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JWR TODAY: Obama Default Mode: Blame Israel; Africa reacts to Obama's pro-gay rights foreign policy with ire; BILLIONS in wa$ted tax parer money; In GOP primaries, it's Newt vs. New(t); Pruden, May, Malkin, Krauthammer + MUCH more ---

JWR TODAY: Of steadfast faith and alternative strategies; Charen: Obama Default Mode: Blame Israel; Africa reacts to Obama's pro-gay rights foreign policy with ire; BILLIONS in wa$ted tax parer money; In GOP primaries, it's Newt vs. New(t); Pruden, May, Malkin, Krauthammer + MUCH more --- Weekend of December 9-11, 2011



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Of steadfast faith and alternative strategies 
By Rabbi Berel Wein

My critic thought my answer to be heretical. I thought that he was misrepresenting Torah values and wise living 



reality check
Obama Default Mode: Blame Israel 
By Mona Charen

The Muslim world is in turmoil, and so far, the results do not bode well for peace, democracy or development. But what worries the Obama administration? 



controversy!
Africa reacts to Obama's pro-gay rights foreign policy with ire 
By Mike Pflanz

Did they miss the multi-cultural memo that "gay" is the new "black"?
African (not American black) columnist predicts "significant diplomatic confrontation" between Washington and Africa's most populous country 



outrageous!
Tax payers now paying tens of billions in pricey pensions for 'dangerous' government jobs like dispatchers, coroners, and museum guards 
By Thomas Frank

Get ready to blow a gasket 



washington week
In GOP primaries, it's Newt vs. New(t) 
By Chuck Raasch

A fascinating subplot has developed in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.



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On this day in . . .

• 1793, New York City's first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, is established by Noah Webster
• 1835, the Republic of Texas captures San Antonio, Texas
• 1861, during theAmerican Civil War: The Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War is established by the U.S. Congress
• 1888, statistician Herman Hollerith installs his computing device at the United States War Department
• 1905, in France, the law separating church and state is passed
• 1917, in Palestine, Field Marshal Edmund Allenby captures Jerusalem
• 1946, the "Subsequent Nuremberg Trials" begin with the "Doctors' Trial", prosecuting doctors involved in human experimentation
• 1953, General Electric announces that all communist employees will be discharged from the company
• 1961, the trial of Nazi Adolf Eichmann, ym"sh, in Israel, ends with verdicts of guilty on 15 criminal charges, including charges of crimes against humanity, crimes against the Jewish people and membership of an outlawed organization
• 1979, the eradication of the smallpox virus is certified, making smallpox the first and to date only human disease driven to extinction
• 1987, the First Intifada begins in the Gaza Strip and West Bank
• 1990, Solidarity founder Lech Walesa won Poland's presidential runoff by a landslide
• 2000, the Supreme Court of the United States stays the sixth Florida recount
• 2001, the United States disclosed the existence of a videotape in which Osama bin Laden said he was pleasantly surprised by the extent of damage from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
• 2006, Discovery lighted up the sky in the first nighttime space shuttle launch in four years
• 2008, the Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, is arrested by federal officials for a number of alleged crimes including attempting to sell the United States Senate seat being vacated by President-elect Barack Obama's election to the Presidency
• 2010, in Britain's worst political violence in years, student protesters rained sticks and rocks on riot police, vandalized government buildings and attacked a car carrying Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, after lawmakers approved a controversial hike in university tuition fees. ALSO: Actor Wesley Snipes began serving a three-year sentence at a federal prison in Pennsylvania for failure to file income tax return 





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Argus Hamilton skewers politics and contemporary "culture" 
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Hillary Campaign Conspicuously Emerges (FEATURE)
TV Hits For Libs, Conservatives: Survey of TV preferences shows deep political divide(FEATURE)
Dan K. Thomasson: U.S. Postal Servuce may be beyond saving
Dale McFeatters: State Department Creates 'Virtual Embassy' For Iran
Dave Weinbaum: Doctor Feelgood and his dancing needles
Deroy Murdock: $687 billion is available to Congress free of strings
Suzanne Fields: Blaming the Victim Again
Heather Robinson: Syrian-American observer predicts Assad's ouster and voices concern for human rights
Jay Ambrose: A populist, envy-mongering fraud divisively exacerbating resentment among different groups of Americans
Clifford D. May: Buried Treasure: An all-of-the-above fuel policy could spur economic recovery and bolster national security
David Limbaugh: In Kansas, Obama Emulates Dorothy: 'Lions and Tigers and Capitalists! Oh, My!'
Linda Chavez: Obama Is No Teddy Roosevelt
Jonah Goldberg: Obama: Man on a mission
Rich Lowry: Blame the rich
Diana West: It's time to stop keeping secrets
Roger Simon: Who needs pants? Newt has passion
Michelle Malkin: Holder, Blago, Richardson: Triangle of Sleaze
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Daily Grind: How is Newt the anti-Romney?

