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  1. Interview with Presidential Candidate Newt Gingrich

    → RealClearPolitics - Articles | 6 Feb 2012 | 3:07 pm MST

    BLITZER: And joining us now from Las Vegas, the former speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich. He's running for president of the United States. Mr. Speaker, good job numbers that came in today, 243,000 jobs created last month. The unemployment rate has gone down to 8.3 percent. Does President Obama deserve credit for this positive trend? NEWT GINGRICH (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Well, he's going to take credit for it. We've been in a -- the longest, deepest race since the Great Depression. We already have a report out from the Congressional Budget Office this week, warning that...

  2. Interview with Presidential Candidate Ron Paul

    → RealClearPolitics - Articles | 6 Feb 2012 | 3:07 pm MST

    PIERS MORGAN, HOST: Ron Paul is not going to be our next president. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) CROWD: Ron Paul! (CHEERS) (END VIDEO CLIP) MORGAN: So, why are millions of young people hanging on every word from the 76-year-old Texas congressman? (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) REP. RON PAUL (R-TX), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I think the federal war on drugs is a total failure. I think the Patriot Act is unpatriotic because it undermines our liberty. I don't remember voting on a declared declaration of war. (END VIDEO CLIP) MORGAN: Why is the GOP so afraid of him? (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) PAUL: Allowing the people to...

  3. Interview with Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval

    → RealClearPolitics - Articles | 6 Feb 2012 | 3:05 pm MST

    YELLIN: All eyes will be on Nevada tomorrow. It is the first Western state to weigh in on the presidential race. Nevada's Republican governor, Brian Sandoval, endorsed Rick Perry early on, but he hasn't backed anyone since the Texas governor dropped out. Governor Sandoval joins us now. Thank you, Governor, for being with us. GOV. BRIAN SANDOVAL (R), NEVADA: Oh, it's my pleasure. Thank you, Jessica. YELLIN: Thanks. First of all, let's just dispose with the headlines. There have been some headlines that Newt Gingrich canceled a meeting with you amid reports that you...

  4. Obama's Remarks on Jobs for Veterans

    → RealClearPolitics - Articles | 6 Feb 2012 | 3:04 pm MST

    Fire Station #5Arlington, Virginia 11:30 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Thank you! Thank you, guys. (Applause.) Thank you so much. Everybody, please have a seat. Well, good morning, everybody. AUDIENCE: Good morning! THE PRESIDENT: Jacob, thank you for that introduction. More importantly, thank you for your extraordinary service to our country. I want to acknowledge two outstanding members of my Cabinet who are here today -- Secretary of Veterans Affairs Ric Shinseki is in the house, also one of our finest -- (applause) -- himself, one of our finest veterans and obviously an extraordinary leader...

  5. Romney works to fend off Santorum challenge

    → The Daily Caller | 6 Feb 2012 | 3:02 pm MST

    GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — Mitt Romney is dispatching top surrogates to attack rival Rick Santorum over Santorum’s past support for spending on pork-barrel projects. Romney is the front-runner in the Republican presidential race and he’s working to fend off an unexpected challenge from former Pennsylvania senator Santorum in the next states to vote. Those [...]

  6. Randy Travis arrested for public intoxication (AP)

    → Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 6 Feb 2012 | 2:48 pm MST

    This Feb. 6, 2012 booking photo provided by the Denton County Sheriff's Department in Texas, shows country music star Randy Travis. Travis was arrested in Sanger, Texas, on Monday, Feb. 6, 2012, on a charge of public intoxication. (AP Photo/Denton County Sheriff's Department)AP - Country singer Randy Travis has apologized after being arrested on a charge of public intoxication outside a North Texas church.




  7. Mo. teen describes killing as amazing, enjoyable (AP)

    → Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 6 Feb 2012 | 2:48 pm MST

    FILE - In this Dec. 8, 2009 file photo, Alyssa Bustamante, 15, listens during a brief hearing where her attorney entered not guilty pleas on her behalf to charges of armed criminal action and first-degree murder in Cole County Circuit Court in Jefferson City, Mo. Bustamante, who admitted stabbing, strangling and slitting the throat of a young neighbor girl, wrote in her journal on the night of the killing that it was an 'ahmazing' and 'pretty enjoyable' experience — then headed off to church with a laugh. The words written by Bustamante were read aloud in court Monday, Feb. 6, 2012, as part of a sentencing hearing to determine whether she should get life in prison or something less for the October 2009 murder of her neighbor, 9-year-old Elizabeth Olten, in a small town west of Jefferson City. (AP Photo/Kelley McCall, Pool, File)AP - A Missouri teenager who admitted stabbing, strangling and slitting the throat of a young neighbor girl wrote in her journal on the night of the killing that it was an "ahmazing" and "pretty enjoyable" experience — then headed off to church with a laugh.




  8. Tax reform in this election year: It's not likely (AP)

    → Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 6 Feb 2012 | 2:48 pm MST

    FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney waves to supporters in Tampa, Fla. Politicians of all stripes in this election year are clamoring for simplifying the tax code and closing loopholes. But that would mean Americans could lose some of their prized deductions. Tax reform does sound like a good idea to lots of people, but where to start? Eliminate the deduction for home mortgages? End the write-off for charitable contributions? How about expanding the Social Security payroll tax? Not likely. In fact, none of the major tax overhaul proposals now on the table seems likely to be enacted given the current political situation in Washington and the country. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)AP - Tax reform sounds like a good idea to lots of people, but where to start? Eliminate the popular deduction for home mortgages? End the write-off for charitable contributions? How about expanding the Social Security payroll tax?




