{"id":1243,"date":"2013-01-20T13:54:19","date_gmt":"2013-01-20T21:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=1243"},"modified":"2013-01-20T13:55:25","modified_gmt":"2013-01-20T21:55:25","slug":"news130120","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2013\/01\/20\/news130120\/","title":{"rendered":"News of the Week for Jan. 20th, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\nNews of the Week for Jan. 20<sup>th<\/sup>, 2013<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 200px;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#2ndAmendment\">Gun Rights<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#Hide_the_Decline\">Hide the Decline<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#Obamacare\">Obamacare<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#War__Terror\">War &amp; Terror<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#National\">National News<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#Economy__Taxes\">Economy &amp; Taxes<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#International\">International News<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#Opinion\">Opinion<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a name=\"2ndAmendment\"><\/a>Gun Rights<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pjmedia.com\/tatler\/2013\/01\/14\/sen-joe-manchin-on-new-gun-control-laws-bans-everything-is-on-the-table\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sen. Joe Manchin on New Gun Control Laws, Bans: \u2018Everything is On the Table\u2019<\/a><br \/>\nOn The Andrea Tantaros Show with Jason Mattera, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) tangled with host Andrea Tantaros on the subject of new laws that Congress may consider in the wake of the Newtown, CT mass killing. Manchin, who describes himself as a lifelong gun owner and member of the National Rifle Association, said that while he believes strongly in the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms, \u201ceverything is on the table.\u201d He refused to answer whether he would vote for or against any proposed new gun laws or bans. Vice President Joe Biden is expected to recommend new gun measures tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.weeklystandard.com\/blogs\/obama-some-gun-control-measures-i-can-accomplish-through-executive-action_695381.html\" target=\"_blank\">Obama: Some Gun Control Measures &#8216;I Can Accomplish Through Executive Action&#8217;<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;I&#8217;m confident that there are some steps that we can take that don&#8217;t require legislation and that are within my authority as president.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/news\/local\/Gun-Control-Assault-Weapons-Ban-Magazines-Limit-Cuomo-NY-186794151.html\" target=\"_blank\">NY Has Tentative Deal on Gun Control<\/a><br \/>\nThe tentative agreement would further restrict New York&#8217;s ban on assault weapons and limit the size of magazines to seven bullets, rather than the current 10. Other elements, pushed by Republicans, would refine a mental health law to make it easier to confine people determined to be a threat to themselves or others.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/washington.cbslocal.com\/2013\/01\/13\/sen-schumer-asks-gun-retailers-to-stop-sales-as-congress-debates\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sen. Schumer Asks Gun Retailers To Stop Sales As Congress Debates<\/a><br \/>\nSen. Charles Schumer says retailers that sell assault weapons should stop offering them for purchase while Congress discusses gun regulation legislation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2013\/01\/americans-buy-enough-guns-in-last-two-months-to-outfit-the-entire-chinese-and-indian-army\/\" target=\"_blank\">Americans Buy Enough Guns in Last Two Months to Outfit the Entire Chinese and Indian Armies<\/a><br \/>\nHonest Americans Bought Enough Guns in November and December to Outfit the Entire Chinese and Indian Armies<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheeler4nevada.org\/3\/post\/2013\/01\/the-race-for-gun-control-in-america.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Race For Gun Control In America<\/a><br \/>\nJust last Thursday, the Vice President of the United States met with a delegation from the NRA, other gun organizations, and large retailers of guns in America. The meeting was billed as a conversation to enact meaningful ways to curb gun violence in America. Apparently, this \u201cconversation\u201d was completely one-sided.