Monthly Archives: December 2011

Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews are protesting in Jerusalem to defend their contentious effort to ban the mixing of the sexes on buses, sidewalks and other public spaces.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/israeli-ultra-orthodox-rally-gender-separation-201334864.html

John Kerry Poll says Bill Nelson bill dies in Senate auto bailout Republican senators CNN.com

Sarah Huisenga, Nat’l Journal
DES MOINES, Iowa — Newt Gingrich says he has killed a chapter on climate change in a post-election book of essays about the environment. But the intended author of the chapter, who supports the scientific consensus that humans contribute to climate change, says that's news to her.

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/12/31/gingrich_kills_chapter_on_climate_in_book_270229.html

How Obama can fix the economy Scott Brown Obama threatens veto Franken, Coleman attacks Daschle Thursday Debbie Stabenow

KANSAS CITY, Mo (Reuters) – A man trying to board a Delta Airlines flight in Kansas City with a loaded handgun was charged on Thursday with carrying a concealed weapon, authorities said. Anthony Winn, 26, of Kansas City was caught by a security screener Wednesday with what appeared to be a gun in his carry-on bag, according to U.S. Attorney Beth Phillips of the Western District of Missouri. Officers at the airport found a loaded 9 millimeter Glock handgun with 23 live rounds of ammunition, including one in the chamber, said a criminal complaint filed Thursday. …

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/man-caught-trying-board-flight-loaded-handgun-030853808.html

Dean Heller Jeff Bingaman Jeanne Shaheen Lieberman keeps powerful post Afghanistan John Boozman Democrats rule the day

photoDES MOINES, IOWA– Ron Paul’s presidential campaign released a comparatively edgy new ad Monday that will air on local and cable networks across Iowa and New Hampshire. The spot touts Paul’s call to cut a trillion dollars from federal budget in his first year in office. Played over a rock track, a man’s voice in the [...]


Source: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/ron-paul-runs-edgy-ad-iowa-hampshire-164548140.html

Bank must start lending Obama should engage Hamas GOP revival Tim Johnson Obama family watches election returns Roy Blunt GOP chief

photo Leaving behind a year of bruising legislative battles, President Barack Obama enters his fourth year in office having calculated that he no longer needs Congress to promote his agenda and may even benefit in his re-election campaign if lawmakers accomplish little in 2012.


Source: http://news.yahoo.com/2012-obama-press-ahead-without-congress-110509288.html

Angry Iraqi throws shoes at Bush U.S. projects record $1.2 trillion deficit Sept. 11 student votes How to get out of Iraq Jeb Bush Obamas troop cuts

Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/janine-balekdjian/democrat-victories-2011_b_1177479.html

Angry Iraqi throws shoes at Bush U.S. projects record $1.2 trillion deficit Sept. 11 student votes How to get out of Iraq Jeb Bush Obamas troop cuts

Jonathan Last, Weekly Standard
Hot Topics: Get alerts when there is a new article that might interest you.Marshalltown, Iowa A few months ago, who would have believed that Gov. Rick Perry would spend his last five days before the Iowa caucus running attacks on Rick Santorum? But there Perry was, in a tiny room upstairs at Doughy Joey's Peetza Joynt in Waterloo, uncorking a mini stem-winder, assaulting Santorum for his time in Washington: Santorum voted for pork barrel projects and earmarks, including a teapot museum in North Carolina and Alaska's Bridge to Nowhere. Santorum also voted"”multiple…

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/12/31/a_tale_of_two_ricks_270236.html

health care reform Huckabee, Palin top GOP 2012 Michael Bennet Obama asks Bush Blagojevich Split decision in races for House Bank must start lending

photoRussell Brand and Katy Perry are getting a divorce, the British comedian told The Associated Press Friday.


Source: http://news.yahoo.com/apnewsbreak-russell-brand-katy-perry-divorce-193154074.html

Wind Power Richard Burr Obama inherits century-old headache Missing ballots stall Minnesota Senate recount Mark Begich bailout funds Lieberman can help Dems

photoA total 5,395 people, including 428 women, have registered as would-be candidates for Iran’s parliamentary elections scheduled for March 2, the interior ministry said on Saturday in a final tally.


Source: http://news.yahoo.com/nearly-5-300-mps-register-iran-poll-071708121.html

Wind Power Richard Burr Obama inherits century-old headache Missing ballots stall Minnesota Senate recount Mark Begich bailout funds Lieberman can help Dems

photoBEIJING (Reuters) – Residents of a south China village who tested the ruling Communist Party’s control with more than a week of protests had “legitimate complaints” over a land grab that sparked the rebellion, state news agency Xinhua has said. Ten days of protests over confiscated farmland and the death of a protest organizer in Wukan in booming Guangdong province earlier this month drew widespread attention as a rebuff to the stability-obsessed government. The standoff ended after authorities offered concessions in a rare example of the government backing down to mobilised citizens. …


Source: http://news.yahoo.com/china-says-rebel-village-complain-020112992.html

bailout Islam Obama taps Daschle Freedom Opponents dig in against auto bailout Auto CEOs plead Lindsey Graham