  9. Palestinians take step toward unity (AP)

    → Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 6 Feb 2012 | 2:48 pm MST

    In this photo provided by by the Palestinian President's office, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, and Khaled Mashal, chief of the Islamic militant group Hamas, right, confer with Qatar's crown prince Sheik Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, center, during a reconciliation meeting in Doha, Qatar, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. The main Palestinian political rivals took a major step Monday toward healing their bitter rift, agreeing that Abbas would head an interim unity government to prepare for general elections in the West Bank and Gaza. (AP Photo/Thaer Ghanaim, Palestinian President's Office)AP - After months of wavering, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas took a decisive step Monday toward reconciliation with the Islamic militant group Hamas, a move Israel promptly warned would close the door to any future peace talks.




  10. Tea party: Warming or resigned to Mitt Romney (AP)

    → Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 6 Feb 2012 | 2:47 pm MST

    Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets supporters at a campaign rally in Grand Junction, Colo., Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Long skeptical of Mitt Romney, tea party activists are either warming up to the GOP presidential front-runner or reluctantly backing him after abandoning hope of finding a nominee they like better.




  11. US closes Syrian embassy as diplomacy collapses (AP)

    → Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 6 Feb 2012 | 2:46 pm MST

    A member of the Free Syrian Army stands guard as anti-Syrian regime protesters hold a demonstration in Idlib, Syria, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. The U.S. closed its Syrian embassy Monday and Britain recalled its ambassador to Damascus in a dramatic escalation of Western pressure on President Bashar Assad to give up power, just days after diplomatic efforts at the United Nations to end the crisis collapsed. (AP Photo)AP - The U.S. closed its embassy in Syria and Britain recalled its ambassador to Damascus on Monday in a new Western push to get President Bashar Assad to leave power and halt the murderous grind in Syria — now among the deadliest conflicts of the Arab Spring.




  12. Clint Eastwood’s Chrysler commercial viewed as Obama campaign ad [VIDEO]

    → The Daily Caller | 6 Feb 2012 | 2:43 pm MST

    The commercial echoes Obama's campaign theme, defends auto bailout

  13. Granddad: Boys played happily before fatal visit (AP)

    → Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 6 Feb 2012 | 2:37 pm MST

    The smoldering remains of a house, left, where an explosion killed Josh Powell and his two sons, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, is shown from the air in Graham, Wash. The explosion occurred moments after a Child Protective Services worker brought the two boys to the home for a supervised visit. Powell's wife Susan went reportedly missing from their West Valley City, Utah, home in December 2009. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)AP - The maternal grandparents of Josh Powell's two sons said Monday that the boys played happily and didn't want to visit their father when the time came for their weekly Sunday visit.




  14. Virgin Islands governor faces recall after TheDC’s report on bribery allegations

    → The Daily Caller | 6 Feb 2012 | 2:34 pm MST

    Virgin Islands senator: 'We want federal assistance because there has been corruption embedded here in government for quite some time'

  15. Romney campaign takes aim at Santorum (Reuters)

    → Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 6 Feb 2012 | 2:30 pm MST

    U.S. Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney wipes sweat off his face as he departs his Nevada caucus night rally in Las Vegas, Nevada, February 4, 2012. REUTERS/Rick WilkingReuters - Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney on Monday focused his campaign's firepower on Rick Santorum to head off his surge in two of three states with nominating contests this week.




  16. Deeper Iran sanctions; US targets its central bank (AP)

    → Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 6 Feb 2012 | 2:28 pm MST

    FILE- In this April 8, 2008, file photo released by the Iranian President's Office, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, listens to a technician during his visit of the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility some 200 miles (322 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran. For the first time in nearly two decades of escalating tensions over the Iranian nuclear program, it appears that world leaders are genuinely concerned that an Israeli military attack on the Islamic Republic could be imminent, an action that many fear might trigger war, terrorism and global economic havoc. (AP Photo/Iranian Presidents office, File)AP - Targeting Iran's economy, the U.S. ordered tough new penalties Monday to further pinch the country's financial system and encourage Israel to give sanctions more time before any military action against Iran's nuclear program.




  17. U.S. Intelligence Chief Warns of Cyber “Cold War”

    → Accuracy In Media | 6 Feb 2012 | 2:25 pm MST

    The U.S. House of Representatives and Senate should pass legislation to increase cyber security — in both public and private sectors — since the country is involved in a “type of cyber Cold War,” stated the U.S. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper on Thursday during a congressional presentation. Clapper told the panel of lawmakers [...]

  18. Censors MIA on M.I.A.'s finger flip (AP)

    → Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 6 Feb 2012 | 2:22 pm MST

    Nicki Minaj, left, and M.I.A. perform during halftime of the NFL Super Bowl XLVI football game between the New York Giants and the New England Patriots, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)AP - Less than a second stood between British singer M.I.A. giving the finger to 114 million people watching the Super Bowl halftime show and no one noticing at all.




  19. Tea party: Warming or resigned to Mitt Romney

    → The Daily Caller | 6 Feb 2012 | 2:21 pm MST

    DENVER (AP) — Long skeptical of Mitt Romney, tea party activists are either warming up to the GOP presidential front-runner or reluctantly backing him after abandoning hope of finding a nominee they like better. Whatever the reason, the former Massachusetts governor who is coming off of back-to-back victories in Florida and Nevada now is picking [...]

  20. Wall St edges lower after string of gains (Reuters)

    → Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 6 Feb 2012 | 2:20 pm MST

    Specialist trader Jason Hardzewicz (L) of Barclay's Capital gives prices to traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange February 3, 2012. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidReuters - Stocks closed slightly lower on Monday as lingering questions about Europe's debt crisis and corporate earnings overshadowed growing optimism about economic growth after a five-week rally.