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.longislandfirearms.com\/forum\/topic\/57138-so-who-voted-yes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Who voted YES on Gov. Cuomo&#8217;s gun bills in the NY state Senate<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2013\/01\/14\/cuomo-new-york-guns\/1833271\/\" target=\"_blank\">New York Senate passes tough gun law<\/a><br \/>\nNew York came one step closer to enacting tougher gun laws on Monday, with the state Senate approving a set of broad changes in a late-night Monday vote and the Assembly expected to act early Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.weeklystandard.com\/blogs\/gingrich-if-gun-control-works-chicago-ought-be-safe_696028.html\" target=\"_blank\">Gingrich: &#8216;If Gun Control Works, Chicago Ought to Be Safe&#8217;<\/a><br \/>\nFormer House speaker urges Congress to hold hearings on guns in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/articles\/2013\/01\/15\/nra-membership-has-grown-by-250000-in-one-month\" target=\"_blank\">NRA: Membership Has Grown by 250,000 in One Month<\/a><br \/>\nA quarter of a million people have signed up for new NRA memberships ahead of the White House Task Force&#8217;s findings<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pjmedia.com\/tatler\/2013\/01\/15\/cuomo-signs-sweeping-gun-control-law\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cuomo Signs Sweeping Gun Control Law<\/a><br \/>\nPanic legislating is what ought to be banned. Then again, it\u2019s only some in the media and among the public who are truly panicked. The politicians moved with such speed on these measures that it\u2019s obviously been part of a plan, just waiting for the proper crisis<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wolffiles.blogspot.com\/2013\/01\/overhead-today-at-gun-show.html\" target=\"_blank\">Overheard at the gun show&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\nToday I shopped the RK Gun Show along with about half of Kansas City. A record turnout. No parking for blocks. There&#8217;s definitely a sense of urgency among gun buyers as reflected by the depleted inventories and prices.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pjmedia.com\/tatler\/2013\/01\/15\/booker-shut-down-gun-shows-and-private-sales-cut-rate-of-women-murdered\/\" target=\"_blank\">Booker: Shut Down Gun Shows and Private Sales, Cut Rate of Women Murdered<\/a><br \/>\nNewark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker contended that closing down private gun sales would dramatically cut the number of domestic violence slayings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pjmedia.com\/tatler\/2013\/01\/15\/guns-arent-useful-for-self-defense-except-when-they-are\/\" target=\"_blank\">Guns Aren\u2019t Useful for Self-Defense, Except When They Are<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/Big-Government\/2013\/01\/15\/Texas-to-Join-Wyoming-Felony-Charges-For-Enforcing-New-Gun-Control\" target=\"_blank\">Texas to Join Wyoming: Felony Charges for Enforcing New Gun Control<\/a><br \/>\nTexas state representative Steve Toth is filing legislation for a &#8220;Firearms Protection Act&#8221; similar to that which we saw in Wyoming.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/Big-Government\/2013\/01\/15\/Tennessee-Family-Uses-Firearms-To-Stop-Late-Night-Intruder\" target=\"_blank\">Tennessee Family Uses Firearms to Stop Late Night Intruder<\/a><br \/>\nA family in East Ridge, Tennessee used a firearm to protect themselves against an intruder early Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/2013\/01\/15\/3183760\/two-robbers-shot-dead-in-hollywood.html\" target=\"_blank\">Two robbers shot dead in Hollywood, North Miami-Dade <\/a><br \/>\nA pair of would-be robbers were shot and killed by their victims in separate incidents in Hollywood and North Miami-Dade.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/james-okeefe-meets-and-films-armed-security-at-the-homes-of-journal-news-journalists\/article\/2518592#.UPWf4fm1Z0y\" target=\"_blank\">James O\u2019Keefe meets and films armed security at the homes of Journal-News journalists<\/a><br \/>\nVeritas video reporter James O\u2019Keefe has released a new video of his team posing as an anti-gun group promoting an initiative to journalists.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2013\/01\/biden-guns-executive-actions-86187.html?hp=t1_3\" target=\"_blank\">White House eying 19 executive actions on guns<\/a><br \/>\nThe White House has identified 19 executive actions for President Barack Obama to move unilaterally on gun control, Vice President Joe Biden told a group of House Democrats on Monday, the administration\u2019s first definitive statements about its response to last month\u2019s mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ricochet.com\/main-feed\/The-School-Shooting-You-Haven-t-Heard-About\" target=\"_blank\">The School Shooting You Haven&#8217;t Heard About<\/a><br \/>\nVery few people heard about the school shooting in gun-filled Wyoming that left three people dead late last year. Stick around, and you&#8217;ll find out why.