Friday, December 7, 2012
Federal Government Borrows 46 Cents Out Of Every Dollar It Spends
The federal government borrowed 46 cents of every dollar it has spent so far in fiscal year 2013, which began Oct. 1, according to the latest data the Congressional Budget Office released Friday. The government notched a $172 billion deficit in November, and is already nearly $300 billion in the hole through the first two months of fiscal year 2013, underscoring just how deep the government’s budget problems are as lawmakers try to negotiate a year-end deal to avoid a budgetary “fiscal cliff.”Tweet
"Gangnam Style" Korean Rapper Spews Anti-American Hate
According to Mediaite.com he smashed a model U.S. tank while onstage in 2002 to oppose 37,000 U.S. troops that descended on the Korean Peninsula. PSY cursed Americans after a South Korean missionary was executed. His song “Dear American” sets the record straight.
Supreme Court Will Hear Two Cases On Gay Marriage: California's Proposition 8 And The Defense Of Marriage Act Headed To The Highest Court
Politico reports:
The Supreme Court announced Friday that it will take up same-sex marriage, hearing both a case stemming from California’s Proposition 8 voter-approved ban on gay marriage and a case from New York challenging the constitutionality of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2012/12/supreme-court-to-hear-gay-marriage-cases-84774.html#ixzz2EPGqj69O
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Hillary Clinton Says Russia Is Trying To "Re-Sovietize" The Region
From the Financial Times:
The US is trying to prevent Russia from recreating a new
version of the Soviet Union under the ruse of economic integration,
Hillary Clinton warned on Thursday. “There is a move to re-Sovietise the region,” the US secretary of
state told a news conference in Dublin hours before going into a meeting
with her Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov. “It’s not going to be called that. It’s going to be called a customs
union, it will be called Eurasian Union and all of that,” she said,
referring to various iterations of a Moscow-backed plan to deepen
economic ties with its neighbours. “But let’s make no mistake about it. We know what the goal is and we
are trying to figure out effective ways to slow down or prevent it.” Mrs Clinton said efforts at regional hegemony had been accompanied by new campaigns of repression from pro-Moscow regimes throughout
the former Soviet Union. Her tone signalled that the US was rethinking
its “reset” in relations with Russia, declared in 2009, during which
criticism of its human rights record has been muted and Moscow appeared
to have a freer hand in the former Soviet region.
As a reminder, let's not forget how the Obama administration derided and demeaned Mitt Romney for calling Russia the number one "geopolitical foe."
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Thursday, December 6, 2012
Chris Christie Says He Will Not Set Up Obamacare Exchange In New Jersey
“Such an important decision as how to best move forward for New Jerseyans can only be understood and reasonably made when fairly and fully compared to the overall value of the other options. Until the federal government gives us all the necessary information, any other action than this would be fiscally irresponsible. Thus far, we lack such critical information from the federal government. I will not ask New Jerseyans to commit today to a state-based exchange when the federal government cannot tell us what it will cost, how that cost compares to other options, and how much control they will give the states over this option that comes at the cost of our state’s taxpayers.”
“Financing the building and implementation of a state-based exchange would be an extraordinarily costly endeavor,” continued Governor Christie. “While the federal governmental has enabled states to apply for grant funding to cover some of the initial costs of such an endeavor, the total price for such a program has never been quantified, and is likely to be onerous. Without knowing the full scope of which exchange option would be most beneficial and cost efficient for New Jerseyans, it would be irresponsible to force such a bill on our citizens.”Tweet
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Senior Member Of Fatah Calls For Armed Resistance Against Israel
The remarks made by Fatah Central Committee member Jibril Rajoub aired on Palestinian Authority TV and aired on the same day that Abbas asked the United Nations to upgrade the PA’s status to that of a non-member observer state. Tweet
Company Fires Employee For Fending Off Armed Robber With Gun
The Blaze has the story:
But although the store’s manager was grateful for his employee’s bravery, McClean was fired two days later — right before Thanksgiving.