Daily Grind: How is Newt the anti-Romney?



December 6th, 2011

How is Newt the anti-Romney?
Candidate is not the deeply philosophical historian, deeply rooted in a limited government philosophy that he plays on TV.

Team Obama Spotlight: Hillary Clinton
The Obama-Clinton State Department cozies up to dictators in Central and South America.

The Fall of Herman Cain:  A Conservative's Lament
The mainstream media would rather search the closets of Robert Bork, Clarence Thomas, Sarah Palin, and now Herman Cain for skeletons rather than it would examine the cozy relationship between the current administration and Solyndra.

Daily Caller: Critics say when Holder loses control, it's 'not good for the country' as 'people end up dying'
ALG President Bill Wilson blasts Attorney General Eric Holder over Operation Fast and Furious gun-walking scandal.
How is Newt the anti-Romney?

By Adam Bitely

Contrary to popular belief, Newt Gingrich is not a limited government supporter. If he is, please produce the record. For every action he has taken in the name of moving the country towards a more limited government, he has taken three actions against it.
Consider the following.

In 1993, Newt Gingrich supported health care mandates, similar to the ones imposed by ObamaCare. He supported such mandates as recently as 2008. Now, as a candidate for office who suddenly saw the light on how damaging such mandates could be, Newt has changed his tune and now opposes them.

On climate change, Newt has a similar story. He famously appeared with Nancy Pelosi in a 2008 television ad urging Americans to pressure government to take action on climate change. Now that he is trying to pass himself off as a limited government candidate, he opposes the government taking such action.

And on government sponsored enterprises (GSEs) like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, we learn that Newt was a proponent of bad housing policy, accepting $1.6 million from Freddie Mac to garner support from Republicans on Capitol Hill in an effort to get favorable policy for the company. Newt claims that he was not paid to be a lobbyist, but he has changed his story several times over the past week as to what exactly he was paid to do. And beyond that, Newt now claims he opposed the reckless nature of Freddie Mac and would, if elected President, work to undo policy that he had a hand in selling.

Get full story here.
Team Obama Spotlight: Hillary Clinton

Video by Frank McCaffrey



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The Fall of Herman Cain:  A Conservative's Lament

By David Bozeman

There is not much original left to say.  No, it is not fair that the media has taken out yet another charismatic conservative.  Yes, the media actively promoted its preferred candidate, Barack Obama, in 2008, with very little vetting and no concern over his dubious associations and radical worldview.

But I'm going to say it anyway.  The mainstream media would rather search the closets of Robert Bork, Clarence Thomas, Sarah Palin, and now Herman Cain for skeletons rather than it would examine the cozy relationship between the current administration and Solyndra. 

For every American who knows that Herman Cain gave money to a woman claiming to be his mistress, how many dozens don't know that the Democrats are today's true darlings of Wall Street, raking in over $15 million, far ahead of any of the GOP presidential contenders. 

To those who remark that Cain has no one to blame but himself, that he fumbled in response to the sexual misconduct allegations, just what is the correct method for mollifying a media hostile not only to conservatism but to its messengers?  And then there is this faux concern over his — gasp! — hesitation in responding to a question about Libya. 

You want to talk about verbal gaffes like"57 states," mispronouncing "corpsman", outright errors such as confusing Memorial Day and Veteran's Day and rambling sentences of incoherence when unaided by a teleprompter?  Look no further than our much-lauded 44th President.

Get full story here.
 
 ALG Editor's Note: In the following featured story from The Daily Caller's Matthew Boyle, ALG President Bill Wilson blasts Attorney General Eric Holder over Operation Fast and Furious gun-walking scandal:
 
Critics: When Holder loses control, it's 'not good for the country' as 'people end up dying'

By Matthew Boyle

Americans for Limited Government president Bill Wilson told The Daily Caller that Attorney General Eric Holder's loss of control on Tuesday is a sign that he's "got something to hide and he's scared."

Holder lost control of his demeanor on Tuesday at the White House when TheDC asked him to respond to the surge in calls for his resignation over Operation Fast and Furious. "You guys need to — you need to stop this," Holder said. "It's not an organic thing that's just happening. You guys are behind it."