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pjmedia.com\/tatler\/2013\/01\/16\/viral-reactions-to-obamas-gun-run\/\" target=\"_blank\">Viral Reactions to Obama\u2019s Gun Run<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/blogs\/weigel\/2013\/01\/16\/read_president_obama_s_new_proposed_executive_orders_and_legislation_on.html\" target=\"_blank\">President Obama&#8217;s New, Proposed Executive Orders and Legislation on Guns<\/a><br \/>\nHere&#8217;s the list, via the White House.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myfoxny.com\/story\/20603065\/southwestern-pa-hospital-to-stop-baby-deliveries\" target=\"_blank\">Southwestern Pa. hospital to stop baby deliveries<\/a><br \/>\nA southwestern Pennsylvania hospital will stop delivering babies after March 31 because its obstetricians are either leaving or refocusing their practices, and because hospital officials believe they can&#8217;t afford it based on projected reimbursements under looming federal health care reforms.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.weeklystandard.com\/blogs\/dhs-expand-and-formalize-coordination-gun-control-efforts_696127.html\" target=\"_blank\">DHS to &#8216;Expand and Formalize Coordination&#8217; on Gun Control Efforts<\/a><br \/>\nJanet Napolitano, head of the Department of Homeland Security, released a statement Wednesday saying she is &#8220;proud to support&#8221; the Obama administration&#8217;s efforts to &#8220;combat gun violence in our country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/Big-Government\/2013\/01\/18\/Barack-Obama-I-Don-t-Believe-People-Should-Be-Able-Own-Guns\" target=\"_blank\">Flashback\u2014Obama, Circa 1990s: &#8216;I Don&#8217;t Believe People Should Be Able to Own Guns&#8217;<\/a><br \/>\nDuring the 2008 presidential campaign, gun rights author and scholar John Lott recounted meeting Barack Obama for the first time while he was a lecturer at University of Chicago.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/news\/crime\/article\/NRA-event-for-Nevada-lawmakers-draws-criticism-4206416.php?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=t.co\" target=\"_blank\">NRA event for Nevada lawmakers draws criticism<\/a><br \/>\nWith the Legislature set to begin in a little more than two weeks, and with debate raging nationally about gun control, an invitation-only event for Nevada lawmakers hosted by the National Rifle Association at a Las Vegas shooting range drew criticism Friday from a liberal advocacy group.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lvrj.com\/news\/20-legislators-attend-nra-educational-event-in-las-vegas-187611621.html\" target=\"_blank\">20 legislators attend NRA educational event in Las Vegas<\/a><br \/>\nNearly one-third of Nevada&#8217;s 63 lawmakers attended an invitation-only event the National Rifle Association hosted at a Las Vegas shooting range Saturday, organizers said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/usnews.nbcnews.com\/_news\/2013\/01\/18\/16588357-anger-violent-thoughts-are-you-too-sick-to-own-a-gun?lite\" target=\"_blank\">Anger, violent thoughts: Are you too sick to own a gun?<\/a><br \/>\nIf there\u2019s one thing Republicans and Democrats can agree on, it\u2019s that mentally ill people should not have access to firearms.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2265174\/Gunning-change-Thousands-armed-protestors-gather-state-capitols-pro-assault-rifle-rallies-country.html\" target=\"_blank\">Gunning for no change: Thousands of armed protestors gather at state capitols in pro-assault rifle rallies across the country<\/a><br \/>\n&#8216;Guns Across America&#8217; rallies held days after President Barack Obama unveiled a sweeping package of gun-control proposals<br \/>\nMass turnout includes thousands in New York and hundreds in Connecticut, New Hampshire and Texas<br \/>\nMinnesota state Rep. Tony Cornish said he would push to allow 21-year-olds to carry guns on college campus<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a name=\"Hide_the_Decline\"><\/a>Hide the Decline<\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Environment &amp;<br \/>\n&#8220;Green Energy&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lvrj.com\/news\/oil-gas-search-fracking-comes-to-nevada-186108131.html\" target=\"_blank\">Oil\/gas search: Fracking comes to Nevada<\/a><br \/>\nThe Silver State is about to get fracked.