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The Two Faces of Ben Bernanke(Schiff:"World's reserve currency fuels inflation")

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Based on his recent public comments, Fed Chairman Bernanke seems determined to give the U.S. dollar the reputation of Egypt's Hosni Mubarak: an unwanted relic of the past that everyone agrees must go, but stubbornly clings to a privileged position. The dollar is currently the world's ruling currency, but, as with Mubarak, I believe that growing public discontent will spur regime change quicker than most pundits expect. Clearly, the most significant problem facing central bankers around the world is the recent eruption of inflation, which is sparking unrest in Asia and the Middle East. With respect to this issue, Bernanke...

Fight is on as Minn. Gov. Dayton vetoes GOP spending cuts

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The tenuous political harmony between Mark Dayton and the Republican-controlled Legislature disintegrated Thursday when the DFL governor vetoed $901 million in proposed budget cuts aimed at paring the state's $6.2 billion deficit. Republicans had wanted to push the partial deficit solution ahead of Dayton's first budget presentation Tuesday, arguing that the state's fiscal crisis needs quick action. Dayton, however, said the proposal was too hasty, had major problems and would effectively give Minnesotans a $428 million property tax increase over the next two years. He said a rush to adopt the cuts -- DFLers complained many provisions did not have...

Remarks by the President and Press Briefing by Press Secretary Robert Gibbs

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Q CPAC is happening just up the road, and a number of potential candidates are speaking there today. Mitt Romney called the President a weak President who lacks clear direction, and Tim Pawlenty invoked the birth certificate controversy and asked what planet the President is from. I’m wondering if you want to take a shot at responding to potential rivals of the President -- MR. GIBBS: I think we did pretty well Minnesota and I think the President has -- though he didn't talk about it a lot, Mitt Romney -- I think what Governor Romney did on health care...

Coptic Christians Excluded From Talks With New Government in Egypt?

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Coptic Christians have suffered persecution in their country for centuries. They cannot even go to Mass on Christmas Eve without the fear of being shot to death or blown to pieces. It is inconceivable that the new Egyptian government and President Obama would consider talks without their participation. Yet, that is exactly what they initially planned to do. KNOXVILLE, TN (Catholic Online) - According to an article from the Assyrian International News Agency dated February 5, 2011, President Mubarak's new government has "called on all parties to join in a dialogue for the future." But the Copts have not been...

MSNBC Advertises on Fox News?

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I just saw Chris Matthews in an advertisement for MSNBC during the Hannity-Talking-Over-His-Guests Show. How humiliating must it be to have 10 times as many people see your commercial on Fox News as watches your programming? The sales guy for NewsCorp that pulled off that coup deserves a nice bonus for making the network of frothing, foaming, spitting, head-exploding Fox News haters cut them a check, begging for a few of their viewers.

Obama Praises Mubarak Resignation

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President Barack Obama Friday praised the decision by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to resign. In the face of weeks of protests, Mubarak ended his 30-year-old autocratic rule and turned over power in the country to a council of military leaders, a development that Obama seemed to welcome. "The people of Egypt have spoken," he said. "Their voices have been heard and Egypt will never be the ......posted using frpa

4 Walmart employees fired after disarming gunman caught shoplifting(UT)

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LAYTON -- The shoplifter smashed Gabriel Stewart up against a wall. It didn't take him long to realize that pressure against his lower back was from a loaded gun held by a desperate man who didn't want to go to jail. The gunman had a firm grip on Stewart's shoulder, telling him and three of his Walmart co-workers, "Don't make me do this." "Absolutely, time stopped," Stewart told KSL News. "I didn't know what to do." Instantly, Shawn Ray and Justin Richins kicked into gear, spinning the gunman around. Lori Poulsen ripped the gun away and secured it. They all...

TN SENATE BILL 397 (Constitutional Carry?)

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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13, is amended by adding the following language as a new section thereto: 39-17-1313. Any resident of Tennessee who is a United States citizen or permanent lawful resident, as defined by § 55-50-102, who has reached twenty-one (21) years of age, and who is not prohibited from purchasing or possessing a firearm in this state pursuant to § 39-17-1316 or § 39-17-1307(b), 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), or any other state or federal law, may carry a firearm in...

PHILADELPHIA PRIESTS ACCUSED BY GRAND JURY OF SEXUAL ABUSE AND COVER-UP

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A grand jury on Thursday accused the Archdiocese of Philadelphia of failing to stop the sexual abuse of children more than five years after a grand jury report documented abuse by more than 50 priests. The new report said a senior church official charged with investigating allegations of sexual abuse by priests had in fact allowed some of those accused to remain in posts that gave them continued access to children. It charged him with endangering the welfare of minors and accused three priests and a teacher of raping two boys between 1996 and 1999. “By no means do we...

Man accused of animal cruelty defends himself

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Warning: Graphic Content Len Crenshaw, the man accused of cruelty to a family pet, says he never intended to hurt the animal. CONWAY, SC (WMBF) - Len Crenshaw, the man accused of cruelty to a family pet, says he never intended to hurt the animal. Crenshaw was arrested this week and charged with general ill treatment of animals/torture. The Horry County Police Department says officers found Crenshaw's dog "Buddy" in the back yard with multiple collars that were too small and embedded in the skin around the dog's neck. Crenshaw said in an interview Friday he was upset about Buddy's...