  21. Gingrich shunned lobbying, but hired lobbyists (AP)

    → Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 6 Feb 2012 | 2:13 pm MST

    Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich listens to a question during a news conference on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nev. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich says his consulting group never lobbied for clients. But his business hired state and federal lobbyists to work with clients, and some staff left to take lobbying jobs, according to lobbying disclosures and corporate reports.




  22. TV Ratings: Super Bowl down slightly from last year

    → The Daily Caller | 6 Feb 2012 | 1:48 pm MST

    The Super Bowl drew a household rating of 47.8, a less-than-one-percent dip from Fox's 2011 broadcast

  23. MF Trustee Traced $105B in Cash Movement

    → The Daily Caller | 6 Feb 2012 | 1:46 pm MST

    The disgraced company didn't record all cash movements in the final days before it collapsed

  24. Sex and man at Yale

    → The Daily Caller | 6 Feb 2012 | 1:44 pm MST

    Conservative students launch "True Love Week" to combat "Sex Week" at Ivy League school

  25. Israel should strike Iran now

    → The Daily Caller | 6 Feb 2012 | 1:38 pm MST

    Ehud Barak is right: Israel must do something about Iran's nuclear program, and it's running out of time to do it.

  26. Syria bombards Homs; West scrambles for new strategy (Reuters)

    → Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 6 Feb 2012 | 1:33 pm MST

    Demonstrators protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the town of Hula near the city of Homs February 3, 2012. REUTERS/HandoutReuters - Syrian forces bombarded Homs on Monday, killing 50 people in a sustained assault on several districts of the city which has become a centre of armed opposition to President Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian National Council opposition group said.




  27. Boeing Finds Fuselage Problem in Dreamliners

    → The Daily Caller | 6 Feb 2012 | 1:33 pm MST

    The aerospace giant located a fuselage problem in the rear section of some of the jets

  28. Top 5: Conservative TV characters [SLIDESHOW]

    → The Daily Caller | 6 Feb 2012 | 1:24 pm MST

    From a young man who was the epitome of Reagan-era conservatism, to a meat-loving libertarian, these are the five best

  29. Stomp gets Timberwolves’ Kevin Love a two-game suspension

    → The Daily Caller | 6 Feb 2012 | 1:22 pm MST

    In addition to Love, Los Angeles Lakers coach Mike Brown was also suspended in an unrelated incident

  30. Putin’s folly: Why Syria could hasten the end of the Russian despot

    → The Daily Caller | 6 Feb 2012 | 1:07 pm MST

    Instead of trying to counter his image as a totalitarian despot, Putin has doubled down.

  31. Talent Overboard!

    → The Daily Caller | 6 Feb 2012 | 1:02 pm MST

    Talent overboard on RMS Titina ...

  32. Polls: Americans willing to attack Iran

    → The Daily Caller | 6 Feb 2012 | 1:01 pm MST

    In two polls, nearly 50% of Americans willing to assist Israel, use military force to stop Iran from going nuclear

  33. It’s 2012, and yet some people still don’t know that The Onion is fake

    → The Daily Caller | 6 Feb 2012 | 12:56 pm MST

    It's 2012, and yet some people still don't know that The Onion is fake

  34. Greeks delay bailout talks as Merkel demands action (Reuters)

    → Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 6 Feb 2012 | 12:44 pm MST

    Prime Minister Lucas Papademos arrives at his office in Athens for a meeting with Greek political leaders February 5, 2012. REUTERS/Yiorgos KarahalisReuters - German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Greece on Monday to make up its mind fast on accepting the painful terms for a new EU/IMF bailout, but the country's political leaders responded by delaying their decision for yet another day.




  35. Chrysler Flacks for Obama in Super Bowl Ad [Video]

    → Accuracy In Media | 6 Feb 2012 | 10:56 am MST

    The Super Bowl last night proved to be yet another epic battle between the New York Giants and the New England Patriots with the Giants coming away with their second straight Super Bowl victory against the Pats. Beyond the game, though, the Super Bowl is also closely watched for the advertisements, which cost an average [...]

  36. Obama’s grandma injured after car rolls in Kenya

    → Accuracy In Media | 6 Feb 2012 | 10:55 am MST

    NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — President Barack Obama’s 91-year-old step-grandmother suffered bruises and shock after a car she was traveling in rolled over, a relative and a hospital official said Monday. The relative said Sarah Obama was traveling to her home in the village of Kogelo, in western Kenya, when the accident happened Saturday night. He [...]

  37. Obama Leads Romney in National Poll

    → RealClearPolitics - Articles | 6 Feb 2012 | 10:47 am MST

    President Obama has moved into the lead over Republican front-runner Mitt Romney, according to an ABC News/Washington Post poll released Monday morning. The poll shows Obama leading Romney, 51 percent to 45 percent, among registered voters. The fierce GOP primary race as well as recent gaffes appear to have taken a toll on Romney's numbers. Last month, the former Massachusetts governor led the president, 48 percent to 46 percent. Now, 53 percent of adults surveyed say Obama better understands the economic problems facing Americans while only 36 percents ay the same of Romney....

  38. With economy improving, Obama would beat Romney: poll (Reuters)

    → Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 6 Feb 2012 | 10:34 am MST

    Reuters - bolstered by a stronger economic outlook and recent job growth - would win in a match-up against the two leading Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, a poll on Monday showed.