Fast and Furious was a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives program, overseen by the Justice Department, which facilitated the sale of thousands of weapons to Mexican drug cartels via straw purchasers. Straw purchasers are people who can legally purchase guns in the United States but do so with the intention of illegally trafficking them into Mexico.

At least 300 people in Mexico were killed with Fast and Furious weapons, as was Border Patrol agent Brian Terry.

Since most of the facts have come out, 52 congressmen, two senators, three presidential candidates and two sitting governors have demanded that Holder resign immediately over the scandal.

Wilson said Holder's loss of self-control might indicate that's he's dangerously unstable, something that's not a positive quality for the nation's highest-ranking law enforcement official to exhibit publicly.

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Daily Grind: To print or not to print, that is the question



December 5th, 2011

To Print or Not to Print, That is the Question
Will printing more money solve Europe's debt crisis? The establishment thinks so.

Video: Top Republican in House Says No To IMF European Bailouts
Washington Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers is promoting legislation to keep our tax dollars from going to European bailouts.

Obama Administration Denies Federal Drug Price Controls are Killing Americans
Two hearings now have been held on the government induced prescription drug shortage in Congress with more planned. 

Durban due diligence
The COP-17 United Nations world environment and climate conference is now being held until Dec. 9 in Durban, South Africa.
To Print or Not to Print, That is the Question

By Bill Wilson

The global financial elite have finally taken off their masks and just flat out told the world that the solution to Europe's debt woes is too simply turn on the European Central Bank's (ECB) printing press to refinance the debts of Greece, Italy, and other sovereigns.  The Lisbon Treaty's prohibition on doing so be damned.

In a Dec. 1 column, UK Telegraph writer Ambrose Evans-Pritchard boldly declared in his headline, "You are all wrong, printing money can halt Europe's crisis". Rarely is the establishment this brazen.

He has inadvertently admitted to a practice that classical economist Adam Smith called a "pretended payment" in the Wealth of Nations, adding that "The honour of a state is surely very poorly provided for, when, in order to cover the disgrace of a real bankruptcy, it has recourse to a juggling trick of this kind, so easily seen through, and at the same time so extremely pernicious."

Evans-Pritchard apparently has no problems with pretending to pay, however.  He explained, "This crisis can be stopped very easily by monetary policy," and called the provisions of the Lisbon Treaty a "fundamental design-flaw of monetary union."

Never mind that the no-bailout clause of the treaty was included because it likely never would have been adopted without it.  It was even included practically verbatim from the first Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe that failed to be adopted in 2005.  There clearly was a consensus at the time that a bailout prohibition remain included — to prevent exactly the situation that Europe today faces.

Get full story here.
Top Republican in House Says No To IMF European Bailouts

Video by Frank McCaffrey



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Obama Administration Denies Federal Drug Price Controls are Killing Americans

By John Vinci

While Americans are dying because of a drug shortage problem serious enough to call a national emergency, the Obama Administration is denying that Medicare price controls are the cause.

Two hearings now have been held on the government induced prescription drug shortage in the House and another has been requested by ranking members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.  The Senate will hold a hearing of its own on Wednesday.

In a nation as prosperous as our own — how can we have such drug shortages?  That was the question the minds of congressmen in a hearing on Nov. 30, 2011 before the House Oversight and Government Reform's Subcommittee on Health.

Four out of the five expert witnesses before the Subcommittee agreed that a Medicare price control policy has disincentivized the production of certain drugs and is at least part of the reason we now have the drug shortages that are killing Americans.

The Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 introduced the "average sales price" repayment method for certain drugs.  Instead of paying drug manufacturers based on the "wholesale acquisition cost," Medicare pays based on the average price of the medication six months ago plus six percent.  So, if the costs of producing the medicines increases more than 6 percent in six months, the manufacturer will have to take a loss.

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Durban due diligence

By Kelvin Kemm

From my vantage point here in South Africa, I could hardly miss the major build-up to the COP-17 United Nations world environment and climate conference, which is being held Nov. 28 to Dec. 9 in Durban, where I went to school and university.

For weeks international news broadcasts spoke of "the road to Durban," and people of all ranks made daily comments concerning issues to be addressed at COP-17. Conference organizers announced that bottled water would be limited, or even prohibited, because making, shipping and disposing of plastic bottles was not environmentally sound – and in any event Durban tap water is so good that anyone can safely drink water out of any tap, whether in a hotel room, restaurant or back yard garden hose. I agree with both points; Durban municipal water is excellent everywhere.