<br \/>\nHouston-based Noble Energy Inc. is pursuing plans to drill for oil and natural gas across a 40,000-acre swath of public and private land near the city of Wells, about 400 miles north of Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cnsnews.com\/news\/article\/release-epa-administrator-s-non-public-emails-called-deeply-troubling\" target=\"_blank\">Release of EPA Administrator\u2019s Non-Public Emails Called \u2018Deeply Troubling\u2019<\/a><br \/>\nComplying with a court order minutes before Monday\u2019s 5 p.m. deadline, the Environmental Protection Agency yesterday released 2,100 emails received or sent by EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson on one of her non-public accounts. But which one? The name on the email account was redacted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-2259012\/Global-warming-Met-Office-releases-revised-global-temperature-predictions-showing-planet-NOT-rapidly-heating-up.html\" target=\"_blank\">Global warming has STALLED since 1998: Met Office admits Earth&#8217;s temperature is rising slower than first thought<\/a><br \/>\nEarlier forecasts predicted a much steeper rise in global temperatures<br \/>\nBut latest figures from Met Office show slower rise than previously warned<br \/>\nFigures raise questions about the true danger posed by greenhouse gasses<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a name=\"Obamacare\"><\/a>Obamacare<\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Government in Healthcare<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.weeklystandard.com\/blogs\/obama-asks-doctors-help-deal-guns_696121.html\" target=\"_blank\">Obama Asks Doctors to Help Deal With Guns<\/a><br \/>\nAccording to a background briefer provided by the White House, President Barack Obama is asking doctors to help deal with guns. Here&#8217;s the relevant passage<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2013\/jan\/16\/obama-using-gun-issue-advance-health-law\/\" target=\"_blank\">Obama using gun issue to advance health law<\/a><br \/>\nPresident Obama is using the national debate over gun violence to push for further action on his health care law, including insisting on the kind of mental health coverage states must provide under their Medicaid programs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2013-01-20\/federal-government-now-requires-we-ask-you-following-personal-questions\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;The Federal Government Now Requires That We Ask You The Following Personal Questions&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a name=\"War__Terror\"><\/a>War &amp; Terror<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thecable.foreignpolicy.com\/posts\/2013\/01\/15\/secret_state_department_cable_chemical_weapons_used_in_syria\" target=\"_blank\">Secret State Department cable: Chemical weapons used in Syria<\/a><br \/>\nA secret State Department cable has concluded that the Syrian military likely used chemical weapons against its own people in a deadly attack last month, The Cable has learned.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.the-american-interest.com\/wrm\/2013\/01\/15\/mali-dien-bien-phu-all-over-again\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mali: Dien Bien Phu All Over Again?<\/a><br \/>\nThe French are known for eating small portions, but in Mali they may have bitten off more than they can chew<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hosted.ap.org\/dynamic\/stories\/M\/ML_ALGERIA_KIDNAPPING?SITE=AP&amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&amp;CTIME=2013-01-19-09-51-18\" target=\"_blank\">Algeria: 32 militants killed, with 23 hostages<\/a><br \/>\nIn a bloody finale, Algerian special forces stormed a natural gas complex in the Sahara desert on Saturday to end a standoff with Islamist extremists that left at least 23 hostages dead and killed all 32 militants involved, the Algerian government said.<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a name=\"National\"><\/a>National<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.laborunionreport.com\/portal\/2013\/01\/the-union-agenda-part-one-so-you-think-your-right-to-work-state-is-safe-from-unions\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Union Agenda Part One: So, you think your Right-To-Work state is safe from unions?<\/a><br \/>\nThere is, and has been since 2010, a concerted effort by union bosses to get their union-bought cronies in the U.S. Senate to end the filibuster. Why?