  39. US closes embassy in Syria because of insecurity

    → Accuracy In Media | 6 Feb 2012 | 8:15 am MST

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration closed the U.S. Embassy in Damascus on Monday and pulled all American diplomats out of violence-wracked Syria as the U.S. stepped up pressure on President Bashar Assad to leave power. Robert Ford, the American ambassador, and 17 other U.S. officials left Syria and were expected to travel back to [...]

  40. A Demographic Divide: Could Evangelicals Block Romney?

    → RealClearPolitics - Articles | 6 Feb 2012 | 5:42 am MST

    Jay Cost wrote an important piece last week regarding the divide within the Republican Party that has emerged during the primary process. He observed that conservative voters in northern states like Iowa and New Hampshire are much more sympathetic toward Mitt Romney's candidacy than those in the South, and concluded that "a geographical split among conservatives and Tea Partiers" was emerging in the GOP primary. He concluded, “This is geography, not ideology.” I think Cost is right that the split is about something other than ideology. Romney’s...

  41. Labor Market Contracts by 1.2 Million People

    → New Media Journal | 6 Feb 2012 | 3:59 am MST

    The labor market contracted by 1.2 million people in a month, according to research from Zero Hedge, citing Bureau of Labor Statistics data. The government reports that the unemployment rate fell to 8.3% in January from 8.5% in December as the economy has added a net 243,000 nonfarm payrolls to the economy. However, those who quit looking for work aren't counted as part of the total labor force, which also isn't accurately reflecting population growth, which basically allowed the government to yank 1.2 million out of the labor force in January. "As the labor force increased from 153.9 million to 154.4 million, the non-institutional population increased by 242.3 million meaning, those not in the labor force surged from 86.7 million to 87.9 million," Zero Hedge reports.

  42. Louisiana Rolls Out New Medicaid Managed Care Program

    → New Media Journal | 6 Feb 2012 | 3:58 am MST

    Louisiana's Medicaid program on Wednesday started providing health care through private managed care networks in nine parishes around New Orleans, the first step in a sweeping revamp of the program that provides care to the poor. Nearly 246,000 Medicaid recipients, mostly children, across southeast Louisiana were switched to the managed care networks in this first phase of the insurance-based model, called Bayou Health. The roll-out hasn't been without problems, including an overloaded call center and low participation from enrollees in choosing their own health plans. Only about a quarter of those shifted to the new insurance model chose how they will get that care. The state health department had to assign 73 percent to their new health plans because they didn't select their own among the five options offered.

  43. Putin Resorts to Anti-Americanism Amid Pre-Election Discontent

    → New Media Journal | 6 Feb 2012 | 3:57 am MST

    The Kremlin is employing a familiar tool -- anti-Americanism -- to defuse support for opposition leaders, casting them as puppets of the CIA and US State Department. The question now, though, is whether the tactic could fall flat among the millions of Russians who no longer rely on state-controlled television for their news and instead use the internet. Though Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is expected to win in a tightly-orchestrated vote March 4, a greater uncertainty is how the Kremlin will handle the aftermath, when it is likely to face allegations of vote tampering and protests that the contest was rigged from the outset. A dose of hostility to the US has been a feature of Kremlin rhetoric under Putin, who rode to power on a promise to restore Russia's greatness and reputation abroad.

  44. Assad Sends Hit Squads After Top Lebanese Officials

    → New Media Journal | 6 Feb 2012 | 3:56 am MST

    Syrian President Bashar Assad has hired hit squads to kill top Lebanese government, intelligence and security officials whom he suspects of helping insurrectionists smuggle fighters and weapons into the country to fight his regime. One Lebanese hit squad is reported by counter-terror sources as having been captured in the third week of January by Lebanese security police. Its members confessed to receiving, cash, arms, explosives and a list of targets from Syrian Military intelligence, with precise instructions on the method of assassination for two targets, Director General of Lebanese Internal Security Maj. Gen. Ashraf Rifi and his deputy, Col. Wissam al-Hassan, head of its Information Branch. The team was instructed to rig two bomb cars, each loaded with one ton of explosives to be detonated remotely.

  45. Radical Muslims ‘Target Young Inmates in Prison’

    → New Media Journal | 6 Feb 2012 | 3:55 am MST

    Despite being sent to maximum security jails, extremists are preaching hate to new inmates, breeding a fresh generation of radicals willing to launch terror attacks. A nine-month inquiry by the home affairs select committee into the roots of violent radicalisation found that, in some cases, inmates were being persuaded to carry out suicide missions within days of entering prison. Today’s report, “Roots of Radicalisation”, identified prisons as one of the major breeding grounds for terrorism-related extremism. It also recognised the dangers posed by the internet and the role played by universities, where it was claimed radical preachers were often invited to speak without being “robustly challenged.” One inmate sent to Belmarsh on remand was persuaded to undertake a martyrdom mission within 72 hours of arriving.

  46. Al Qaeda Recruiting British Females for Suicide Bombing Missions

    → New Media Journal | 6 Feb 2012 | 3:54 am MST

    Al Qaeda is trying to recruit women to carry out suicide bombings in the UK, MPs warn today. It is using extremist websites to radicalise the "angels of death," says their chilling report. The Commons home affairs committee says it has heard evidence the terror group is "specifically launching and targeting women for violent acts." It is already a deadly tactic in the Middle East, where growing numbers of Palestinian women are volunteering for suicide missions against Israel. The MPs' report comes days after four Islamic extremists admitted plotting to bomb the London Stock Exchange. Woolwich Crown Court heard how the gang -- who also had London mayor Boris Johnson on a hit list -- had been brainwashed by the twisted ideology of Anwar al-Awlaki, an al Qaeda leader until the US killed him in Yemen last year.

