Mitt Romney has an eight-point lead over President Obama in NC
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Mitt Romney has moved out to an eight-point lead over President Obama in North Carolina after the two men were virtually tied a month ago.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in the Tar Heel State shows the putative Republican nominee earning 51% of the vote to Obama’s 43%. Two percent (2%) like some other candidate, and four percent (4%) are undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
That’s a big change from last month when Romney posted a narrow 46% to 44% lead over the president in Rasmussen Reports’ first survey of the race in North Carolina. Democrats have signaled North Carolina’s importance as a key swing state by deciding to hold their national convention in Charlotte this summer.
Krauthammer: First man to use 2nd Amendment weapon to bring down drone will be folk hero
The federal government has given approval for the use of drone technology to aid law enforcement.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
The federal government has given approval for the use of drone technology to aid law enforcement from the sky.
Krauthammer responded by arguing that drones are meant for war, not the domestic population. He also stated that “first guy who uses a Second Amendment weapon to bring a drone down that’s been hovering over his house is gonna be a folk hero in this country.”
Redacted Audio of 911 call that Sergio Celis Sr. made on the morning of April 21, 2012 when it was discovered that 6-year old Isabel Celis had gone missing.
Obama: 'Sometimes I Forget' Magnitude of the Recession
Friday, May 11, 2012
President Obama, speaking earlier today at a campaign event in Seattle, Washington:
"It was a house of cards and it collapsed in the most destructive, worst crisis that we’ve seen since the Great Depression," Obama said. "And sometimes people forget the magnitude of it. You know, you saw some of that in the video that was shown. Sometimes I forget."
"... And then we're gonna do a mock-up of what it really means, and we're gonna replace 26-year-old Jamie Grumet with the Statue of Liberty, and the kid is going to be suckling the breast of the Statue of Liberty. And it will be called: "Obama's Child Rearing Technique." That's what I thought that it was gonna be. Replace the mother with a Statue of Liberty and the kid sucking on the government's breast. Do that, and you've got the Obama platform. We could offer it as a suggestion to the Obama campaign -- or to the Romney campaign, whatever.."
Seau’s family decides to allow brain to be studied
The family of Chargers linebacker Junior Seau has decided to allow his brain to be studied.
Friday, May 4, 2012
Chargers chaplain Shawn Mitchell tells Sam Farmer of the Los Angeles Times that the family of Chargers linebacker Junior Seau has decided to allow his brain to be studied.
Seau died Wednesday of a gunshot wound to the chest. His death has been ruled a suicide.
Per Farmer, the family has not yet determined which group will conduct the study. The two leading — and competing — groups are the Sports Legacy Institute at Boston University and the Brain Injury Research Institute.
Mitchell said that the family hopes “to help other individuals down the road.”
Russia threatens to strike NATO missile defense sites
Russia’s most senior military officer said Thursday that Moscow would pre-emptively strike and destroy U.S.-led NATO missile defense sites in Eastern Europe if talks with Washington about the developing system continue to stall.
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Russia’s most senior military officer said Thursday that Moscow would pre-emptively strike and destroy U.S.-led NATO missile defense sites in Eastern Europe if talks with Washington about the developing system continue to stall.
“A decision to use destructive force pre-emptively will be taken if the situation worsens,” Russian Chief of General Staff Nikolai Makarov said at an international missile defense conference in Moscow attended by senior U.S. and NATO officials.
The threat comes as talks about the missile defense system, which the U.S. and its allies insist is aimed at Iranian missiles, appear to have stalled.
“We have not been able to find mutually acceptable solutions at this point, and the situation is practically at a dead end,” Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said.
"During an interview in the Oval Office, Obama acknowledged that, while Genevieve was his New York girlfriend, the description in his memoir was a “compression” of girlfriends..."
4th UPDATE: UK Back In Recession As First-Quarter GDP Shrinks
The U.K. slid back into recession in the first quarter of 2012,
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
-- U.K. GDP shrinks 0.2% on quarter in 1Q
-- U.K. officially back in recession after contraction in 4Q 2011
-- Slide in output driven by construction slump, falling industrial production
-- Sterling sinks, gilts rally
-- Finance chief Osborne says won't change course on austerity
-- GDP contrasts with more upbeat survey data
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LONDON (Dow Jones)--The U.K. slid back into recession in the first quarter of 2012, dealing a fresh blow to Prime Minister David Cameron's governing coalition and complicating its efforts to fix the nation's public finances.
Vice President Joe Biden described former Saturday Night Live comedian, Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., as a "leading legal scholar," presumably in the Senate, today.
"He has been one of the leading legal scholars," Biden said of Franken today, according to the pool report. He also said that Franken "is deadly serious" as a senator. He made the comments while recalling concerns that then-candidate Franken could not be taken seriously as a Senate candidate given his SNL work.
General Motors has temporarily suspended production of its Volt electric car, the company announced Friday.
Friday, March 2, 2012
General Motors has temporarily suspended production of its Volt electric car, the company announced Friday.
GM, which is based in Detroit, announced to employees at one of its facilities that it was halting production of the beleaguered electric car for five weeks and temporarily laying off 1,300 employees.
A GM spokesman told The Hill on Friday that production of the Volt would resume April 23.
"We needed to maintain proper inventory and make sure that we continued to meet market demand," GM spokesman Chris Lee said in a telephone interview.
Exclusive: State Department quietly warning region on Syrian WMDs
The State Department has begun coordinating with Syria's neighbors to prepare for the handling of President Bashar al-Assad's extensive weapons of mass destruction if and when his regime collapses, The Cable has learned.