“It’s pretty much getting slapped in the face doing something that you feel was right everybody else around you feels you were right,” says McClean.
Other than to reiterate the company’s zero tolerance policy on weapons inside stores, AutoZone representatives refuse to comment on McClean’s firing.
And being laid off couldn’t have come at a worse time for McClean: He’s about to be a father.
“We’re having a little boy,” he said. “I remember when the guy came in with that gun. My initial thought was I want to make it home to my family. I want to have the opportunity to meet my son and for my son to meet his dad. And for someone to come in and shove a gun in your face?”
The former AutoZone employee explains that his decision to go back into the store and rescue his co-workers was informed by lessons he learned in the U.S. Air Force.
“Never leave a man behind,” he said. “I’m not going to leave my brother in a room with a guy with a gun — that’s threatening his life.”
“If I can save somebody’s life, I put that way above a store policy,” he adds.
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Egypt's Morsi Has Not Even Heard From Obama Since Power-Grab
President Obama, who praised Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi for brokering a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, has not spoken to the Islamist since his alarming power grab, a White House spokesman said Monday.
One day after Arizona Sen. John McCain appeared on the Fox News Channel and called on Obama to renounce the decree by Morsi putting himself above the law, White House spokesman Jay Carney repeated the State Department’s muted call for Egyptians to work out their “internal” problems.
“We call for calm and for all parties to work together to resolve their differences peacefully,” Carney said.
"We've raised concerns about it," Carney added later. "We are constantly monitoring developments in Egypt and working with the Egyptians, with whom we have a very close relationship."
But asked point blank if the White House "condemned" Morsi's move, Carney stopped short.
"We are concerned about it and have raised those concerns," he said.
Carney said Obama has not spoken with Morsi since the Islamist Egyptian president helped achieve a truce between Hamas and Israel, but said Obama’s recent praise of Morsi was limited to those efforts.Tweet
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Government Accountability Office: "Significant Actions" Needed To Reform Mandatory Spending Such As Social Security And Medicare
The Government Accountability Office warned in a report Monday that if cuts are not made to mandatory spending — including Social Security and Medicare — there will be a fundamental gap between spending and revenue as more baby boomers retire. “Significant actions to change the long-term fiscal path must be taken,” the GAO warned.Tweet
Egypt Turning Into Disturbing Poster Child For Reckless Obama Foreign Policy
Read about "The Obama Administration's PR Campaign for Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood": http://www.algemeiner.com/2012/12/03/the-obama-administrations-pr-campaign-for-morsi-and-the-muslim-brotherhood/
Here's Rich Lowry on the "Brotherhood Delusion" in the White House: http://www.politico.com/story/2012/11/the-brotherhood-delusion-richard-lowry-84358.html
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Mohammed Morsi Forced To Flee Presidential Palace After Protesters Break Police Lines
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was reported that Morsi was forced to flee his Presidential palace
today because of protests, that broke police lines, protestors that are
clearly more in line with our values. The White House response?
Crickets. http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/12/04/egypt-increases-security-ahead-opposition-march/
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Jake Tapper To Jay Carney: You Are Aware Senator Obama Voted Against Raising The Debt Ceiling?
It's good for me, but for thee... Tweet
Israeli Diplomats Say U.S. Was Complicit In International Condemnation Of Israel For Plans To Build Homes Near Jerusalem
Five European countries, including Britain, have registered formal protests with Israeli ambassadors over last week’s decision by Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to build 3,000 settlers’ homes and develop an area of the West Bank that could render a Palestinian state unviable. Along with Australia and Brazil, they were joined by Egypt, threatening to destabilise its fragile regional relations. The Egyptian foreign minister said it had registered a “strong protest” with Israel’s Cairo ambassador over the proposals. Despite the mounting international protest however, Mr Netanyahu’s office indicated there would be no backing down over its settlement plans. An official in Mr Netanyahu’s office told the AFP news agency: “There will be no change in the decision that has been made.” He spoke after Israel said that, in addition to last week’s announcement, it would also revisit plans to build 1,700 homes in Ramot Shlomo in east Jerusalem, and another 2,600 in Givat Hamatos. The Ramot Shlomo development was shelved in 2010 after it provoked a row with the US.