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.economicpolicyjournal.com\/2013\/01\/rand-pauls-views-after-7-days-in-isreal.html\" target=\"_blank\">Rand Paul&#8217;s Views After 7 Days in Israel<\/a><br \/>\nOn Saturday, Rand Paul conducted a briefing at Jerusalem&#8217;s Mamila Hotel. Here&#8217;s what I have been able to put together from a number of reports.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pointsandfigures.com\/2013\/01\/11\/everyones-moving-away\/\" target=\"_blank\">Everyone\u2019s Moving Away<\/a><br \/>\nAce pilot Chuck Yeager used to say, \u201cNever wait for trouble.\u201d.  Barry Ritholz tweeted this early this AM and I thought it was pretty meaningful in a macro sense.  Check out which states are seeing increases in childbirth, and which aren\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myfoxny.com\/story\/20592464\/nypd-looks-to-gps-bottles-to-combat-pill-bandits\" target=\"_blank\">NYPD looks to GPS bottles to combat pill bandits<\/a><br \/>\nThe New York Police Department wants pharmacies in and around the city to fight prescription drug thefts by stocking pill bottles fitted with GPS tracking chips.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pjmedia.com\/tatler\/2013\/01\/15\/bill-to-admit-new-columbia-as-51st-state-is-back\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bill to Admit \u2018New Columbia\u2019 as 51st State is Back<\/a><br \/>\nD.C.\u2019s delegate to Congress today introduced a bill to make the district the country\u2019s 51st state: New Columbia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/337785\/root-kgb-jonah-goldberg\" target=\"_blank\">Root for the KGB?<\/a><br \/>\nNew show &#8220;The Americans&#8221; is designed for you to get to root for the KGB<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npri.org\/issues\/publication\/the-path-to-sustainable-prosperity\" target=\"_blank\">The Path to Sustainable Prosperity<\/a><br \/>\nRemoving the obstacles facing Nevada\u2019s entrepreneurs<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424127887324081704578237722576889786.html?mod=WSJ_hp_mostpop_read\" target=\"_blank\">Roger Kimball: This Metamorphosis Will Require a Permit<\/a><br \/>\nSandy wrecked our house, but bureaucrats are keeping it broken.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/Watch-it-now-Commissioner-says-blow-me-to-resident\/-\/1717324\/18128652\/-\/q09fu1\/-\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Commissioner says &#8216;blow me&#8217; to resident<\/a><br \/>\nCommissioner Lisa Mallozzi makes remarks during meeting<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myfoxny.com\/story\/20621844\/nj-town-proposes-flag-ban\" target=\"_blank\">NJ town proposes flag ban<\/a><br \/>\nThe Hudson County town of West New York is considering a widespread sign regulation that could include banning American flags from being flown.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/news\/statepolitics\/federal-court-of-appeals-upholds-walkers-act-10-union-law-ur8eg0e-187488851.html\" target=\"_blank\">Federal court of appeals upholds Walker&#8217;s Act 10 union law<\/a><br \/>\nA federal court of appeals on Friday upheld Wisconsin&#8217;s law repealing most collective bargaining for most public employees, handing a victory to Gov. Scott Walker and his fellow Republicans who put the law in place amid tumult two years ago.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pjmedia.com\/tatler\/2013\/01\/18\/obamas-ofa-drops-the-america\/\" target=\"_blank\">Obama\u2019s OFA Drops the \u2018America\u2019<\/a><br \/>\nThe \u201cA\u201d in President Obama\u2019s Organizing for America project is getting a little less all-American.<br \/>\n\u201cThe next chapter in our movement for change,\u201d Obama told supporters in an email today, will be morphing the DNC-led grassroots effort in Organizing for Action.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mynorthwest.com\/11\/2178586\/Mission-told-not-to-feed-the-homeless-in-Seattle-city-parks\" target=\"_blank\">Mission told not to feed the homeless in Seattle city parks<\/a><br \/>\nThe Bread of Life Mission, which has served the homeless community in Pioneer Square for more than 70 years, said the city has directed them to stop feeding the hungry in downtown parks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/system\/wire\/DA3TIT881\" target=\"_blank\">Michigan Supreme Court justice charged with fraud<\/a><br \/>\nFederal prosecutors have filed a fraud charge against Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway, just a few days before she leaves the state&#8217;s highest court in a scandal involving the sale of a Detroit-area home and suspicious steps taken to conceal property in Florida.