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News of the Week for Feb. 10th<\/sup>, 2013 <\/p>\n Mass Shooter Confesses He Learned to Hate White People in College<\/a> Minnesota: Ground Zero for Democrats\u2019 Gun Confiscation Efforts?<\/a> Senate Dems face dilemma over push for assault-weapons ban<\/a> 86-year-old woman grabs gun in self-defense<\/a> Calif. seeks to adopt nation’s toughest gun laws<\/a> Armed churchgoer prevents slaughter<\/a> WOW! An American Buys a Gun Every 1.6 Seconds<\/a> <\/p>\n Bombshell: IPCC chairman takes money from WWF<\/a><\/p>\n Eco-homes DOUBLED our energy bills: Resident rocked by \u00a31,600 charge after just six months<\/a> Blue on Blue in CA \u2013 Eco-glitterati versus the unemployed<\/a> DHS Watchdog OKs \u2018Suspicionless\u2019 Seizure of Electronic Devices Along Border<\/a> <\/p>\n Doctors who treat the elderly are in short supply<\/a> Seven million will lose insurance under Obama health law<\/a> Obamacare\u2019s Fiscal Nightmare<\/a> British Hospital Carnage a Window into US Future<\/a> Dr. Benjamin Carson Addresses National Prayer Breakfast, Criticizes Obamacare<\/a><\/p>\n New HHS \u201cfamily penalty\u201d rule leaves spouses, children unprotected<\/a> Israeli Strike Into Syria Said to Damage Research Site<\/a> What Planet Does John Kerry Live On?<\/a> Original Iwo Jima monument, which used to be housed at the Intrepid Sea-Air- Space Museum, to hit the auction block<\/a> FBI thwarts Oakland bank bombing<\/a> <\/p>\n Battered California Republicans Find Hope in a Long Shot<\/a> America’s Baby Bust<\/a> Fewer dollars and babies threaten social programs<\/a> Texas 6th graders design flags for a new socialist nation<\/a> Rand Paul Responds to Ron: ‘Chris Kyle Was a Hero’<\/a> Going to Court in the Allen West Contest<\/a> New York No Longer Skyscraper King<\/a> Democrats selling voter data to retailers?<\/a> Police and principal illegally searched and detained our son, say parents<\/a> Local business owners share their stories, debunk notion that Nevada is a ‘business-friendly state’<\/a> Nevada: Controller Wallin confirms she’ll probably run for treasurer; musical chairs continue<\/a> Teaching kids to throw away food<\/a> Ban on Video Games: Where Does It Stop?<\/a> SPLC Website Provided Shooter with His Targets<\/a> Brown University\u2019s student health plan will cover sex changes<\/a> Rand Paul on Foreign Policy at the Heritage Foundation<\/a> ICE Union Bombshell: ICE \u2018Guided\u2019 By Illegal Alien Interest Groups, Agents \u2018Prohibited\u2019 From Enforcing Laws<\/a> Rubio to Deliver Bilingual State of Union GOP Response<\/a> House Ethics Board finds \u201csubstantial reason to believe\u201d Rep. Bill Owens (D-NY21 ) illegally accepted foreign gifts<\/a> More Nevada lawmakers wearing beards, goatees<\/a> News Media Scrub Cop Murderer\u2019s Manifesto of Pro-Obama, Hillary, MSNBC, CNN, Gay, and Anti-Gun Comments<\/a> Police shoot two in Torrance in search for ex-LAPD cop<\/a> Breaking the Blue Model Monopoly in Education<\/a> LAUSD, other California school districts use cafeteria funds meant for poor to cover other expenses, report says<\/a> Three-year-olds chant \u2018union power\u2019 after reading new children\u2019s book<\/a> Guard shoots at boy, 15, at FDA office in Bothell<\/a> FAU shooting: ‘Homeless’ man shot at Florida Atlantic University Boca campus, watch news conference<\/a> Dartmouth cops hunt faux-Chinese gibberish speaker<\/a> Obama Activist and Poll Worker on Camera: \u201cI Voted Twice for Obama\u201d<\/a> LAPD Had “No Idea” Who They Were Shooting At In Dorner Pursuit, Says Victims’ Attorney<\/a> NC Gov speaks truth to Gender Studies power<\/a> Swarthmore\u2019s new \u201cMasturbatory Theater\u201d club<\/a> HUD formalizes national standard that declares that “discriminatory effect” is law of the land<\/a><\/p>\n DOOM: Baby I’m Howling for You<\/a><\/p>\n Argentina freezes prices to break inflation spiral<\/a> Currency Wars Return, 1930s Style: Who Will Lose Out?<\/a> Egypt in Economic Death Spiral?<\/a> <\/p>\n Britain’s PM faces gay marriage revolt as plots swirl<\/a> UK government plans to track ALL web use: MI5 to install ‘black box’ spy devices to monitor British internet traffic<\/a> Hong Kong poor in cages shows dark side of property boom<\/a> Japan and China at Each Other\u2019s Throats in Island Dispute<\/a> Ecuador\u2019s Hugo Chavez<\/a> Baby crushed by car containing China one-child policy team<\/a> Nigel Farage d\u00e9truit Francois Hollande<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Obama\u2019s Presidential Win Was Shaped in the American Classroom<\/a> Education spending that isn’t smart<\/a> Calling for a True Conservative Strategy<\/a>
