http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/news-forum/ en-us Thu, 31 May 2012 12:38:57 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fr/~3/9o3VPEdEgfw/posts Dan Rather: Most Journalists Aren't Liberal - 'This Is a Sham' By Noel Sheppard Created 05/31/2012 - 1:17am Dan Rather told Jon Stewart Wednesday evening that most journalists aren't liberal. Although one would think the disgraced former CBS Evening News anchor fired for presenting forged documents about President George W. Bush months before the 2004 elections was kidding given the venue being Comedy Central's Daily Show, Rather was actually serious (video follows with transcript and commentary): JON STEWART, HOST: This idea of liberal bias and the idea, you know, in your experience, haven't most journalists, haven't their politics been somewhat... Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2889820/posts#comment Thu, 31 May 2012 12:38:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2889820/posts http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fr/~3/hRSJhOumRSQ/posts The American Civil Liberties Union has asked the Minnesota Supreme Court to keep off the Nov. 6 ballot a proposed constitutional amendment that would require voters to show a photo ID. The ACLU petition, filed Wednesday, May 30, argues that the ballot question is misleading and fails to inform voters of changes in election law that could undermine their right to vote. "The question is misleading and false," said Charles Samuelson, ACLU Minnesota's executive director. The question asks voters whether the state constitution should be amended to "require all voters to present valid photo identification to vote." pioneer press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2889819/posts#comment Thu, 31 May 2012 12:37:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2889819/posts http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fr/~3/SvpSFpICYLI/posts Public-employee unions in Wisconsin have experienced a dramatic drop in membership -- by more than half for the second-biggest union -- since a law championed by Republican Gov. Scott Walker sharply curtailed their ability to bargain over wages and working conditions. Now with Mr. Walker facing a recall vote Tuesday, voters will decide whether his policies in the centrist state should continue -- or whether they have gone too far. The election could mark a pivot point for organized labor. Mr. Walker's ouster would derail the political career of a rising Republican star and send a warning to other elected... Wall Street Journal via Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2889818/posts#comment Thu, 31 May 2012 12:36:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2889818/posts http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fr/~3/vaHpa27wmWc/posts Developing. Analysts expect to see 370K weekly claims. That would exactly be in line with last week's 370K. The number is one of the best high-frequency predictors of the economy and the market, so this is big. If this stays tame, it will do a lot to assure that things aren't deteriorating too badly. UPDATE: The number is 383K, a miss from an upwardly revised. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2889817/posts#comment Thu, 31 May 2012 12:35:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2889817/posts http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fr/~3/hSEEBMUzmuM/posts [snip] If it's wrong for FNC to campaign against Obama, how about MSNBC launching a "Get Out The Vote" effort against Scott Walker in the Wisconsin recall election? Have a look at the video clip here of an MSNBC "Lean Forward" promo for Ed Schultz's show. After Schultz declares that the Wisconsin recall hinges on "who gets their people out," the screen flashes "Get Out The Vote!" Schultz seeks to recruit his viewers in the effort, the graphic asking them to "share your photos" at Schultz's Facebook page. There's no doubt who Schultz is seeking to get out the vote... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2889816/posts#comment Thu, 31 May 2012 12:35:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2889816/posts http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fr/~3/GMk1wnfX7Bg/posts "Fox & Friends" aired a nearly-four-minute video about President Barack Obama on Wednesday, drawing the ire of critics who say it looked, felt and sounded like a political attack ad. "We decided to take a look back at the president's first term to see if it lived up to hope and change," co-host Gretchen Carlson said while introducing the video. The video, produced by Fox News associate producer Chris White, attacks Obama's record on job creation and the unemployment rate--and includes a dramatic, "Star Wars"-esque soundtrack. It aired twice on Wednesday's show. Yahoo! News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2889815/posts#comment Thu, 31 May 2012 12:27:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2889815/posts http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fr/~3/DnWuqW6JYuE/posts The Bulls Aren't Laughing Anymore, The Stock Market Will Collapse And All Hope Will Be Lost Joe Weisenthal May 31, 2012, 5:54 AM In his latest note, SocGen's