Factbox: New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez Claims He’s the Target of a ‘Right-Wing Blog’ - Yahoo! News
* The Newark Star-Ledger today published a quote purportedly taken from a now 19-year-old woman: "I was underage when I met him (Menendez). But I can't say for sure whether he knew it or not. I don't know if he was aware of that, but he can't say I'm not telling the truth. He does know I had sex with him being very young and that's a fact he can't deny."
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Thursday, January 31, 2013
Sen. Bob Menendez Shouldn’t Take Foreign Relations Too Literally - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com
Sen. Bob Menendez Shouldn’t Take Foreign Relations Too Literally - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com
COMMENTARY |The major networks appear silent on allegations of sexual misconduct levied against Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey. Websites and blogs like Twitchy are going full speed ahead, however, and The Daily Caller appears angry at the smug hypocrisy of a powerful senator expected to be elevated the chairmanship of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Political scandals are endemic on both sides of the aisle and the unfortunate thing is that we have come to expect them. The Rep. Anthony Weiner scandal, covered by ABC News, revealed a married congressman who couldn't resist emailing revealing photos of himself to women he wanted desperately to impress. Former Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev. was disgraced when he betrayed a friendship for a love tryst, as reported by ABC News.
Some Europeans may call American condemnation of sex tourism as an excess of Puritan zeal, but what Americans resent most is the abuse of power. We expect our privileged leaders to avoid even the appearance of impropriety, and to spend their time and our resources doing the people's business.
COMMENTARY |The major networks appear silent on allegations of sexual misconduct levied against Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey. Websites and blogs like Twitchy are going full speed ahead, however, and The Daily Caller appears angry at the smug hypocrisy of a powerful senator expected to be elevated the chairmanship of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Political scandals are endemic on both sides of the aisle and the unfortunate thing is that we have come to expect them. The Rep. Anthony Weiner scandal, covered by ABC News, revealed a married congressman who couldn't resist emailing revealing photos of himself to women he wanted desperately to impress. Former Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev. was disgraced when he betrayed a friendship for a love tryst, as reported by ABC News.
Some Europeans may call American condemnation of sex tourism as an excess of Puritan zeal, but what Americans resent most is the abuse of power. We expect our privileged leaders to avoid even the appearance of impropriety, and to spend their time and our resources doing the people's business.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Factbox: New York’s Catholic Gov. Cuomo Faces Abortion Dilemma - Yahoo! News
Factbox: New York’s Catholic Gov. Cuomo Faces Abortion Dilemma - Yahoo! News
* A chart by the Guttmacher Institute comparing the number of New York State abortions to national averages over the period 1991 to 2008 shows that abortions in New York State are nearly double the national average.
* A chart by the Guttmacher Institute comparing the number of New York State abortions to national averages over the period 1991 to 2008 shows that abortions in New York State are nearly double the national average.
* A chart of the latest available figures from the Center for Disease Control shows also that New York State leads the nation in abortions and also that 4.1 percent of New York abortions were performed for out-of-state residents.
Friday, January 25, 2013
Dirty Harry Can’t Be by Your Side at All Times - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com
Dirty Harry Can’t Be by Your Side at All Times - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com
The New York Daily News reporters now covering the trial strained to justify New York's anti-gun crusaders, attributing the killing to "what's become a scourge of the city -- an illegal handgun."
Swoon! Is it news that thugs with long rap sheets carry illegal guns? Aren't they the ones law-abiding gun owners and cops need to protect themselves from? What cop ever had to worry about being gunned down by Wayne LaPierre of the NRA?
The New York Daily News reporters now covering the trial strained to justify New York's anti-gun crusaders, attributing the killing to "what's become a scourge of the city -- an illegal handgun."
Swoon! Is it news that thugs with long rap sheets carry illegal guns? Aren't they the ones law-abiding gun owners and cops need to protect themselves from? What cop ever had to worry about being gunned down by Wayne LaPierre of the NRA?
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Factbox: 1000-Plus Jobs at Remington Could Exit New York - Yahoo! News
Factbox: 1000-Plus Jobs at Remington Could Exit New York - Yahoo! News
When deranged post-adolescent Adam Lanza grabbed his mom's guns and massacred innocent school children in Newtown, Conn., New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo blamed the weapons used in the murders, and pushed new gun legislation through the assembly. An AR-15 brought to the school by Lanza was like the ones manufactured at the Ilion, N.Y., Remington factory. Not all politicians blamed the weapon, and some had other concerns. State Sen. James Seward worried about the loss of more than 1,000 jobs in upstate Herkimer County. New gun legislation in a state which already has the toughest gun laws in the nation could hurt a state which suffers 8.2 percent unemployment. Consider some facts:
When deranged post-adolescent Adam Lanza grabbed his mom's guns and massacred innocent school children in Newtown, Conn., New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo blamed the weapons used in the murders, and pushed new gun legislation through the assembly. An AR-15 brought to the school by Lanza was like the ones manufactured at the Ilion, N.Y., Remington factory. Not all politicians blamed the weapon, and some had other concerns. State Sen. James Seward worried about the loss of more than 1,000 jobs in upstate Herkimer County. New gun legislation in a state which already has the toughest gun laws in the nation could hurt a state which suffers 8.2 percent unemployment. Consider some facts:
Monday, January 21, 2013
Factbox: Algerian Oil Field Attacks Mark Resurgence of Islamic Terror - Yahoo! News
Factbox: Algerian Oil Field Attacks Mark Resurgence of Islamic Terror - Yahoo! News
Strange to American thinking is that the British-based private security firm Stirling Group was employed to provide security at the facility but its employees are unarmed due to policies of the Algerian government, reports The Telegraph.