  47. A Tale of Two Republican Parties

    → New Media Journal | 6 Feb 2012 | 3:00 am MST

    There are two Republican parties. One is fairly liberal, it is hostile to the left but it also believes in stealing their thunder by adopting moderate versions of their policies. This Republican Party is strongly pro-business, but it believes that to succeed in a global economy the government must provide subsidies to businesses and individuals. It believes that immigration reform is needed, though its chosen candidates know to avoid using the word amnesty. It believes that national health care is inevitable and that the only way to avoid a government solution is through the individual mandate. It is loosely conservative, but disinterested in social issues. It thinks that the left has gone too far in upending traditional values, but has no interested in combating it and finds those who do embarrassing . It adapts to changing mores with an uneasy smile and tries to pretend that it was with it all along. It has no strong religious feelings and it believes that all religions, including Islam, are basically the same.

  48. Jim Moran, Racist Pig

    → New Media Journal | 6 Feb 2012 | 2:59 am MST

    Congressman Jim Moran is an old white Democrat from Virginia who thinks he can judge whether we minority conservatives are acting sufficiently non-white enough. Moran's an inveterate bully, a brawler, a crook and a bigot. And not one of his civility-preaching liberal colleagues has the courage to call him out. Responding on cable news to GOP Rep. Allen West's blunt criticisms of President Obama this week, Moran derided the retired U.S. Army colonel, who is black, as "not representative of the African-American community." Moran then launched into the kind of tired race-traitor tirade I've heard from progressives of pallor for more than 20 years. How dare we "people of color" stray from the left's ideological plantation? If we choose personal responsibility over entitlement, capitalism over statism or self-determination over identity politics, presumptuous white liberals appoint themselves spokespeople for our forefathers and deciders of our true destinies.

  49. Fool Me Twice

    → New Media Journal | 6 Feb 2012 | 2:58 am MST

    Former US congressman Robert Wexler is a man worth listening to. Wexler served as then-senator Barack Obama's chief booster in the American Jewish community during the 2008 presidential campaign. He appeared everywhere and said anything to convince the American Jewish community that the same man who sat in the church pews listening to Rev. Jeremiah Wright's anti-Semitic vitriol for two decades, and listed among his closest friends and associates a host of Israel-haters as well as former terrorists, was the greatest friend Israel could ever have. Once Obama was elected, Wexler continued to serve as his Jewish shill. Wexler traveled to Israel multiple times in the early months of Obama's presidency, to pressure Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to submit to Obama's demand and embrace the cause of Palestinian statehood.

  50. The Hidden Agenda Behind the Media War on Komen

    → Accuracy In Media | 5 Feb 2012 | 9:17 pm MST

    When the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure made a decision to sever its ties with America’s number one seller of abortions, Planned Parenthood, the media went to war. The media coverage was slanted in such a way that “mainstream” reporters like Andrea Mitchell and Lisa Myers of NBC News were openly advocating for [...]

  51. The View Defends Planned Parenthood, Slams Republicans [Video]

    → Accuracy In Media | 5 Feb 2012 | 3:51 pm MST

    The View waded into the Planned Parenthood-Susan G. Komen debate last week by defending Planned Parenthood and accusing Republicans of creating a false investigation into the organization. Barbara Walters led the defense by describing Planned Parenthood as the nation’s leading sexual and reproductive healthcare provider and advocate. She then went on to say that the [...]

  52. U.S. "Friends" Like Wexler, Obama Play Israel for the Fool

    → RealClearPolitics - Articles | 5 Feb 2012 | 6:29 am MST

    Former US congressman Robert Wexler is a man worth listening to. Wexler served as then-senator Barack Obama’s chief booster in the American Jewish community during the 2008 presidential campaign. He appeared everywhere and said anything to convince the American Jewish community that the same man who sat in the church pews listening to Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s anti-Semitic vitriol for two decades, and listed among his closest friends and associates a host of Israel-haters as well as former terrorists, was the greatest friend Israel could ever have. Once Obama was elected,...

  53. Russia Vetoes Anti-Assad Resolution; Prepares Special Forces for Syrian Government

    → New Media Journal | 5 Feb 2012 | 5:00 am MST

    The West and Russia had a major showdown Feb. 5 over the Arab League resolution calling on Bashar Assad to step down and allow the formation of a national unity government. Pres. Obama demanded a UN stand against the Syrian president's "relentless brutality" and a vote before the end of the day. It was put to the vote and defeated by Russian and China vetoes. Moscow sources charged that the motion had been intended to pave the way for war in Iran and a bid to overthrow the Tehran regime. Military sources report that the Russians backed their hard line against the West by putting Rapid Reaction Force units in Black Sea bases on the ready to set out for Syria and defend Damascus. A Cold War dimension has been injected into the region pitting Iran and Syria against Turkey and the Gulf Arabs.

  54. 43 NGO Workers, Including 19 Americans, Sent to Trial in Egypt

    → New Media Journal | 5 Feb 2012 | 4:59 am MST

    Egyptian investigating judges on Sunday referred 43 NGO workers, including 19 Americans, to trial before a criminal court for allegedly being involved in banned activities and illegally receiving foreign funds. The decision is likely to further sour relations between Egypt’s military rulers and the United States, the Arab nation’s chief western backer for more than 30 years. Beside the 19 Americans, those referred to trial included five Serbs, two Germans and three non-Egyptian Arab nationals. Among the Americans is Sam LaHood, the head of the Egypt office of the Washington-based International Republican Institute and the son of US DoT Sec. Ray LaHood. The referral is the latest development in a long-running row between Washington and Cairo over a crackdown on US-funded groups promoting democracy and human rights.