famously bearish Albert Edwards looks around at interest rates falling all over the place and Europe in chaos, and gives himself a good chest-beating, while mocking the equity bulls for yapping about how cheap stocks are. He's clearly feeling pretty good about the way things are turning out, writing: "For 15 years we were told the West is nothing like Japan. We agree. It is worse! " The whole thing is really... TBI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2889814/posts#comment Thu, 31 May 2012 12:27:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2889814/posts http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fr/~3/Cl1CBC851ZE/posts The leader of the government regularly sits down with his senior generals and spies and advisers and reviews a list of the people they want him to authorize their agents to kill. They do this every Tuesday morning when the leader is in town. The leader once condemned any practice even close to this, but now relishes the killing because he has convinced himself that it is a sane and sterile way to keep his country safe and himself in power. The leader, who is running for re-election, even invited his campaign manager to join the group that decides whom... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2889813/posts#comment Thu, 31 May 2012 12:26:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2889813/posts http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fr/~3/RkcQqctiL4s/posts State lawmakers are contemplating a bill to ensure the Democratic National Convention doesn't run dry this September. WRAL http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2889812/posts#comment Thu, 31 May 2012 12:23:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2889812/posts http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fr/~3/gc8gEu0tQfs/posts Kidnappers demanding release of fellow tribesman arrested in a drug case; US, Egypt authorities coordinating response. Armed Beduin tribesmen kidnapped two American tourists in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, Egyptian police said on Thursday. The perpetrators are demanding the release of a fellow tribesman recently arrested in a drug case. The Palestinian Ma'an news agency identified the tourist as Jonathan Shizarlasky and Carter Brabon, both of whom are 31 years old. They were seized while driving near the resort of Dahab. "There are negotiations now between the security forces and the armed gunmen to release the tourists," a police source said, adding... Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2889811/posts#comment Thu, 31 May 2012 12:21:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2889811/posts http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fr/~3/qK_dkqSsmKY/posts Contractors Union denounce UN Children’s Fund for taking Israeli offers in bid for construction work in Gaza. The Palestinians are threatening to boycott the United Nations Children’s Fund after the agency decided to accept offers from Israeli firms to bid for construction work in the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian Contractors Union denounced UNICEF and warned Palestinians against cooperating with Israeli firms. Related: • Swiss supermarket to label WB, e. J'lem products The head of the union, Osama Kahil, said he received complaints from Palestinian contractors who told him that Israeli firms had asked for their cooperation in carrying out construction... Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2889808/posts#comment Thu, 31 May 2012 12:20:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2889808/posts http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fr/~3/kONmbxT4axI/posts (Rocco Luka Magnotta, 29, is a suspect in the discovery of a man's torso in Montreal.) (CNN) -- The search continued Thursday for a gay porn actor suspected of dismembering his acquaintance, posting the video of the incident online and mailing the severed limbs to different locations in Ottawa, including to a political party's headquarters, according to a source with direct knowledge of the investigation. Authorities are searching for Luka Rocco Magnotta, 29, who they allege is responsible for a human torso discovered in Montreal, thought to be linked to a human hand and foot that were separately mailed from... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2889805/posts#comment Thu, 31 May 2012 12:11:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2889805/posts http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fr/~3/amQDQAWXzHI/posts Washington, DC --(Ammoland.com)- Don’t mess with Texas! The Lone Star State is on the verge of electing a U.S. senator who may be as bright, conservative, and effective as any senator in memory. And, were this not enough, Texas may be about to elect a House member who will send House do-nothings scurrying for the exits. The ground-breaking Senate candidate is Ted Cruz, who, last night, forced Texas Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst into a runoff. Dewhurst fell a few percent short of the votes needed to avoid the runoff. The Cruz-Dewhurst mid-summer runoff election on July 31 – coming at... Ammoland http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2889804/posts#comment