Bill Murray to CNBC: 'I think we ought to be personally responsible'
"I think we ought to be personally responsible," he said on CNBC's "Squawk Box" Friday morning. "I think if you can take care of yourself, and then maybe try to take care of someone else, that's sort of how you're supposed to live.
How to get the Government to Pay for your Cell Phone
Last year, a federal program paid out $1.6 billion to cover free cell phones and the monthly bills of 12.5 million wireless accounts.
Friday, February 10, 2012
Last year, a federal program paid out $1.6 billion to cover free cell phones and the monthly bills of 12.5 million wireless accounts. The program, overseen by the FCC and intended to help low-income Americans, is popular for obvious reasons, with participation rising steeply since 2008, when the government paid $772 million for phones and monthly bills. But observers complain that the program suffers from poor oversight, in which phones go to people who don’t qualify, and hundreds of thousands of those who do qualify have more than one phone.
Attacks targeting Shiites in Iraq kill 72, deepening sectarian crisis amid political turmoil
A wave of bombings targeting Shiites in Iraq killed 72 people on Thursday, deepening sectarian tensions that exploded just after the last American troops left the country in mid-December.
Wisconson State Senator Lena Taylor Denes Voter Fraud Allegation
A conservative group is accusing state Sen. Lena C. Taylor of being “an accessory” to possible voter fraud after some 20 individuals, including a felon on work-release, voted in the April election listing as their residence a Milwaukee group home operated by Taylor’s mother on property owned by the senator.
Sexual assaults continue to plague 'Occupy' protests
Sexual assults are on the rise in 'Occupy' gatherings, but the protest organizers have been reluctant to cooperate with the police or encourage victims to seek help.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Gather hundreds of protestors in a public park with free food, little to no security and a general disregard for the rule of law, and you’re bound to attract a few unsavory characters.
Around 6:00 a.m. Sunday, one such person entered a woman’s tent at Occupy Wall Street’s Zuccotti Park shantytown and sexually assaulted her, the latest in a string of rapes and sexual assaults at anti-corporate protests across the country.
Equally troubling is “Occupy” organizers’ reluctance to cooperate with police or encourage victims to seek help.
In Sunday’s case, they chased the pervert away but never called the authorities.
“We don’t tell anyone,” an organizer told the New York Post. “We handle it internally. I said too much already.”
In Baltimore, a security statement from protesters warned that sexual assault would not be tolerated, but discouraged involving police to apprehend lawbreaking sex criminals. Rape victims were encouraged to contact the point people from the “Security Committee,” nicknamed Koala! and Largesse.
“Though we do not encourage the involvement of the police in our community, the survivor has every right, and the support of Occupy Baltimore, to report the abuse to the appropriate law enforcement,” the statement added.
Crony Capitalism: $737 Million Green Jobs Loan Given to Nancy Pelosi's Brother-In-Law
Despite the growing Solyndra scandal, yesterday the Department of Energy approved $1 billion in new loans to green energy companies -- including a $737 million loan guarantee to a company known as SolarReserve.
Audio Tapes Reveal More Details in 'Fast and Furious' Gunrunner Scandal
In a series of secretly recorded audio tapes, the owner of the gun store that sold a record number of weapons in Operation Fast and Furious admittedly sounds arrogant, crude and complicit in the U.S. government's plan to sell high powered assault rifles to the Sinaloa Cartel.
Obama White House Monitored Huge Loan to 'Connected' Firm
Newly uncovered emails show the White House closely monitored the Energy Department's deliberations over a $535 million government loan to Solyndra, the politically-connected solar energy firm that recently went bankrupt and is now the subject of a criminal investigation.
Boehner and Reid preparing competing debt limit, spending cut plans
Democratic and Republican congressional leaders shopped competing debt-crisis solutions and President Barack Obama canceled fundraising appearances Monday, as a politically gridlocked capital lurched into a climactic last full week before the Aug. 2 default deadline.
MSNBC To GOP Congressman: "Do You Have A Degree In Economics?"
Today, Contessa "educated" a conservative Representative that without the bailout, the country would be in "a depression." Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) said he disagreed which prompted the MSNBC host to ask him if he had a degree in economics.
Steve Wynn, CEO of Wynn Resorts: Obama "Responsible for Fear In America"
Steve Wynn trashed President Obama during a company conference call
Monday, July 18, 2011
"You bet and until we change the tempo and the conversation from Washington, it's not going to change. And those of us who have business opportunities and the capital to do it are going to sit in fear of the President. And a lot of people don't want to say that. They'll say, God, don't be attacking Obama. Well, this is Obama's deal and it's Obama that's responsible for this fear in America."
House to Vote on $2.4 Trillion Debt Increase, Cuts
The measure would raise the government's debt limit by $2.4 trillion
Friday, July 15, 2011
The US House plans to vote on a measure that would raise the government's debt limit by $2.4 trillion, cut spending, cap government expenditures and propose a balanced-budget constitutional amendment.
US chamber survey: Only 18% of small business intend to add new jobs in the next year
Monday, July 11, 2011
In a U.S. Chamber of Commerce survey: 64% of small businesses said they would not be hiring for the rest of this year. 12% said they would be laying people off.
President Obama visited Westminster Abbey earlier today where he got a tour from the Very Reverend Dr. John Hall and laid a wreath on the Grave of the Unknown Warrior.
He also signed the guest book, but got one tiny detail wrong.. THE DATE!
Obama signed the guest book as follows:
"It is a great privilege to commemorate our common heritage, and common sacrifice.
