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Georgia eligibility challenge returns ! [The issue won't go away]
An administrative law judge in Georgia who held hearings on citizens’ complaints that Barack Obama isn’t eligible to be president and so shouldn’t be on the 2012 presidential ballot in the state failed to follow U.S. Supreme Court precedent, according to one of the attorneys representing clients bringing the complaints. Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp today adopted without elaboration the recommendation from Judge Michael Malihi, who concluded without evidence from Obama that he was born in Hawaii, which makes him native born, which is the same as the “natural born” required by the Constitution of presidents. Appeals of the...
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Strike protesters burn German flag
Hundreds of protesters chanting "Nazis Out!" clashed with police outside parliament during a general strike rally against austerity. Police used pepper spray against the protesters, who burned a German flag, during a brief flare-up of violence at the rally which was joined by some 25,000 people despite the heavy rainfall. The generally peaceful rally, organized separately by general and communist trade unions, was called against widely reported plans by the government to slash the minimum wage and impose other drastic cuts. Unions and employers have already rejected calls to cut the minimum wage, currently at 751euros per month, arguing that...
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Greek crisis deepens as austerity talks falter
Greek prime minister Lucas Papademos was struggling to maintain international credibility on Tuesday night, after missing a third deadline in a week to deliver an austerity agreement needed to release a €130bn (£108bn) bail-out package for his country and avert a debt default. However, international patience with Greece is fast running out. This situation was exacerbated by the decision to postpone by one day a meeting due to start on Tuesday night, for the country's political leaders to approve a "final draft document" on austerity measures. Although a raft of measures have been agreed, members of the three main parties...
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RUSH: SANTORUM IS SNEAKING UP
Santorum is Sneaking Up February 07, 2012 BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: Beth in Boulder, Colorado. I'm glad you waited. Great to have you on the EIB Network. Hi. CALLER: Thank you, Rush. I appreciate you taking my call. RUSH: You bet. CALLER: I'm calling today from Boulder because I love freedom, and we're having our caucuses in Colorado today. This weekend I've been listening to the debates, and I wanted to actually see some of the candidates and hear them before I made my decision. I went to the Santorum speech that he gave up in Loveland on Saturday. And...
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Catholic Caucus: Daily Mass Readings, 02-08-12, Opt Mem, St. Jerome Emiliani, St. Josephine Bakhita
February 8, 2012 Wednesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Reading 1 1 Kgs 10:1-10 The queen of Sheba, having heard of Solomon's fame,came to test him with subtle questions.She arrived in Jerusalem with a very numerous retinue,and with camels bearing spices,a large amount of gold, and precious stones.She came to Solomon and questioned him on every subjectin which she was interested.King Solomon explained everything she asked about,and there remained nothing hidden from himthat he could not explain to her. When the queen of Sheba witnessed Solomon's great wisdom,the palace he had built, the food at his table,the...
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Ninth Circuit's Prop 8 Ruling Could be Obama's Worst Nightmare
Today, the 9th Circuit upheld the absurd ruling of Judge Vaughn Walker of the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California, striking down Proposition 8, the voter-approved constitutional amendment that would uphold traditional marriage in the state. The ruling itself was highly political and in no way legally oriented. “Proposition 8 serves no purpose, and has no effect, other than to lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians,” wrote the Court, “and to officially reclassify their relationships and families as inferior… the Constitution simply does not allow for ‘laws of this sort.’” -snip-President Obama has...
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Cuban blogger riles with her weapon of words [Only 2% of Cubans have internet access]
Yoani Sánchez is Cuba’s best-known blogger and, for many outside the island, also its opposition’s most important voice. She is also, however, a philologist whose refusal to mangle the Spanish language is matched only by her love of 140-character tweets. Resolving that contradiction is one of the lesser challenges Ms Sánchez faces as an internet-based activist in a country that, by some metrics, has less internet connectivity than even Haiti. “I try to tweet with the brevity and elegance of classical Spanish, while only using whole words,” she jokes of herself on a recent evening in Havana. Such humour is...
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Romney Finding Support Where Women Hold Sway
GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo.—Local Republican activists Debbie Brown and Lynne Cottrell share a similar story. After backing other Republican presidential candidates over the past several months, they have now swung over to Mitt Romney. Their rationale, on the eve of the Colorado caucuses, may bode well for the former Massachusetts governor, not just now, but also if he faces off in a general election against President Barack Obama. It boils down to this: Mr. Romney's mildness, seen as a demerit by many conservatives, is a plus for him in swing areas such as voter-rich Arapahoe County, a bellwether for this key...
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Physicists 'record' magnetic breakthrough
An international team of scientists has demonstrated a revolutionary new way of magnetic recording which will allow information to be processed hundreds of times faster than by current hard drive technology. The researchers found they could record information using only heat - a previously unimaginable scenario. They believe this discovery will not only make future magnetic recording devices faster, but more energy-efficient too. The results of the research, which was led by the University of York's Department of Physics, are reported in the February edition of Nature Communications. York physicist Thomas Ostler said: "Instead of using a magnetic field to...
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Tonight's Santorum's Speach.
I missed Santorums speach tonight does someone have a link?
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Tonight's Santorum's Speach.
I missed Santorums speach tonight does someone have a link?
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Tonight's Santorum's Speach.
I missed Santorums speach tonight does someone have a link?
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Romney says he still expects to be GOP nominee
Mitt Romney says it's been a good night for Rick Santorum, but that he still expects to become the Republican nominee for president. After losses to Santorum in Missouri's non-binding primary and the Minnesota caucuses -- where he is in third place -- Romney is congratulating the former Pennsylvania senator but continuing to focus on President Barack Obama. Despite Tuesday's setbacks, Romney says he is ready to lead the Republican Party and is happy to compare his record on leadership to Obama's.
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Santorum Delivers a GOP Stunner [Shoe-String Budget: Clean Sweep: Hat-Trick: Wins MN; MO, and CO!]
Santorum Delivers a GOP Stunner Former Senator Wins in Minnesota, Missouri; Romney Campaign Plays Down Nonbinding Contests By NEIL KING JR. And DANNY YADRON DENVER—Rick Santorum jolted the Republican presidential race Tuesday by winning nominating contests in Missouri and Minnesota, puncturing Mitt Romney's claim to be the unstoppable front-runner. Mr. Santorum, a former Pennsylvania senator, was running neck and neck with Mr. Romney in preliminary returns from Colorado, a state Mr. Romney won by a wide margin in 2008. With about 70% of the Colorado vote counted, Mr. Santorum had 38%, to 36% for Mr. Romney. Four years ago, Mr....
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Flashback Audio: Obama In 2004 Attacks Bush For “Three Dismal Years of Job Losses”…
Sounds more like 2004 Obama campaigning against 2012 Obama.
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