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<\/a>Gun Rights<\/h1>\n
\n\u201cI was trying to prove a point that Europeans had colonized the world, and as a result of that, we see a lot of evil today,\u201d he said. \u201cIn terms of slavery, it was something that needed to be answered for. I was trying to spread the message of making white people mend.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nBarack Obama is coming to Minneapolis tomorrow to talk guns, his first such foray since he called for increased gun control after the Sandy Hook massacre. Timed, presumably, to coincide with his appearance, Democrats in Minnesota\u2019s legislature have introduced several draconian gun control measures. I wrote here about one of these statutes, which would ban, and provide for confiscation of, all average-sized magazines.<\/p>\n
\nSenate Democrats are facing a major dilemma on how hard they should push for an assault weapons ban, a sensitive topic for vulnerable centrists who are running for reelection next year.<\/p>\n
\nAn 86-year-old woman grabbed a gun in self-defense when police say an intruder broke into her home. News 5 sat down with this woman today and listened to her tell about the experience.<\/p>\n
\nWeeks after New York enacted the nation’s toughest gun laws, California lawmakers said Thursday they want their state to do even more in response to recent mass shootings, particularly the Connecticut school massacre.<\/p>\n
\n‘History and common sense prove that gun-free zones are dangerous’<\/p>\n
\nWhile Obama and the Democrats may want to severely curb our Second Amendment rights, he is, paradoxically, the undisputed top salesman for firearms. Yes, he\u2019s been keeping a firm grip on that title, and Gregory Gwyn-Williams at CNS News did the math showing how Barry is a gun manufacturer\u2019s best friend.<\/p>\n<\/a>Hide the Decline<\/h1>\n
Environment &
\n“Green Energy”<\/h2>\n
\nThe Pavilion Gardens in Bradford, West Yorkshire, was completed in 2011
\nResidents at the eco-friendly complex were promised cheaper electricity bills
\nBut many tenants have found their bills are double the annual average
\nInvestigation has been launched as council promises reimbursements<\/p>\n
\nAgenda-driven journalism is poised to pit two Democratic constituencies against each other in my home state of California.
\nAmericans are becoming aware that there is an \u201coil boom\u201d in this country, courtesy of the technology behind the fracking of oil shale. California\u2019s Monterey Shale Formation, which is a \u201cvast source rock\u201d that contains potentially billions of barrels of oil, could be a significant source of job and wealth creation for the Golden State.<\/p>\n
\nThe Department of Homeland Security\u2019s civil rights watchdog has concluded that travelers along the nation\u2019s borders may have their electronics seized and the contents of those devices examined for any reason whatsoever \u2014 all in the name of national security.<\/p>\n<\/a>Obamacare<\/h1>\n
Government in Healthcare<\/h2>\n
\nDr. David A. Wilner is looking for geriatricians to work at Summit ElderCare, a health care program aimed at keeping frail seniors out of nursing homes.<\/p>\n
\nPresident Obama’s health care law will push 7 million people out of their job-based insurance coverage \u2014 nearly twice the previous estimate, according to the latest estimates from the Congressional Budget Office released Tuesday.<\/p>\n
\nIf the law isn’t scaled back by 2014, we’re ruined.
