Dozens in Congress under ethics inquiry

"House ethics investigators have been scrutinizing the activities of more than 30 lawmakers and several aides in inquiries about issues including defense lobbying and corporate influence peddling, according to a confidential House ethics committee report prepared in July."

New Brighton wife tried to kill husband over Muslim principles, cops allege | Staten Island North Shore - - SILive.com

"STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A 37-year-old wife from New Brighton tried to slit her husband’s throat as he slept because he was not the devout Muslim she believed she married, and pressured her to eat pork and drink alcohol, authorities allege."

Hate crimes law - ungodly, unconstitutional, unnecessary (OneNewsNow.com)

"Marcavage offers three reasons why he opposes the new law. He says it is ungodly because it 'seeks to shut down the gospel of Jesus Christ'; unconstitutional because it violates the equal protection guarantee of the 14th Amendment; and also unnecessary because there are already laws on the books that punish violent crimes."

Larry David Blasted for 'Curb' Episode Where He Urinates on Jesus Painting - FOXNews.com

"David urinates on a painting of Jesus Christ, causing a woman to believe the painting depicts Jesus crying.

Deal Hudson, author and publisher of InsideCatholic.com, said he doesn't find any humor in the episode.

'I don't think it's funny,' Hudson told Foxnews.com. 'Why is it that people are allowed to publicly show that level of disrespect for Christian symbols? If the same thing was done to a symbol of any other religions -- Jewish or Muslim -- there'd be a huge outcry. It's simply not a level playing field.'"

CNSNews.com - When Asked Where the Constitution Authorizes Congress to Order Americans To Buy Health Insurance, Pelosi Says: 'Are You Serious?'

"CNSNews.com: “Madam Speaker, where specifically does the Constitution grant Congress the authority to enact an individual health insurance mandate?”

Pelosi: “Are you serious? Are you serious?”

CNSNews.com: “Yes, yes I am.”

Pelosi then shook her head before taking a question from another reporter. Her press spokesman, Nadeam Elshami, then told CNSNews.com that asking the speaker of the House where the Constitution authorized Congress to mandated that individual Americans buy health insurance as not a 'serious question.'

“You can put this on the record,” said Elshami. “That is not a serious question. That is not a serious question.”"

Turkey seeks restoration of Ottoman Empire

"As Turkey increasingly show signs of uninterest in joining the European Union, Ankara is looking to regain its historic ties in Central Asia with the idea of resurrecting the grandeur of the Ottoman Empire, according to a report from Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin.

Regional analysts say Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Recep Erdogan seeks to re-establish Turkey's historical influence in the Turkic countries of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan by perpetuating a peacekeeping role."

White House: Policy 'czars' won't testify - Washington Times

"he debate goes to the heart of weighty constitutional issues about separation of powers. The president argues that he should be allowed to have advisers who are free to give him confidential advice without having to fear being called to testify about it. Democrats and Republicans in Congress, though, argue that those in office who actually craft policy should be able to be summoned to testify because they do more than just give the president advice.

At issue are the 18 positions Miss Collins says Mr. Obama has created since he took office. Of those, she says 10 - the White House says eight - are in the executive office and not subject to Freedom of Information Act requests or requests for testimony."

FCC moves on Net neutrality rules - Washington Times

"'The heart of the problem is that, taken together, we face the dangerous combination of an uncertain legal framework with ongoing as well as emerging challenges to a free and open Internet,' Mr. Genachowski said.

He added that failing to consider new regulations 'would be gambling with the most important technological innovation of our time.'"

The Associated Press: Ex-FBI director Freeh granted Italian citizenship

"WASHINGTON — Louis Freeh, the former head of the FBI, is now an Italian citizen."

Sotomayor Says White House Even Picked Out Her Clothes | NBC Connecticut

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor's nomination process was so controlled that the White House even approved her clothes, she told Yalies when she appeared at her 30th Yale Law School reunion on Saturday.

Sotomayor described her grueling nomination process privately when she spoke to 1,800 alumni, students and faculty, the New Haven Register reports.

State Sen. Ed Meyer attended the event and said Sotomayor became teary at times, but kept the crowd laughing.

The Yale Law School grad talked about shopping for clothes to wear to her acceptance ceremony, but government officials took over the fashion decisions. They told her to bring five suits and then recommended which one she should wear, Meyer said."

Mika: With One Exception, Every CBS Reporter, Director, Anchor A Liberal | NewsBusters.org

"Give Mika Brzezinski credit for candor. She has stated that during her 10 years at CBS, every reporter, producer and anchor she knew, with one exception, was a liberal."