  55. Casualties After Large Bomb Explodes in Southern Afghan City

    → New Media Journal | 5 Feb 2012 | 4:58 am MST

    A car bomb exploded just outside the police headquarters of a southern Afghanistan city on Sunday, killing at least seven people, officials said. The blast went off at a parking lot outside the police building in Kandahar, said Saisal Ahmad, a spokesman for the provincial government. Five police officers and two civilians were killed, and least 19 people were wounded, he added. The blast was large enough that it shattered windows in nearby buildings. It appeared the bomb was in a parked vehicle and was remotely detonated, said Zalmai Ayubi, another government spokesman. No one immediately claimed responsibility. Although the international military coalition in Afghanistan has poured resources into Kandahar to take back insurgent strongholds, the area has remained dangerous.

  56. Second Term Would See Obama with Chance to Transform Judiciary

    → New Media Journal | 5 Feb 2012 | 4:57 am MST

    A second term for Pres. Obama would allow him to expand his replacement of Republican-appointed majorities with Democrat ones on the nation's appeals courts, the final stop for almost all challenged federal court rulings. Despite his slow start in nominating judges and Republican delays in Senate confirmations, Obama has still managed to alter the balance of power on four of the nation's 13 circuit courts of appeals. Given a second term, Obama could have the chance to install Democrat majorities on several others. Fourteen of the 25 appeals court judges nominated by Obama replaced Republican appointees. The next president, whether it's Obama or a Republican, also has a reasonable shot at transforming the majority on the Supreme Court, because three justices will turn 80 before the next presidential term ends.

  57. Romney Rolls to Easy Win in Nevada GOP Caucuses

    → RealClearPolitics - Articles | 5 Feb 2012 | 3:23 am MST

    LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Now it's on to Colorado, Minnesota and Maine. With back-to-back victories fueling him, Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney is looking toward the next states that hold GOP nominating contests as main rival Newt Gingrich brushes aside any talk of abandoning his White House bid — all but ensuring the battle will stretch into the spring if not beyond. Shortly after losing big to Romney here, the former House speaker emphatically renewed his vow to campaign into the party convention in Tampa this summer. His goal, he said, was to "find a series of...

  58. New Branded Twitter Pages Make Their Debut for NBC News, HuffPo, NPR

    → Accuracy In Media | 4 Feb 2012 | 2:38 pm MST

    In what Twitter reports will be a months-long process, the microblogging platform rolled out new “enhanced branded pages” for several news organizations this week. The premium pages offer extra design options and content feed controls beyond what is available to the average user. Twitter, which hopes to follow Facebook with a public stock offering in [...]

  59. Hit or Miss, Romney Takes Ownership of His Speeches

    → RealClearPolitics - Articles | 4 Feb 2012 | 11:43 am MST

    "I love the hymns," Mitt Romney told a crowd of supporters last week in Hialeah, Fla. "I love the hymns of this nation." As he does in nearly all of his stump speeches, Romney next recited some of his favorite verses of the patriotic song "America the Beautiful." The crowd, which had been boisterous up until that point, was subdued as the former Massachusetts governor extolled the song's unnamed "heroes" who "proved in liberating strife" that "more than self their country loved and mercy more than life." The collective energy...

  60. Message to Mitt: A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats

    → RealClearPolitics - Articles | 4 Feb 2012 | 5:38 am MST

    That great phrase was coined by the late Jack Kemp, who believed that growth and opportunity for all is the answer to poverty. In fact, Kemp believed it was the answer to all things economic. And he was right. The best anti-poverty program is the one that creates jobs. The answer to large budget deficits? Grow the economy, create jobs, watch incomes rise, and let the tax revenues come rolling in. Partly from Jack Kemp’s work, and partly from his own experience, Ronald Reagan believed the same thing. He knew that growth is the single best solution for our economic ailments. And...

  61. Box-Checking Obama in a Liberal Cocoon

    → RealClearPolitics - Articles | 3 Feb 2012 | 10:07 pm MST

    It's unusual when a reporter sympathetic to a politician writes a story that makes his subject look bad. But Ryan Lizza of The New Yorker has now done this twice. The first time was in an article last April on Obama's foreign policy in which he quoted a "top aide" (National Security Adviser Tom Donilon? It sounds like him) saying that the president was "leading from behind" on Libya. Not what most Americans expect their presidents to do. Now, in an article based on leaked White House memos marked up by Obama, Lizza has done it again. Contrarian liberal blogger...

  62. The Future of the World Economy

    → RealClearPolitics - Articles | 3 Feb 2012 | 3:52 pm MST

    "The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there."-- L.P. Hartley, English novelist WASHINGTON -- It must now be obvious that, economically speaking, we're in another country. Things we once took for granted no longer apply; things we never imagined occur all the time. We've entered a zone of ignorance where familiar experience and ideas count for less. "Thirty years ago, if you'd said that the United States and Europe were going to be the centers of financial crises, people would have thought you were crazy," says economist Fred Bergsten....

  63. The Citizens United Catastrophe

    → RealClearPolitics - Articles | 3 Feb 2012 | 3:51 pm MST

    WASHINGTON -- We have seen the world created by the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision, and it doesn't work. Oh, yes, it works nicely for the wealthiest and most powerful people in the country, especially if they want to shroud their efforts to influence politics behind shell corporations. It just doesn't happen to work if you think we are a democracy and not a plutocracy. Two years ago, Citizens United tore down a century's worth of law aimed at reducing the amount of corruption in our electoral system. It will go down as one of the most naive decisions ever...