\nThroughout 2009 and early 2010, supporters of the then-pending Affordable Care Act (ACA) argued that health-care reform was necessary to repair the federal government\u2019s untenable fiscal outlook. More than any other factor, it was said, health-care cost inflation was the driving force behind massive projected federal deficits, and comprehensive reforms were required to cure the problem. Unfortunately, when enacted, the ACA worsened federal finances rather than improved them.<\/p>\n
\nBritain was rocked this week by one of the biggest scandals in the recent history of its health system\u2014and it just might be a taste of things to come in the U.S.<\/p>\n
\nJust how complicated will ObamaCare get for employers, workers, and families? Politico\u2019s analysis of a decision by the Obama administration and HHS may take several readings to understand exactly how a bill that purports to insure children and spouses may end up leaving them in the cold, and how employers may end up footing more of the bill than Congress claimed when it passed the ACA.<\/p>\n<\/a>War & Terror<\/h1>\n
\nThe Israeli attack last week on a Syrian convoy of antiaircraft weapons appears to have damaged the country\u2019s main research center for work on biological and chemical weapons, according to American officials who are sorting through intelligence reports.<\/p>\n
\nThe two-day old tenure of Secretary of State John Kerry got off to a flying start today with an astonishing statement from his ambassador to Egypt, Anne W. Patterson, at a joint ceremony in Cairo to mark the delivery of four American-made F-16 aircraf<\/p>\n
\nThe 10-ton piece, inspired by the iconic photo taken at the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945 and the model for the flag-raising Marine Corps War Memorial statue in Arlington, Va., will be up for sale at Bonhams auction house on Feb. 22. It is listed for sale for $1.3 million to $1.8 million.<\/p>\n
\nA man who said he supported violent jihad and hoped to start a civil war in the United States with a terrorist attack in the Bay Area was arrested early Friday after trying to detonate what he thought was a car bomb at a Bank of America branch in Oakland, federal prosecutors said.<\/p>\n<\/a>National<\/h1>\n
\nKevin L. James, a conservative talk show host running for mayor of Los Angeles, was sitting in his campaign office recently pondering which was his bigger obstacle to victory: being openly Republican, or being openly gay.<\/p>\n
\nThe nation’s falling fertility rate is the root cause of many of our problems. And it’s only getting worse.<\/p>\n
\nOur major public policies are based on the assumption that America will continue to enjoy growth. Economic growth and population growth.<\/p>\n
\nYou know America is changing when leftists have even infiltrated Texas schools.<\/p>\n
\nIn the aftermath of Ron Paul\u2019s despicable tweet today slamming US Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle, murdered on Saturday while helping a fellow soldier learn to cope with post traumatic stress syndrome, Paul\u2019s son, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) has told Breitbart News exclusively, \u201cChris Kyle was a hero like all Americans who don the uniform to defend our country. Our prayers are with his family during this tragic time.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nToday, True the Vote filed a federal lawsuit against the St. Lucie County Supervisor of Elections regarding the contest for the 18th Congressional District in Florida \u2014 the Allen West race. The case is brought under the 1993 Motor Voter law. (Full, yet totally unnecessary disclosure: I am one of the lawyers who brought the case, along with Michael Barnett).<\/p>\n
\nIn perhaps an ominous sign for its economy, New York City has fallen behind both Mexico City and Toronto in new office space construction planned for 2014, Bloomberg reports. Whether you like the look of jagged city skylines or not, plans for new skyscrapers in a city\u2019s downtown area are usually a sign that times are booming<\/p>\n
\nThe success of the Democratic effort in 2012 was credited in large part to a massive data-mining effort and hyperaccurate microtargeting. Data collection efforts by Democrats from the ground up allowed the party to fine-tune GOTV efforts and turn out voters that normally would have stayed home. The technological and demographic edge allowed Barack Obama to win another term as President, and Democrats to pick up seats in the House and Senate, the latter somewhat unexpectedly.<\/p>\n
\nHigh school administrators found photos of student\u2019s National Guard service alarming<\/p>\n
