no secret that the primary beneficiary of the over $7 trillion pumped by global central banks into the financial system in just the past 4 years, and countless other trillions in miss-spent fiscal stimuli has been the stock market. *************** Near-Bankrupt California Awards Hollywood $100M In Corporate Welfare Remember folks, trickle-down economics only works in the entertainment business. *************** The Revenge of Richard Nixon: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Spreads Its Tentacles Last month marked the one-year anniversary of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). At the time the Bureau was created I predicted that it would be a bureaucratic train wreck: an institution that is almost perfectly designed to manifest all of the worst pathologies that scholars of regulation have identified over the past several decades. Unfortunately, its operations to date have confirmed those fears. *************** The Problem with Beijing and/or Washington Has China peaked? Without far-reaching political and economic reforms, yes *************** International *************** Belarus withdraws embassy staff from Sweden as row over teddy bear parachute drop escalates It follows stunt by Swedish PR firm in Belarussian airspace last month Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko was left furious The leader is now taking his fury out on Sweden *************** Polish president accuses Obama of betraying Poland The Polish president has accused Barack Obama of betraying Poland by cancelling a promised missile defence system. *************** More Abandoned Children as Europe Austerity Wears On As the euro zone debt crisis deepens and austerity measures take their toll across Europe, the number of young children and babies abandoned across the region has increased, according to local charities. *************** India blackout flips a switch A two-day blackout for half of India was caused in large part by a massive theft of electricity. Many countries have yet to break the link between wholesale corruption and the stealing of power. Such widespread dishonesty can slow a country's growth. *************** Syria Prime Minister Riad Hijab defects Syrian Prime Minister Riad Hijab has defected from President Bashar al-Assad's government to join "the revolution", his spokesman says. *************** Opinion *************** Why Aren't Murderous Communists Condemned Like Nazis Are? In Europe, especially in Germany, hoisting a swastika-emblazoned Nazi flag is a crime. For decades after World War II, people have hunted down and sought punishment for Nazi murderers, who were responsible for the deaths of more than 20 million people. *************** Woodrow Wilson: Godfather of Liberalism It has become fashionable today for those who once called themselves “liberals” to refer to themselves instead as “progressives.” This is a phenomenon evident both among our politicians and among our intellectual class. *************** California: Going Out of Business! *************** |
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