<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a name=\"Economy__Taxes\"><\/a>Economy<br \/>\n&amp; Taxes<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.utsandiego.com\/news\/2013\/jan\/11\/why-the-public-trough-is-so-deep\/\" target=\"_blank\">Why the public trough is so deep<\/a><br \/>\nIf you wonder why the average firefighter in Oceanside makes more than the average foot doctor in California, or why the health care of wealthy seniors is funded partly from the wages of broke college students delivering pizzas, we suggest curling up with the 50-year-old writings of James M. Buchanan, the Nobel-winning economist who died Wednesday at the age of 93.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/frontpagemag.com\/2013\/dgreenfield\/california-running-out-of-kids-to-subsidize-its-teachers-union-pensions\/\" target=\"_blank\">California Running Out of Kids to Subsidize its Teacher\u2019s Union Pensions<\/a><br \/>\nAs mentioned before, blue states have a serious problem. Lots of teachers and administrators with big pensions and a shortage of kids for them to mishandle.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theburningplatform.com\/?p=46984\" target=\"_blank\">FREE SHIT \u201cDISABLED\u201d ARMY MASSING ITS FORCES<\/a><br \/>\nWhenever I hear a liberal MSM talking head say that Social Security is not a problem, I could spit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.weeklystandard.com\/blogs\/federal-welfare-spending-skyrocket-80-percent-next-decade_696026.html\" target=\"_blank\">Federal Welfare Spending to Skyrocket 80 Percent in Next Decade<\/a><br \/>\nFederal welfare spending will skyrocket 80 percent over the next decade, according to new analysis by the minority side of the Senate Budget Committee.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rollcall.com\/news\/is_paul_getting_an_early_start_on_2016_white_house_race-220814-1.html?pos=hftxt\" target=\"_blank\">Is Paul Getting an Early Start on 2016 White House Race?<\/a><br \/>\nSen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is taking a pass on next week\u2019s crowded inaugural festivities in order to attend a much more intimate gathering: The Monday Meeting, a closed-door, off-the-record gathering of top conservatives in South Carolina.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/id\/100379575\" target=\"_blank\">German Economy Slows Sharply as Crisis Hits Home<\/a><br \/>\nGerman gross domestic product (GDP) shrunk sharply in the last quarter of 2012, according to first estimates by the country&#8217;s Federal Statistics Office. The government forecast fourth quarter GDP fell by 0.5 percent, marking a weaker close to 2012 than previously thought.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.investors.com\/011413-640515-new-social-security-retirees-will-outlive-official-trust-fund.aspx?src=HPLNews\" target=\"_blank\">New Social Security Retirees Will Outlive Trust Fund<\/a><br \/>\nFor the first time since Social Security&#8217;s cash crisis in 1983, the program can&#8217;t afford to pay full benefits for its youngest crop of new retirees through life expectancy, government data show.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/blogs\/under-the-radar\/2013\/01\/obama-jobs-council-hits-year-without-official-meeting-154524.html\" target=\"_blank\">Obama Jobs Council hits 1 year without official meeting<\/a><br \/>\nPresident Barack Obama&#8217;s Jobs Council hit a notable milestone on Thursday: one year without an official meeting. The 26-member panel is also set to expire at the end of the month, unless Obama extends its tenure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2013-01-17\/us-mint-out-silver-coins-suspends-sales\" target=\"_blank\">US Mint Out Of Silver Coins &#8211; Suspends Sales<\/a><br \/>\nAs we noted earlier this month, the demand for both gold and silver &#8216;physical&#8217; coins has been record-breaking as 2013 began. So much so, that now after selling over 6 million silver coins in 2013 so far, the US Mint has run out of silver eagles and has suspended sales.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.the-american-interest.com\/wrm\/2013\/01\/17\/school-buses-bankrupting-nyc\/\" target=\"_blank\">School Buses Bankrupting NYC<\/a><br \/>\nNew York City is spending a fortune on school buses. The New York Times reports that the city spends an astonishing $7,000 per student each year to bus children to school, nearly twice as much as other large cities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moneynews.com\/MKTNews\/Market-Collapse-Aftershock-2013\/2013\/01\/09\/id\/470630?promo_code=11F98-1&amp;utm_source=taboola\" target=\"_blank\">Major Bank, Economists Agree: Market Collapse Will Strike in 2013<\/a><br \/>\nAccording to a major bank, a pair of noted economists, and one controversial billionaire, 2013 will be a \u201cyear of terrible reckoning\u201d for the stock market.