Britain, France, Sweden, Spain and Denmark all summoned Israeli envoys on Tuesday to protest over the settlement plans, while Germany and the UN secretary general, Ban Ki-Moon, denounced it. The newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, quoted unnamed Israeli diplomats as saying the outcry could not have occurred without the complicity of the Obama administration, which has profound differences with Mr Netanyahu over settlements. “We would not be mistaken to say that Europe was acting with Washington’s encouragement,” the paper’s commentator, Shimon Shiffer wrote. “The White House authorised Europe to pounce on the Netanyahu government and to punish it.” One Israeli official told the Daily Telegraph that while the US was unlikely to have ordered such a move, it may have signalled approval. “It’s more likely that they [the Americans] have been informed and have not raised any objection, but also showed some understanding and maybe even more,” he said. “There’s probably an understanding between the US and the Europeans that this is the right thing to do at this point.”...
William Hague, the foreign secretary, dismissed the possibility of European Union sanctions against Israel but said other measures could be applied. “If there is no reversal of the decision that has been announced, we will want to consider what further steps European countries should take,” he said.
Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of Private Property Against Government In Flooding Case
The federal government’s actions amounted to a taking under the Fifth Amendment:
What the government taketh, the government must pay for. That was the 8-0 ruling of the Supreme Court on Tuesday in a case that involved water, water everywhere for Arkansas wildlife officials for several months a year from 1993 to 2000 — water released at a federal dam that flooded state forest land and made it temporarily unusable. … Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, writing for the full court except for Justice Elena Kagan who did not take part in the case, said the government’s actions did amount to a taking.Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivered the opinion of the Court:
Because government-induced flooding can constitute a taking of property, and because a taking need not be permanent to be compensable, our precedent indicates that government-induced flooding of limited duration may be compensable. No decision of this Court authorizes a blanket temporary-flooding exception to our Takings Clause jurisprudence, and we decline to create such an exception in this case. … There is thus no solid grounding in precedent for setting flooding apart from all other government intrusions on property. And the Government has presented no other persuasive reason to do so. Its primary argument is of the in for a penny, in for a pound genre… The slippery slope argument, we note, is hardly novel or unique to flooding cases. Time and again in Takings Clause cases, the Court has heard the prophecy that recognizing a just compensation claim would unduly impede the government’s ability to act in the public interest.Tweet
Monday, December 3, 2012
Media Responds With Silence To Iraqi Man That Blows Up Social Security Office With IED
Casa Grande Dispatch reported:
An explosive device was detonated Friday morning by the back door of the U.S. Social Security Administration office, shaking downtown Casa Grande, but no one was injured. Federal agents, including those of the FBI, rushed to the scene. The FBI would not confirm whether anyone was in custody, but the Casa Grande Dispatch learned that a Coolidge Resident, Abdullatif A. Aldosary, 47, was being questioned. The investigation involved agents’ going to his home at 4732 W. Lemon Ave., on the west side of Coolidge. The device exploded at 8:24 a.m. at the federal office, 501 N. Marshall St. The back door and wall were charred and debris was thrown throughout the back parking lot, damaging a car parked nearby. The office was not yet open but more than 10 employees were inside, police said.For more from PJ Media on the mainstream media silence visit: http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2012/12/02/iraqi-refugee-arrested-for-bombing-arizona-social-security-office-with-ied-media-silence-ensues/ Tweet
IRS Releases 159 Pages Of Obamacare Rules
The Internal Revenue Service has released new rules for investment income taxes on capital gains and dividends earned by high-income individuals that passed Congress as part of the 2010 healthcare reform law. The 3.8 percent surtax on investment income, meant to help pay for healthcare, goes into effect in 2013. It is the first surtax to be applied to capital gains and dividend income. The tax affects only individuals with more than $200,000 in modified adjusted gross income (MAGI), and married couples filing jointly with more than $250,000 of MAGI. The tax applies to a broad range of investment securities ranging from stocks and bonds to commodity securities and specialized derivatives. The 159 pages of rules spell out when the tax applies to trusts and annuities, as well as to individual securities traders.Tweet
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Egyptians Fear Decades Of Muslim Brotherhood Rule, Warn Morsi Is No Friend To US: "President Obama Is Supporting A Terrorist"
NBC news reports:
This was the place where the revolution began: the roundish square where Egyptians celebrated Mubarak's fall.