  64. The Flaws of Mitt and Newt

    → RealClearPolitics - Articles | 3 Feb 2012 | 3:48 pm MST

    Newt Gingrich has an exquisitely sensitive moral antenna, and Mitt Romney's remark suggesting indifference to the poor sent it quivering. "I am fed up with politicians in either party dividing Americans against each other," he said. Yes, he did. Then he fell on the floor and laughed till he cried. For Gingrich to disavow divisiveness is the equivalent of Mark Zuckerberg renouncing modern technology: Without it, we never would have heard of him. Newt has spent his career ceaselessly inventing ways to foment and exploit hatred of one group by another. He's the guy who warned...

  65. National Perspective

    → RealClearPolitics - Articles | 3 Feb 2012 | 3:47 pm MST

    There was a discredited president, distrusted by his own party, portrayed by even his fondest allies as a disappointing underachiever. There was an Eastern governor, decorated with breathtaking academic credentials and a star turn in the nonprofit sector, mounting a serious challenge. There was the threat of minor-party candidacies, with charismatic leadership and a core of devoted supporters who could skew the contest. It was perhaps the greatest election in American history. It was exactly a century ago. That year, 1912, stands as a hinge in American history. It was when the Republican...

  66. Clinton Economic Boom?—Not according to Marbue Brown

    → Accuracy In Media | 3 Feb 2012 | 2:05 pm MST

    There is a new wave of Bill Clinton publicity, from an Esquire magazine cover story calling Clinton someone we can all agree on, to a new four-hour documentary coming to PBS this month, with a heavy emphasis on his sexual dalliances. Last month I interviewed Marbue Brown, a first-generation immigrant from Liberia, talking about his [...]

  67. Jim Moran, Racist Pig

    → Accuracy In Media | 3 Feb 2012 | 12:49 pm MST

    Congressman Jim Moran is an old white Democrat from Virginia who thinks he can judge whether we minority conservatives are acting sufficiently non-white enough. Moran’s an inveterate bully, a brawler, a crook and a bigot. And not one of his civility-preaching liberal colleagues has the courage to call him out. Responding on cable news to [...]

  68. NY Times Laments Loss of Income for Afghan Businesses

    → Accuracy In Media | 3 Feb 2012 | 12:40 pm MST

    After ten years of nearly constant derisiveness and complacency toward force protection and convenient ignorance of policies that have caused the severe wounding and killing of thousands of American Servicemen, The New York Times took the time to write about the loss of income for business in Afghanistan. The businesses they were lamenting have been [...]

  69. How About Letting Us Make Our Own Choices

    → New Media Journal | 2 Feb 2012 | 3:03 pm MST

    On a stage adorned with American flags and amid the glitter of Las Vegas, Donald Trump, who had been threatening a third party run for the presidency, revealed he is endorsing Mitt Romney for president of the United States. Earlier in the day it had been rumored that ‘The Donald’ would be endorsing New Gingrich but that turned out to be false. Whether ‘The Donald’s’ gurus in media attention planned the “mistake” we will probably never know. A more valid question is this. Why should we care who Donald Trump endorses for President? To say that ‘The Donald’ has a penchant for attracting the white-hot lights of media attention would be to state the blatantly obvious. For months Mr. Trump advanced the idea that he might enter the race for the presidency but whenever pushed to declare “yea” or “nay” alluded to the ridiculous notion that his contract with NBC wouldn’t “allow” him to run...equal time restrictions, don’t you know. Right. And if you believe that...well, “you’re fired!”

  70. Issa tells AG that House panel will do what is necessary to get Justice ... - Washington Post

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    Chicago Tribune
    Issa tells AG that House panel will do what is necessary to get Justice ...
    Washington Post
    WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder squared off Thursday with Republicans on a House committee who are demanding that the Justice Department turn over documents about its handling of congressional inquiries into a flawed gun-smuggling ...
    Republicans, attorney general fight over gun stingReuters
    US Attorney General Faces Renewed Criticism Over Mexico Gun OperationVoice of America
    Holder: No cover-up in 'Fast and Furious,' no effort to hide details of the ...Fox News
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  71. Donald Trump endorses Mitt Romney - CBS News

    → Top Stories - Google News | 2 Feb 2012 | 2:02 pm MST


    CBS News
    Donald Trump endorses Mitt Romney
    CBS News
    Reality television show host Donald Trump injected himself into the race for the Republican nomination for president, endorsing Mitt Romney just days before Nevada voters head to the polls to decide who they want to take on President Obama in November.
    Trump endorses RomneyThe Associated Press
    Trump: Getting to know Romney led to endorsementBoston.com
    AP sources: Donald Trump intends to endorse Mitt Romney's presidential bidWashington Post
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  72. West softens demands ahead of UN vote on Syria - The Guardian

    → Top Stories - Google News | 2 Feb 2012 | 1:56 pm MST


    The Guardian
    West softens demands ahead of UN vote on Syria
    The Guardian
    Russia and western countries are locked in diplomatic arm-wrestling over demands that Syria's president, Bashar al-Assad, hands over power to his deputy as part of a UN-backed Arab plan for a peaceful solution to the country's bloody crisis.
    Syria's Hama honors victims of massacre after 30 yearsReuters
    No more halfhearted efforts in Syrian diplomacyFinancial Times
    US, allies drop Syria sanctions demand, seek deal with Russia at UNWashington Post
    ABC News -The Associated Press -New York Times
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  73. Egypt Soccer Riot Stokes Anger at Police - Wall Street Journal