Fearing the worst, Egyptians in South Florida pray

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Nadia Guirguis left Egypt 15 years ago for the same reasons her countrymen are protesting today: She wanted a chance at better jobs, more freedoms and a better life. But as tumultuous demonstrations raged in her homeland, the Coptic Christian has become a reluctant supporter of the country’s widely disliked dictator, President Hosni Mubarak. While much of the world — from those taking to the streets Egypt to rallies in South Florida — roots for democracy and the immediate ouster of Mubarak, the Copts, a persecuted minority in Egypt that make up a majority of its immigrant population in the...

Behind the Scenes and In Front of the Camera, a President Pushes an Ally -- and the Envelope

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As the White House and Obama administration grappled with the quickly evolving developments in Egypt, administration officials told ABC News, it was President Obama who was the most “forward-leaning” when it came to embracing the need for the Egyptian government to embrace reform – despite concerns about the impact on security and stability in the region voiced by others in the administration. But in 18 days, the president quickly traversed a path from urging Mubarak to listen to the demonstrators to aligning himself with those people in the street and no longer even speaking to Mubarak. All the while, officials...

TRENDING: Palin hires chief-of-staff (Michael Glassner -- Folks she's running!)

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Washington (CNN) – Sarah Palin has added a veteran Republican strategist to serve as chief-of-staff for her political action committee, Sarah PAC, CNN has learned. Michael Glassner, an attorney and longtime adviser to former Kansas senator and presidential candidate Bob Dole, has signed on to steer the former Alaska governor's political operation as she considers a possible 2012 presidential bid. During the 2008 presidential campaign, Glassner managed vice presidential operations.

McCain Applauds Mubarak Resignation

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(snip) “I applaud President Mubarak’s decision to step down. This was obviously a very difficult decision for President Mubarak, but it is the right decision for Egypt. History will note that President Mubarak’s last action in office was in the best interest of the country he loves. “While this is a welcomed event, the Egyptian people are clearly saying that President Mubarak’s resignation should be the beginning, not the end, of their country’s transition to democracy. I completely agree. For the Egyptian people to achieve the legitimate and enduring democratic change they seek, representatives from Egypt’s pro-democracy parties and movements...

Coming Soon: Obamacare on Steroids, for Your Money (to cure you of envy)

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Are you concerned about the growing government debt crisis? Are you outraged by some of the pensions that government employees are getting? Well, forget the facts of the situation, economist Teresa Ghilarducci has a couch in her office and has determined you suffer from government "pension envy". I kid you not. Ghilarducci, an economics professor at The New School, in New York City, writes in a blog post titled, Pension Envy: Bashing Public Employees: Envy is a celebrity (sic?) deadly sin, many philosophers think it's the worst. Joseph Epstein writes in Envy, "Envy clouds thought, clobbers generosity, precludes any hope...

GOProud deflects criticism for hyping Trump

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GOProud’s push for a Donald Trump write-in campaign at CPAC is striking some here as a pretty obvious attempt to get publicity and possibly endear the group to conference attendees. But Chris Barron, the head of the Republican pro-gay rights group, said Friday that his organization’s support of Trump is not a media stunt, insisting instead that it is a way to show thanks for his support of the organization, whose attendence at CPAC has caused a great deal of controversy. Continue Reading “We asked Mr. Trump to come this year because we wanted to do something positive,” he told...

Handicapping Obama Care in the Courts

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In my last post, I promised I'd explain why I don't think we can count on the federal courts to help us out on Obama Care. I should say up front that I'm not saying I think the courts shouldn't rule Obama Care unconstitutional. I think the federal government has gone so far past what its permitted to under the constitution that its hard for me to see a way back. And I'm also not saying that I think the federal courts definitely won't help us out. I think there's a chance they will. But since the Florida decision, I've...

47 Reasons Sarah Palin is qualified to be President

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Our good friends over at Conservatives4Palin have come up with a good solid list of 47 reasons Gov. Sarah Palin is qualified to be President, all in honor of her 47th birthday. Here are just a few: 1) She won’t perjure herself by taking the Presidential oath of office like many of her potential opponents. 2) She has 9 years of executive experience, more than 3 times as much as the current President. As Governor, she held the 2nd most powerful gubernatorial office in the country. 3)She knows how to budget. In her years as Governor, she reduced the state...

Lugar to Tea Party: "Get real" (RINO attacks Tea Party over START, his support for Obama)

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(snip) Among other criticisms, Tea Party activists have taken Lugar to task for supporting the new START nuclear arms treaty with Russia, claiming the U.S. is giving up too much and Russia is not giving up enough. "I've been working systematically for 20 years going to Russia trying to help direct a situation in which we're taking warheads off of missiles every day, destroying missiles that were aimed at us; destroying submarines that carried misslies up and down our coast," said Lugar. "I've got to say 'Get real'. I hear Tea Party or other people talking about they were against...

Why the “Issue” of Morality Will Always Matter, and Why it Must Never be Suppressed or Denied

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Why the “Issue” of Morality Will Always Matter... And Why it Must Never be Suppressed or Denied: I expect the “libertarians” will never “get it”... since they possess no objective principles, but only subjective standards... and those can always be lowered. The craven materialistic humanism of those possessed of self-centered egos will not substitute for genuine liberty—no matter the "high-sounding words in their mouths." The moral relativism of the simple-minded has placed America on a fast track to socialism. You see, libertarians are actually closet socialist—they just do not yet comprehend the irony of their atheistic philosophy. As Sir Edmund...
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