This is where they are shouting on bullhorns again, outraged because they say the Muslim Brotherhood has stolen the revolution and is railroading though a constitution that could lock in Muslim Brotherhood rule for 50 years, bringing more Islamic law. They cry -- not against Islam -- but that an extremist interpretation is being forced down their throats by a president who critics say is acting every part the tyrant.
This is also a warning, they claim, of what may happen across the Middle East. The era of the Muslim Brotherhood appears to have arrived. President Obama has hailed the Brotherhood's President Mohammed Morsi as a pragmatist who helped end the Gaza crisis. Egyptians here think the Brotherhood has conned Washington, just like it conned them.
"President Obama is supporting a terrorist," a man told me amid chants of "Leave! Leave!" in Tahrir Square and "Down, down with the rule of the Muslim Brotherhood's spiritual leader." Before, it was "Down, down with Mubarak."
For more visit http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/01/15578733-egyptians-fear-decades-of-muslim-brotherhood-rule-warn-morsi-is-no-friend-to-us
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Muslim Brotherhood "Paying Gangs To Go Out And Rape Women And Beat Men Protesting In Egypt"
The Daily Mail reports:
Egypt's ruling party is paying gangs of thugs to sexually assault women protesting in Cairo's Tahrir Square against President Mohamed Morsi, activists said.
They also said the Muslim Brotherhood is paying gangs to beat up men who are taking part in the latest round of protests, which followed a decree by President Morsi to give himself sweeping new powers.
It comes as the Muslim Brotherhood co-ordinated a demonstration today in support of President Mohamed Morsi, who is rushing through a constitution to try to defuse opposition fury over his newly expanded powers.
Just 24 hours earlier around 200,000 people gathered in Tahrir Square, the heart of last year's revolution which toppled President Hosni Mubarak, yesterday to protest against a new draft constitution.
Large marches from around Cairo flowed into the square, chanting 'Constitution: Void!' and The people want to bring down the regime.'
But amid the calls for democracy a sinister threat has emerged.
Magda Adly, the director of the Nadeem Centre for Human Rights, said that under Mubarak, the Government paid thugs to beat male protestors and sexually assault women.
'This is still happening now,' she told The Times. 'I believe thugs are being paid money to do this ... the Muslim Brotherhood have the same political approaches as Mubarak,' she said.
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Mahmoud Abbas Declares Jerusalem "Eternal Capital Of Palestine"
Israel National News reports:
PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas Sunday promised someday the PA flag would fly over “Jerusalem, eternal capital of the state of Palestine.”
Thousands of people greeted Abbas rapturously upon his return from the United Nations, where the General Assembly granted the PLO, representing the PA, upgraded status as a nonmember observer state.
"Raise your heads high, because you are Palestinians!” Abbas told the joyous crowd, waving PA flags in the PA capital of Ramallah, located in Samaria.
"You have proof that you are stronger than the occupation, because you are Palestinians... stronger than the settlements, because you are Palestinians.
"We were threatened with punishment and sanctions from various sides,” Abbas continued, in a reference to attempts by the United States and Israel to dissuade him from proceeding with the application.
"And if we had listened to those threats we wouldn't have gone to the U.N.
"One day, a young Palestinian will raise the Palestinian flag over Jerusalem,” he vowed, “the eternal capital of the state of Palestine!”
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