Thu, 31 May 2012 12:10:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2889804/posts http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fr/~3/Uv_QHIvVQls/posts A Texas company and a field operations supervisor stand accused of conspiring to harbor and transport Mexican workers living in Williamsport but not permitted to live or work in the U.S., employing them as part of a team doing seismic and surface mapping surveys for the oil and gas industry. GPX, a seismic surveying company based in Sealy, Texas, and its field operations supervisor, Douglas C. Wiggill, 42, of Fort Worth, Texas, are named in a grand jury indictment charging the company and Wiggill with harboring and transporting illegal aliens and conspiracy to commit those offenses, according to U.S. Attorney... Williamsport Sun-Gazette (PA) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2889802/posts#comment Thu, 31 May 2012 12:07:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2889802/posts http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fr/~3/7XVgorJqHuU/posts "Axelrod is endeavoring not to panic." So reads a sentence in John Heilemann's exhaustive article on Barack Obama's campaign in this week's New York magazine. Heilemann is a fine reporter and was co-author with Time's Mark Halperin of a best-selling book on the 2008 presidential campaign. While his sympathies are undoubtedly with Obama, he does a fine job of summarizing the arguments and tactics of both sides. And he's capable of directing snark at both candidates. Samples: Romney "seems to suffer a hybrid of affluenza and Tourette's." "A cynic might say that the liberation Obama feels is the freedom from,... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2889801/posts#comment Thu, 31 May 2012 12:06:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2889801/posts http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fr/~3/3lA_TkfzaTs/posts Struggling to find the right bras for you? This website could help you out. Shopping for bras online is tough, especially when you don't wear the proper bra size, and you're not sure what types work best for you. Today a new website called True & Co launched a service that promises to make buying underwear on the web a lot easier. It even had us wondering: "Is this the future of online (bra) shopping?" [...] Yahoo Technology http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2889800/posts#comment Thu, 31 May 2012 12:06:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2889800/posts http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fr/~3/XF_V9eOKK2o/posts PARIS - France's finance minister personally asked the former head of Air France-KLM to return a €400,000 ($497,520) payout on Thursday, as the country's new Socialist government tries to rein in executive pay. Pierrre Moscovici said on France Inter radio that the money, paid as compensation for a non-compete clause in the executive's contract, "doesn't go in the direction of decency." The French government, which holds a 15.9 per cent stake in the Franco-Dutch carrier, will vote against the payment at a shareholder's meeting later in the day. That vote is considered only a technicality and the payment has already... The Canadian Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2889799/posts#comment Thu, 31 May 2012 12:05:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2889799/posts http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fr/~3/2Fs1KC89G0s/posts The ghosts of dead presidents will be coming soon to Houston movie theaters. The appearance of former presidents John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan before summer blockbusters comes courtesy of a new campaign by the American Clean Skies Foundation, a natural gas advocacy group. In ads running in Landmark Theaters in Houston, New York City, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., the group uses old footage of the presidents giving historic speeches at pivotal moments to highlight President Barack Obama’s decision to tout a 100-year supply of natural gas during his 2012 State of... Fuel Fix http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2889798/posts#comment Thu, 31 May 2012 12:04:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2889798/posts http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fr/~3/9T5CulA_D_A/posts Four armed men stormed the Gold N Treasures jewelry store on San Ramon Valley Boulevard on Wednesday afternoon looking to rob the suburban mom-and-pop shop, but were foiled after one of them was fatally shot during the attempt -- possibly by an employee or the store owner. San Ramon police confirmed that the suspect died Wednesday night. Mortally wounded, the man ran into busy San Ramon Valley Boulevard seeking help as the evening commute was under way. Paramedics at the scene ripped the wounded man's bloody clothing from his body and took him to a hospital, where he succumbed to... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2889797/posts#comment Thu, 31 May 2012 12:02:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2889797/posts http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fr/~3/1xKFx1pu5LI/posts In another blow to Obama’s reelection bid, consumer confidence, which has been low throughout Obama’s presidency, stumbled badly last month after economists initially predicted confidence would go up. The number indicates that the onslaught of people and politicians abandoning the S.S. Obama continues unabated. In recent weeks, allies of Obama have defected from his campaign message if not from his person. Forget about polls numbers for a moment. Consumer confidence is the number that tells you what is really behind the defections.     "Consumer Confidence fell in May,” said Lynn Franco, Director of Economic Indicators at The Conference Board, “following a... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2889796/posts#comment Thu, 31 May 2012 11:54:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2889796/posts http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fr/~3/UicfZec8ZwE/posts How ironic it will be if Catholic voters, about 27% of the electorate, put the first Mormon in the White House some 50 years after John F. Kennedy became the first Catholic president. More telling, though, about the current state of the American mind will be the fact that after more than a thousand days and events in Barack Obama's presidency, the reason for this result will be an unexpected reaffirmation of an American principle older than the country's first presidential election: the free exercise of religion. Also telling about the current American mind is that the Democratic progressives who... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2889795/posts#comment Thu, 31 May 2012 11:51:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2889795/posts http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fr/~3/kSDcbjXVyyM/posts HOUSTON (FOX 26) - A 26-year-old woman went to work but never got to go home. Tyrza Smith was the victim of a robbery that became a shootout inside the Family Dollar at 6951 Bellfort just west of Telephone Road in southeast Houston. Smith, an assistant manager, was someone's wife, daughter and sister. Police aren't sure if she was shot by the robbers or a customer who had a license to carry. The shooting has longtime customers grappling with grief. "Last night, I was about to come here, but something was telling me not to come so I didn't come,"... myfoxhouston.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2889794/posts#comment Thu, 31 May 2012 11:48:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2889794/posts http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fr/~3/N7OrbvT3dfA/posts SOMERVILLE (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) - Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren received a boost on Wednesday from none other than Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick. Gov. Patrick, Warren, and grassroots supporters met on Wednesday at her campaign headquarters in Somerville just days before Democrats head to Springfield for the party's nominating convention. Warren has endured a rough few weeks following controversy regarding her Native American ancestry. At the event, Gov. Patrick stepped in and responded to a question about Warren's ancestry from FOX 25's Sharman Sacchetti. In part, Gov. Patrick replied, "On behalf of the people of the Commonwealth, we... FOX 25 Boston http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2889793/posts#comment Thu, 31 May 2012 11:47:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2889793/posts http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fr/~3/ZNFDEBgIUAk/posts HOUSTON (FOX 26) - Houston Police confirm it was a customer with a concealed handgun license who accidentally shot and killed a store clerk. The CHL holder was trying to protect Tyrza Smith, 26, from armed robbers, but something went terribly wrong and she was killed. It happened on May 17 at the Family Dollar located at 6951 Bellfort in southeast Houston. Police say Dwight Richardson, 20, and another man who hasn't been arrested are accused of bursting into the store, locking the front door and holding a gun to the clerk's head. "They come in, they got guns out... myfoxhouston.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2889792/posts#comment Thu, 31 May 2012 11:43:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2889792/posts http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fr/~3/Se3vAdMshvc/posts Once upon a time, analysts, pundits and historians explored the relationship between a given subject and his father. We do so for possible insight into the subject's values, character, decision-making process, biases, interests, fears, etc. You know -- acorn, tree. But the standard intellectual inquiry, for some reason, does not apply to the long, intimate relationship between Barack Obama and the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, who called himself a "second father" to young Barack. Sen. Obama described his 20-year relationship with his pastor this way: "What I value most about Pastor Wright is not his day-to-day political advice. He's much more... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2889791/posts#comment Thu, 31 May 2012 11:40:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2889791/posts