<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a name=\"International\"><\/a>International<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenews.com.pk\/article-82997-Greeks-ravage-forests-to-heat-homes--\" target=\"_blank\">Greeks ravage forests to heat homes<\/a><br \/>\nGreek authorities said Tuesday they seized 13,000 tonnes of illegally cut wood last year as Greeks increasingly ravage forests to heat their homes amid a rise in taxes on fuel oil in their debt-strapped country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2261985\/Belgian-twin-brothers-killed-doctors-choosing-euthanasia-able-again.html\" target=\"_blank\">Deaf twins who discovered they were going blind and would never see each other again are euthanized in Belgian hospital<\/a><br \/>\nIdentical twin brothers euthanised by doctors in unique Belgium case<br \/>\nTwins, who were born deaf, made decision after learning they would go blind<br \/>\nThe brothers, who spent their lives together, were unable to bear the thought of never seeing each other again<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldaffairsjournal.org\/blog\/michael-j-totten\/game-thrones-north-africa-0\" target=\"_blank\">The Game of Thrones in North Africa<\/a><br \/>\nIt feels strange visiting a country like Morocco and listening to people extol the virtues of a political system my country waged a revolution against. Morocco has a king, and he\u2019s a real one too, not some kind of a figurehead. But I went there, I listened, and after almost ten years of visiting Middle Eastern countries wracked by tyranny, terrorism, botched revolutions, and wars, I was perhaps a bit more willing to hear what they had to say than I might have been a decade ago.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/world\/court-orders-arrest-of-pakistani-prime-minister-amid-mass-protests-a-877632.html\" target=\"_blank\">Prime Minister&#8217;s Arrest Ordered amid &#8216;Revolution&#8217;<\/a><br \/>\nPakistan has plunged into a leadership crisis. As hundreds of thousands demonstrate against corruption, the country&#8217;s high court has ordered the arrest of Prime Minister Ashraf. Populist cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri has declared a &#8220;revolution.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/01\/16\/world\/asia\/pakistan-high-court-orders-arrest-of-prime-minister.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\">Pakistan Supreme Court Orders Arrest of Prime Minister<\/a><br \/>\nPakistan\u2019s Supreme Court ordered the arrest of Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf in a corruption case on Tuesday afternoon, in a drastic intensification of hostilities between the country\u2019s embattled government and its opponents.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eureferendum.com\/blogview.aspx?blogno=83515\" target=\"_blank\">EU politics: the trouble with &#8220;Europe&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2013\/01\/15\/us-venezuela-chavez-brazil-idUSBRE90D12320130115\" target=\"_blank\">Brazil wants Venezuela election if Chavez dies &#8211; sources<\/a><br \/>\nBrazil is urging Venezuela&#8217;s government to hold elections as quickly as possible if President Hugo Chavez dies, senior officials told Reuters on Monday, a major intervention by Latin America&#8217;s regional powerhouse that could help ensure a smoother leadership transition in Caracas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/uknews\/law-and-order\/9801377\/Insulting-words-crime-which-made-it-illegal-to-call-a-police-horse-gay-is-to-be-changed.html\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;Insulting&#8217; words crime which made it illegal to call a police horse &#8216;gay&#8217; is to be changed<\/a><br \/>\nA law which has been used to try to convict a student who said \u201cwoof\u201d to a police dog, or called a police horse \u201dgay\u201d is to be changed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-latin-america-21023366\" target=\"_blank\">Cuba confirms 51 cholera cases in Havana<\/a><br \/>\nCuba&#8217;s health ministry has confirmed a cholera outbreak in Havana with 51 people infected &#8211; the biggest incidence of the disease there in decades.