    → Top Stories - Google News | 2 Feb 2012 | 1:56 pm MST


    Wall Street Journal
    Egypt Soccer Riot Stokes Anger at Police
    Wall Street Journal
    By MATT BRADLEY AP Egyptians move barbed wire near the Interior Ministry in Cairo during protests Thursday at the authorities' failure to stop Wednesday's violence.. CAIRO—Egyptian politicians on Thursday joined thousands of protesters in downtown ...
    Egypt football violence: Tear gas during Cairo clashesBBC News
    Egypt football violence spills over into Cairo clashesThe Guardian
    Egypt: Cairo rages as football disaster bodies come homeTelegraph.co.uk
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  74. Komen founder: Defunding controversy 'mischaracterization' - USA TODAY

    → Top Stories - Google News | 2 Feb 2012 | 1:51 pm MST


    Los Angeles Times
    Komen founder: Defunding controversy 'mischaracterization'
    USA TODAY
    By Liz Szabo, USA TODAY Susan G. Komen for the Cure founder and CEO Nancy Brinker says there has been a "gross mischaracterization" about the group's decision to halt funding to Planned Parenthood. Brinker says three of the 19 Planned Parenthood ...
    Anti-abortion groups cite cancer-abortion link to explain Komen's split with ...Fox News
    Planned Parenthood fights give liberal groups a fundraising boostCBS News
    NYC mayor gives $250K to Planned ParenthoodWall Street Journal
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  75. Facebook Used by Half of the World's Internet Users, Save Asia - PC Magazine

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    CTV.ca
    Facebook Used by Half of the World's Internet Users, Save Asia
    PC Magazine
    By Mark Hachman Facebook's IPO filing reveals that, with the exception of Asia, Facebook connects more than half of the world's Internet users. Facebook's $5 billion IPO filing on Wednesday was built on the backs of 845 million users, the latest user ...
    Facebook's financial temptation: Money managers, other experts weigh in on ...Washington Post
    Facebook IPO filing reveals some eye-poppersComputerworld
    A Big Bet on ZuckerbergNew York Times
    SlashGear -ABC News
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  76. Ban: Empower Palestinians who want peace - Jerusalem Post

    → Top Stories - Google News | 2 Feb 2012 | 1:42 pm MST


    CTV.ca
    Ban: Empower Palestinians who want peace
    Jerusalem Post
    By HERB KEINON 02/02/2012 22:37 At Herzliya Conference, UN chief says Israel should not fear regional changes, but "embrace and help shape it." By Michael Buholzer / Reuters Referring to settlement construction as "pointless provocation," UN ...
    UN chief calls for Israeli goodwill gestures, warns time for peace deal ...Washington Post
    Israel: New Subsidies Don't Apply to SettlementsABC News
    UN chief urges Israel to halt settlementsBusinessWeek
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  77. Panetta comment prompts questions, concerns in Afghanistan - Washington Post

    → Top Stories - Google News | 2 Feb 2012 | 1:41 pm MST


    Sydney Morning Herald
    Panetta comment prompts questions, concerns in Afghanistan
    Washington Post
    KABUL — Afghan security forces learned Wednesday that they may inherit their country's 10-year-old conflict earlier than expected, leaving soldiers and officials here to question whether the looming security handover is a testament to their own ...
    No winners in Afghanistan's warFinancial Times
    NATO Focuses on Timetable for Afghan WithdrawalNew York Times
    Panetta lets stand report Israel may attack Iranmsnbc.com
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  78. Groundhog Day 2012: Punxsutawney Phil shadow means 6 more weeks of winter - Washington Post

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    Telegraph.co.uk
    Groundhog Day 2012: Punxsutawney Phil shadow means 6 more weeks of winter
    Washington Post
    Groundhog Day is upon us, and Americans tuned in from around the country Thursday morning to watch Punxsutawney Phil see his shadow, which means six more weeks of winter. As Jason Samenow reported: At 7:25 am this morning, amidst mostly cloudy skies, ...
    Punxsutawney Phil: Six more weeks of winterUSA TODAY
    Groundhog Wars: Rodents Diverge On Winter ForecastNPR
    Groundhog Day 2012: Why is Punxsutawney Phil top groundhog?Los Angeles Times

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  79. Authorities Reveal Past Complaint About LA Teacher - ABC News

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    ABC News
    Authorities Reveal Past Complaint About LA Teacher
    ABC News
    An elementary school teacher suspected of taking bizarre bondage-style photographs of children in his class was investigated in 1994 for allegedly trying to fondle a 10-year-old girl, authorities disclosed Thursday. The girl claimed Mark Berndt reached ...
    LA teacher probed in '94 for fondle attemptCBS News
    Miramonte teacher investigated in '94 after girl saw 'Oprah' showLos Angeles Times
    L.A. school officials chided for molestation case silenceDaily Herald

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  80. Press [1] for English

    → New Media Journal | 9 Dec 2011 | 4:56 am MST

    Those hoping Press [1] for English is a piece on immigration or English as an official language may find themselves disappointed, however, the title of this article accurately portrays the subject matter contained within. That said...This morning, I waited on hold for about 20 minutes listening to a computer generated monotone Muzak version of Beethoven’s Fur Elise while in queue to speak with a live person at a bureaucratic agency. The entire time I was forced to endure this sound -- a noise which was intended to pass for music -- the audio loop was intermittently broken by a voice recording stating that callers could choose to conduct their business on the agency’s Internet site or to continue holding. Of course, if I could have accomplished my business that way, I would not have continued to wait. This experience is not unique to me and readers of this commentary can probably cite many instances of computer generated assistance which they found completely impersonal and annoying. I know of very few people who enjoy responding to a series of screening questions designed to determine how best to direct a call.


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