\nExcessive licensing, local regulations delay new businesses from opening, prevent established businesses from growing<\/p>\n
\nThe Democratic game of musical chairs keeps everybody dancing in Nevada government.<\/p>\n
\nSchool meals have become a $3 billion industry in this country, funded by federal tax moneys funneled through the Department of Agriculture. That industry has more than doubled since 2000, when Washington reimbursed local schools $1.39 billion.<\/p>\n
\nIn the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting, there has been increasing pressure to ban specific items, such as certain guns, in an effort to change the behavior of others. This week, we’re now seeing several similar efforts that target video games.<\/p>\n
\nAccording to a story at the Examiner, attempted mass shooter Floyd Lee Corkins told the FBI he picked his targets off the Souther Poverty Law Center website<\/p>\n
\nStudents at Brown University who decide they want to change genders will now be covered under the school\u2019s generous student health insurance plan.<\/p>\n
\nSenator Rand Paul (R-KY) spoke at The Heritage Foundation on Feburary 6th, 2013 on his vision for foreign policy and the rise of radical Islam.<\/p>\n
\nAmid the ongoing clamor and debate over so-called immigration reform and with the majority of AFL-CIO union bosses having flip-flopped on illegal immigration in 2000, the rank and file voices of those charged with securing America\u2019s borders\u2013the ICE agents\u2013are often overlooked and ignored.<\/p>\n
\nFlorida Sen. Marco Rubio will give the Republican rebuttal to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address on Tuesday, providing a direct message to a growing Hispanic electorate that shunned the GOP in last year’s election.<\/p>\n
\nThe Board of the Office of Congressional Ethics just released findings (with extensive evidentiary supporting documents) that there is \u201csubstantial reason to believe\u201d Rep. Bill Owens (D-NY21) violated federal law and House Rules in connection with a trip to Taiwan<\/p>\n
\nIn an era when showing off your tattoos is the rage, some Nevada legislators have gone in a different, and decidedly old-fashioned, direction.<\/p>\n
\nI\u2019ve been following closely the news story about Chris Dorner, who is now suspected of murdering three people, including one police officer, and shooting another two police officers. He is targeting police and their families for what he says is a corrupt system that robbed him of his name and his life.<\/p>\n
\nLos Angeles and Torrance police were involved in two shootings in Torrance early Thursday when police came across vehicles similar to the one sought by authorities in a massive manhunt for an ex-LAPD officer suspected of shooting three other officers.<\/p>\n
\nLast week, thousands of parents, students, and teachers rallied in cities across the country for National School Choice Week.<\/p>\n
\nSqueezed by historic funding shortfalls, school districts across the state in recent years have been illegally dipping into cafeteria funds meant to provide meals to poor students to pay other school expenses, according to a report released Wednesday by a state department.<\/p>\n
\nIs your three-year-old preschooler chanting \u2018union power\u2019 these days? She might, if author Innosanto Nagara has his way.<\/p>\n
\nA security guard opened fire on a 15-year-old boy at a Food and Drug Administration facility in Bothell early Friday, according to police.<\/p>\n
\nA person being described by police as homeless was shot by FAU officers at the Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton campus Friday morning, according to a police spokesperson.<\/p>\n
\nFrom Joe Asch comes word that the Dartmouth campus police are, in the words of the College\u2019s Media Relations department, \u201con the hunt for a student who allegedly verbally harassed two students.\u201d The object of this manhunt stands accused of speaking faux-Chinese to two Chinese students.<\/p>\n
\nThe video above must be seen. In fact, poll worker and Obama activist Meloweese Richardson voted more than twice, and she admits as much on camera. She also says that she voted for Obama and registered \u201cthousands\u201d of voters for him. The Hamilton County (OH) board of elections has issued 28 subpoenas involving double voting and general voter fraud in the 2012 Presidential election. Richardson admits to voting for herself, her daughter and other family members. She is also a poll official in her Ohio neighborhood.<\/p>\n
\n“It’s 100 percent clear that they had no idea who was in that vehicle and just lit it up,” says attorney Christopher Driscoll.