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/Big-Peace\/2013\/01\/15\/Coptic-Christians-Fleeing-Egypt-To-Escape-Islamists\" target=\"_blank\">Coptic Christians Fleeing Egypt as Islamic Extremism Rises<\/a><br \/>\nReports indicate that tens of thousands of Coptic Christians are fleeing Egypt in the wake of Mohammed Morsi&#8217;s rise to power and the subsequent flourishing of Islamism.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/2013\/01\/16\/egyptian-court-sentences-entire-family-to-15-years-for-converting-to\/?cmpid=cmty_twitter_fn\" target=\"_blank\">Egyptian court sentences Christian family to 15 years for converting from Islam<\/a><br \/>\nThe 15-year prison sentence given to a woman and her seven children by an Egyptian court for converting to Christianity is a sign of things to come, according to alarmed human rights advocates who say the nation&#8217;s Islamist government is bad news for Christians in the North African country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/80beats\/?p=42313#.UPSxbic8B8F\" target=\"_blank\">The Unforeseen Social Effects of China\u2019s One-Child Policy<\/a><br \/>\nChina\u2019s One-Child Policy, now in its fourth decade, has achieved its goal of controlling population growth in the world\u2019s most populous country, but it has also created major age and gender imbalances in the process.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/article\/media-deal-may-taiwan-a-free-press\" target=\"_blank\">Media deal may cost Taiwan a free press<\/a><br \/>\nAs a nation that values freedom of speech and a free press above all else, Americans everywhere should at least be aware of the disaster that\u2019s about to happen to democratic Taiwan\u2019s media market.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/legalinsurrection.com\/2013\/01\/british-mp-daniel-hannan-delivers-electrifying-take-down-of-occupy\/\" target=\"_blank\">British MP Daniel Hannan delivers electrifying take down of Occupy<\/a><br \/>\nBritish MP Daniel Hannan delivered an electrifying take down of the ceMajor Bank, Economists Agree: Market Collapse Will Strike in 2013\/pntral tenets of the Occupy movement during a debate about the movement at the Young Britons\u2019 Foundation this week.<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a name=\"Opinion\"><\/a>Opinion<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theothermccain.com\/2013\/01\/15\/transsexual-bullies-successfully-censor-feminist-writers-who-criticized-them\/\" target=\"_blank\">Transsexual Bullies Successfully Censor Feminist Writers Who Criticized Them<\/a><br \/>\nNews from the competitive victimhood sweepstakes in Great Britain indicates that transsexuals have won the Most Oppressed Group prize, and are now able to demand complete deference. Kathy Shaidle and Donald Douglas have covered this bizarre controversy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pjmedia.com\/drhelen\/2013\/01\/14\/can-dads-do-anything-right\/\" target=\"_blank\">Can Dads Do Anything Right?<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/Big-Government\/2013\/01\/18\/The-Youth-Vote-Making-the-GOP-Cool-Again\" target=\"_blank\">The Youth Vote: Making the GOP Cool Again<\/a><br \/>\nJust because young voters historically do not show up to the polls in large numbers does not mean they should be overlooked. They may later work in education, the media, or Hollywood \u2013 three major institutions that play a pivotal role in shaping political opinions and, quite frankly, are dominated by the Left. If the GOP ever hopes of winning the youth vote, culture cannot be ignored.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanthinker.com\/2013\/01\/guns_gays_and_eighteenth-century_rights.html\" target=\"_blank\">Guns, Gays, and Eighteenth-Century Rights<\/a><br \/>\nAs of January 13, 2013, when a million French citizens stormed Paris to stop a bill extending marriage and adoption rights to same-sex couples, it became clear that the world is witnessing a compressed, high-speed reprise of the late eighteenth century.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News of the Week for Jan. 20th, 2013<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[41,19,15,36,9,33,26,25,24,27,44,30,37,51],"class_list":["post-1243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-of-the-week","tag-2nd-amendment","tag-communism","tag-democrats","tag-energy","tag-europe","tag-gop","tag-green","tag-higher-ed","tag-leviathan","tag-nevada","tag-news","tag-scoamf","tag-taxes","tag-51"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1243"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1245,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1243\/revisions\/1245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}