Obama aide fires back at Beck over Mao remarks - CNN.com

"Millions of Chinese suffered or died, most notably teachers, writers, political opponents or anyone deemed a 'reactionary.'"

What Hitler Knew

"Here are two official slogans or mottos. As I rehearse them for you, ask yourself where these originated.

* “Politics do not belong in the church.”

* “The church must be separate from the state.”

These mottos did not come from the ACLU, nor from Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, nor from the Freedom from Religion Foundation.

No, these slogans, word for word, came directly from the mind of Adolph Hitler.

These were official slogans of the Nazi Party, adopted in the mid-1930s and relentlessly hammered into the minds of the compliant German population by the Nazi propaganda machine."

Israeli Nobel Winners Omitted in British Media Report - Jewish World - Israel News - Israel National News

"(IsraelNN.com) An article in a London-based news service about U.S. President Barack Obama’s winning the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize omitted the names of Israeli winners in its listing of “every peace prize winner ever” since the award’s inception in 1909.

All of Israel's prize winners - Menachem Begin, Yizhak Rabin and Shimon Peres - were omitted from the report published in The Guardian, and also on its website."

How 'social justice' leads to mass murder

"Michel Oksenberg, President Carter's China expert, complained that 'America (is) doomed to decay until radical, even revolutionary, change fundamentally alters the institutions and values,' and urged us to 'borrow ideas and solutions' from China.

Even Harvard's late professor John K. Fairbank, by no means the worst tyrant worshipper, believed that America could learn much from the Cultural Revolution, saying, 'Americans may find in China's collective life today an ingredient of personal moral concern for one's neighbor that has a lesson for us all.' Keep in mind that estimates of the number of Chinese deaths during China's Cultural Revolution range from 2 to 7 million people. Mao Zedong was admired by many academics and leftists across our country. Just think back to the campus demonstrations of the '60s and '70s when campus radicals, often accompanied by their professors, marched around singing the praises of Mao and waving Mao's little red book, 'Quotations from Chairman Mao Zedong.' Forty years later some of these campus radicals are tenured professors and administrators at today's universities and colleges, as well as schoolteachers and principals indoctrinating our youth."

Guess who's now banned from Capitol Xmas tree!

"The U.S. Forest Service has banned the name of Jesus from decorations being assembled by children in Arizona for a blue spruce from the state that will become the Capitol Christmas Tree this year, and a legal firm is challenging the censorship.

'Banning Christmas from the Capitol Christmas tree is just absurd. Christian students shouldn't be discriminated against for expressing their religious beliefs,' said Jonathan Scruggs, litigation staff counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund.

'The First Amendment does not allow government officials to exclude schoolchildren's ornaments for the capitol's Christmas tree merely because they communicate a religious viewpoint,' he said yesterday."

Democrat lesbian charged with embezzling $6 million

"A lesbian political activist who donated thousands to Democrats and homosexual causes is suspected of embezzling nearly $6 million from one of the world's largest insurance firms."

Privatized police force taking over town?

"Recent stories of a private security force descending upon a Montana town in black Mercedes SUVs with police department insignias emblazoned on the side have caused an Internet uproar.

The reason? Hardin, Mont., where the American Police Force entered driving the phony patrol cars, doesn't have a police department."

Over 100 In Film Community Sign Polanski Petition - indieWIRE

DEBKAfile - Israel's Air & Missile Forces Could Wipe out Iran's Nuclear Sites

"For the past three years, US military and intelligence sources have used attributed and leaked assessments to the American media to emphasize that such an operation is beyond Israel's capabilities because of the nuclear facilities' wide distribution across Iran. At best, they maintained, the Israeli Air Force might knock out a few Iranian nuclear installations, but only enough to put Iran's nuclear drive temporarily on hold.

The CSIS paper refutes this assessment and maintains there is no need to destroy dozens or hundreds of sites; the destruction of seven to nine targets would be enough to cripple the Iranian program,"

Coins with Joseph's name found in Egypt | Middle East | Jerusalem Post

"Archeologists have discovered ancient Egyptian coins bearing the name and image of the biblical Joseph, Cairo's Al Ahram newspaper recently reported. Excerpts provided by MEMRI show that the coins were discovered among a multitude of unsorted artifacts stored at the Museum of Egypt."

DEBKAfile - Iran loses its only AWACS as Ahmadinejad threatens the world

"as Iranian president declared Iran's armed forces would 'chop off the hands' of any power daring to attack his country, two air force jets collided in mid-air. One was Iran's only airborne warning and control system (AWACS) for coordinating long-distance aerial operations,"

Divine intervention? Divine Oman?