\nDriscoll is representing Maggie Carranza, 47, and her mother, 71-year-old Emma Hernandez, the two women who were shot on Thursday, Feb. 7 in Torrance, CA by LAPD officers. The officers were on the hunt for Christopher Dorner, and claim to have mistaken Carranza and Hernandez’s truck for Dorner’s.<\/p>\n
\nMore and more state governors are responding to the realities of the \u201chigher education bubble\u201d, which indentures students after they receive degrees that do not make them marketable.<\/p>\n
\nWe covered the travails of a sorority trying to open on the campus of Swarthmore College, because it was deemed to \u201cexclusive\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/a>Economy
\n& Taxes<\/h1>\n
\nArgentina announced a two-month price freeze on supermarket products Monday in an effort to break spiraling inflation.<\/p>\n
\nAs countries try to weaken their currencies to boost exports, the risk of a currency war similar to events seen in the 1930s has heightened and policymakers are making sure they are on the winning side, according to Morgan Stanley.<\/p>\n
\nThe economic news in Egypt is getting worse. The country\u2019s foreign currency reserves fell by 10 percent last month<\/p>\n<\/a>International<\/h1>\n
\nBritish Prime Minister David Cameron is expected to see his ruling Conservative party split in two on Tuesday over his government’s plans to legalize gay marriage, a move critics say is not a priority for the public and unnecessarily divisive.<\/p>\n
\nMPs’ report outlines spooks’ take on the draft Communications Data Bill
\nIt shows they are keen to implement nationwide surveillance regime
\nThey want ISPs to install ‘black boxes’ that can inspect all internet traffic
\nSpies claim they are only interested in ‘communications data’<\/p>\n
\nFor many of the richest people in Hong Kong, one of Asia’s wealthiest cities, home is a mansion with an expansive view from the heights of Victoria Peak. For some of the poorest, like Leung Cho-yin, home is a metal cage.<\/p>\n
\nThe war of words and water cannons in the East China Sea took a dramatic turn this week when news broke that a Chinese military vessel locked its fire control radar on a Japanese ship and helicopter. Prominent Japanese officials blasted the move as an unprovoked escalation, with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe saying \u201dit was a unilateral, provocative act and extremely regrettable.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nNext month, elections will be held in Ecuador to determine whether current President Rafael Correa gets another term. Advocates of human rights and opponents of Hugo Chavez-style politics and policy should watch the election closely, because Correa purportedly fancies himself the successor to the Venezuelan President\u2019s legacy in Latin America \u2013 no good thing.<\/p>\n
\nA 13-month-old child was fatally crushed by a car containing Chinese officials after they went to collect a fine from the parents for breaching the country\u2019s one-child policy, according to Chinese state media.<\/p>\n<\/a>Opinion<\/h1>\n
\nProgressives, humanists, liberals, and Democrats have been granted unfettered control to manipulate curricula in their favor. Educational-policy people have focused on history or social studies curricula to change the political and social values of America. The consequences are evident in Vice-President Joe Biden\u2019s blatant misrepresentation of history with the phrase, \u201cThey\u2019re going to put y\u2019all back in chains\u201d which successfully frightened many voters and received barely a whimper of protest from conservatives.<\/p>\n
\nEducation is important and necessary for a host of reasons. But there’s little evidence it drives growth.<\/p>\n
\nAt your next gathering of conservatives, ask a simple question: \u201cWhat is the conservative strategy for restoring legitimate constitutional government in America?\u201d<\/p>\n