Strange to American thinking is that the British-based private security firm Stirling Group was employed to provide security at the facility but its employees are unarmed due to policies of the Algerian government, reports The Telegraph.
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Monday, January 14, 2013
Fire Investigators have Right to Protect Themselves - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com
Fire Investigators have Right to Protect Themselves - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com
It's pretty bad when things have sunk to this level, but what can you do? New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Milner, and members of the state legislature can't make up their minds whether the Syracuse fire cops are carrying concealed handguns legally-- or not.
It's pretty bad when things have sunk to this level, but what can you do? New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Milner, and members of the state legislature can't make up their minds whether the Syracuse fire cops are carrying concealed handguns legally-- or not.
Factbox: Discovering Mali, the Hard Way - Yahoo! News
Factbox: Discovering Mali, the Hard Way - Yahoo! News
The French are frequently satirized in the U.S. as being pacifist and compromising, but this is not so. At least they didn't feel the need to get U.N. permission to conduct bombing raids northern Mali over the weekend, reported by CNN and an Associated Press article posted on the NPR web site.
The French are frequently satirized in the U.S. as being pacifist and compromising, but this is not so. At least they didn't feel the need to get U.N. permission to conduct bombing raids northern Mali over the weekend, reported by CNN and an Associated Press article posted on the NPR web site.
The Obama administration voiced support for the French action but national security spokesman Tommy Vietor sounded a cautious note in a statement to The Hill:
"We are monitoring the situation closely. "We have noted that the government of Mali has asked for support, and we share the French goal of denying terrorists a safe haven in the region," Vietor is quoted.
"We are monitoring the situation closely. "We have noted that the government of Mali has asked for support, and we share the French goal of denying terrorists a safe haven in the region," Vietor is quoted.
Let's look at some facts regarding this recent eruption of fresh conflict in Africa:
Friday, January 11, 2013
Let’s Train Educator-Security Guards for the Schools - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com
Let’s Train Educator-Security Guards for the Schools - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com
It seems as if anti-gun jack-in-box progressives in the Obama administration were waiting for a tragedy like Newtown to spring from hiding. A great deal of political positioning followed the massacre, and heated political rhetoric soon unleashed a groundswell of hysterical reaction.
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It seems as if anti-gun jack-in-box progressives in the Obama administration were waiting for a tragedy like Newtown to spring from hiding. A great deal of political positioning followed the massacre, and heated political rhetoric soon unleashed a groundswell of hysterical reaction.
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Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Factbox: Living in a Gangsta’s Paradise - Yahoo! News
Factbox: Living in a Gangsta’s Paradise - Yahoo! News
* HIPHOPWIRED acknowledges that, in gangland, it doesn't take too long to go from quick to dead as shown by Atlanta rapper Yung Teddy who tweeted "N****S WANNA SEE ME DEAD" just 2 1/2 hours before his corpse was found in the house where he lived.
* HIPHOPWIRED acknowledges that, in gangland, it doesn't take too long to go from quick to dead as shown by Atlanta rapper Yung Teddy who tweeted "N****S WANNA SEE ME DEAD" just 2 1/2 hours before his corpse was found in the house where he lived.
* The Columbian hip-hop artist known as "El Duke" conveyed an anti-violence message that may have got him killed and caused "60 musicians linked to him…to flee Medellin," according to the Christian Science Monitor.
* NBC reports that Detroit, once known as the "Murder Capital," broke through its old previous 40-year homicide rate in 2012 with the stabbing death of an 8-year-old girl and the shooting of a cab driver.
Friday, January 4, 2013
For Anti-Gun Crusading ‘The Journal News,’ Hypocrisy Accusation is Inescapable - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com
For Anti-Gun Crusading ‘The Journal News,’ Hypocrisy Accusation is Inescapable - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com
Publication of the gun owner database seems not to have a point other than to bolster the Gannett stock price (GCI).
Things I have heard about a "point" center on neighbors not allowing children to play in the homes of people permitted to own handguns. But far more powerful rifles, capable of penetrating walls and with a range measured in miles, are not on the list.
So much for the argument that the newspaper was protecting anyone
Publication of the gun owner database seems not to have a point other than to bolster the Gannett stock price (GCI).
Things I have heard about a "point" center on neighbors not allowing children to play in the homes of people permitted to own handguns. But far more powerful rifles, capable of penetrating walls and with a range measured in miles, are not on the list.
So much for the argument that the newspaper was protecting anyone
Factbox: Impact of Hurricane Sandy Roils Political and Economic Waters - Yahoo! News
If there's anything high-profile New York politicians have in common these days, it's outrage over the costs of Superstorm Sandy. Messrs. Schumer, Cuomo, King and others have levied blistering attacks on Congress for delaying a vote on the Sandy package. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie directed an ad hominem attack on House Speaker John Boehner, who confronted "fiscal cliff" issues while delaying the Sandy relief bill. The Congress today takes on the $9 billion FEMA replenishment part of the bill. On Jan. 15, it will take up an additional $51 billion package with contents largely unknown. Let's look at some facts:
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Gov. Chris Christie Got Off Subway at the Wrong Stop - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com
Gov. Chris Christie Got Off Subway at the Wrong Stop - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com
We're not in Kansas anymore. Neither are the people left homeless and about to be evicted from their FEMA-paid Super 8 housing in Brooklyn, reported in the New York Daily News.
We're not in Kansas anymore. Neither are the people left homeless and about to be evicted from their FEMA-paid Super 8 housing in Brooklyn, reported in the New York Daily News.
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