Other images also drifted through my mind, such as those of legendary scientist and philosopher Galileo, who dared to announce that it was not the sun that orbited the earth, but the planets, including the earth, which orbited the sun. The ruling establishment of the day jumped on Galileo, threatening him with dire consequences if he did not toe the politically correct line and recant his claims. He did so to avoid burning at the stake but was placed under house arrest anyway, to ensure that he did not spread his views, and his book was banned.

Many years later, during the French Revolution, baying mobs in Paris streets were ready to chop the heads off anyone perceived not to be part of the New World Order. Even scientist Antoine Lavoisier, the discoverer of oxygen and hydrogen, was one of many unfortunate people who lost their heads to French guillotines.

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Reuters Morning Digest: UK isolated as Europe agrees on new fiscal union

Reuters Morning Digest: UK isolated as Europe agrees on new fiscal union

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UK isolated as Europe agrees on new fiscal union
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe divided on Friday in a historic rift over building a fiscal union to preserve the euro, with a large majority of countries led by Germany and France agreeing to move ahead with a separate treaty, leaving Britain isolated. | Full Article
Hospital fire kills at least 73 in eastern India
December 09, 2011 05:28 AM ET
KOLKATA, India (Reuters) - A fire ripped through a seven-storey hospital in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata before dawn on Friday, killing at least 73 people, most of them patients who were asleep when the blaze started. | Full Article
Futures signal gains for equities
December 09, 2011 05:01 AM ET
(Reuters) - Stock index futures pointed to a slightly higher open for equities on Wall Street on Friday, with futures for the S&P 500, for the Dow Jones and for the Nasdaq 100 up 0.1 to 0.4 percent. | Full Article
Graphic novel app brings Dickensian London to life
December 08, 2011 10:05 PM ET
LONDON (Reuters) - Stroll the grimy backstreets of Dickensian London and experience for yourself the sights and sounds which inspired one of the greatest writers in English literature. | Full Article
"Bullet-proof" evidence of past water found on Mars
December 08, 2011 08:13 PM ET
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A NASA rover scouting for signs of past water on Mars has found the strongest evidence yet -- a vein of gypsum, a mineral deposited by water, protruding from an ancient rock. | Full Article
Steelers limp past Browns to lead AFC North
December 09, 2011 03:43 AM ET
(Reuters) - Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger battled through the pain of an injured ankle to connect with Antonio Brown for a late touchdown and seal a 14-3 win over divisional rivals Cleveland on Thursday. | Full Article
Jay-Z to headline Carnegie Hall hip-hop concerts
December 08, 2011 06:39 PM ET
(Reuters) - Jay-Z will headline the first ever hip-hop focused series of performances at New York's Carnegie Hall in February 2012, with all proceeds benefiting children's education charities. | Full Article
Forget the Christmas parties, employees want cash
December 07, 2011 11:11 AM ET
(Reuters) - Companies planning to spend thousands of dollars for staff Christmas parties, even with open bars, shouldn't bother because most U.S. employees would prefer money. | Full Article


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Gazette.Net - Sarah Breitenbach: Legislators look to move ethics disclosures online

Legislators look to move ethics disclosures online

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Transparency, campaign finance issues will take more time, committee work

By Sarah Breitenbach, Staff Writer

Friday, December 09, 2011

http://www.gazette.net/article/20111209/NEWS/712099599/1034/legislators-look-to-move-ethics-disclosures-online&template=gazette

…Joseph M. Getty (R-Dist. 5) of Manchester, who sits on the ethics and transparency committee, said he doesn't think much will come from the committee before...

The 2012 legislative session could bring a change in public access to documents that detail the occupational and financial interests of lawmakers.
A proposal previously supported by Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. (D-Dist. 27) of Chesapeake Beach, and spurred by the corruption trial of Sen. Ulysses S. Currie, could lead lawmakers to consider putting their ethical disclosure forms online in the upcoming legislative session… http://www.gazette.net/article/20111209/NEWS/712099599/1034/legislators-look-to-move-ethics-disclosures-online&template=gazette

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Chicago CBS: Rod Blagojevich Sentenced To 14 Years In Prison

Rod Blagojevich Sentenced To 14 Years In Prison

December 7, 2011 12:00 PM

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CHICAGO (CBS) – Ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich was sentenced to 14 years in prison on Wednesday, after apologizing for making “terrible mistakes,” capping a nearly three-year saga for Illinois.

The sentence is the longest ever handed down to a convicted Illinois governor and one of the longest for any political corruption case in state history.

“His abuse of the office of governor is more damaging than the abuse of any other office in the United States except president,” U.S. District Judge James Zagel said in announcing Blagojevich’s sentence for 18 corruption charges, including his attempt to sell or trade an appointment to the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President Barack Obama…

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