'Diversity czar' takes heat over remarks - Washington Times

"President Obama's diversity czar at the Federal Communications Commission has spoken publicly of getting white media executives to 'step down' in favor of minorities, prescribed policies to make liberal talk radio more successful, and described Hugo Chavez's rise to power in Venezuela 'an incredible revolution.'"

Obama speech 'a litany of lies' (OneNewsNow.com)

"'[The AP story suggests] that he uttered 'a variety of over simplifications and omissions,'' says Noyes. 'He talked about how he would not add a single dime to the deficit, when the studies are showing it would add about a trillion dollars to the deficit over the second year of the plan. He talked about not permitting any illegal immigrant to be covered, when in fact it was Democrats who voted down any attempt to verify immigration status.'"

The Associated Press: Obama disapproval on health care up to 52 percent

"An Associated Press-GfK poll says that public disapproval of President Barack Obama's handling of health care has jumped to 52 percent.

The same survey shows that 49 percent now disapprove of his overall performance as president. In July, just 42 percent disapproved of how he was handling his job."

State preps to relocate quarantined H1N1 victims

"A blank document from the Iowa Department of Public Health has been discovered online, designed to be filled in with the name of an H1N1 virus victim who is required to relocate from his or her home to a quarantine facility."

"The Department has determined that it is necessary to quarantine your movement to a specific facility to prevent further spread of this disease.

"The Department has determined that quarantine in your home and other less restrictive alternatives are not acceptable," the document continues, before listing mandatory provisions of compliance with relocation to a quarantine facility.

SHERMAN FREDERICK: Enough is enough, Harry - Opinion - ReviewJournal.com

"Such behavior cannot go unchallenged.

You could call Reid's remark ugly and be right. It certainly was boorish. Asinine? That goes without saying.

But to fully capture the magnitude of Reid's remark (and to stop him from doing the same thing to others) it must be called what it was -- a full-on threat perpetrated by a bully who has forgotten that he was elected to office to protect Nevadans, not sound like he's shaking them down.

No citizen should expect this kind of behavior from a U.S. senator. It is certainly not becoming of a man who is the majority leader in the U.S. Senate. And it absolutely is not what anyone would expect from a man who now asks Nevadans to send him back to the Senate for a fifth term.

If he thinks he can push the state's largest newspaper around by exacting some kind of economic punishment in retaliation for not seeing eye to eye with him on matters of politics, I can only imagine how he pressures businesses and individuals who don't have the wherewithal of the Review-Journal.

For the sake of all who live and work in Nevada, we can't let this bully behavior pass without calling out Sen. Reid. If he'll try it with the Review-Journal, you can bet that he's tried it with others. So today, we serve notice on Sen. Reid that this creepy tactic will not be tolerated."

Czar's 'communist manifesto' scrubbed from Net

"Van Jones, special adviser for green jobs, enterprise and innovation to the White House Council on Environmental Quality, is an admitted black nationalist and radical communist.

Jones was the leader and founder of a radical group, the communist revolutionary organization Standing Together to Organize a Revolutionary Movement, or STORM.

STORM's official manifesto, titled, 'Reclaiming Revolution,' had been published on the Internet.

A WND review of the 97-page treatise found that the manual describes Jones' organization as having a 'commitment to the fundamental ideas of Marxism-Leninism.'

'We agreed with Lenin's analysis of the state and the party,' reads the manifesto. 'And we found inspiration in the revolutionary strategies developed by Third World revolutionaries like Mao Tse-tung and Amilcar Cabral.'

Cabral is the late Marxist revolutionary leader of Guinea-Bissau and the Cape Verde Islands.

WND previously reported Jones named his son after Cabral and reportedly concludes every e-mail with a quote from the communist leader."

Czar: 'Spread the wealth! Change the whole system'

"Jones spoke about using what he termed an environmental revolution to push for other policies, including anti-war activism.

'If all you did was have a clean energy
revolution, you wouldn't have done anything. ... You'll have bio-fueled bombers and we'll be fighting wars over lithium for the batteries instead of oil for the engines,' he said to applause.

'This movement is deeper than solar power. ... Don't stop there! We are going to change the whole system!' he exclaimed."

College kids recruited to join Obama's 'army'

"President Obama's army of citizen volunteers is now actively recruiting college students in states across the country to 'build support for President Obama's agenda' – and earn college credit while advocating for 'change.'"

White House stonewalls on 'radical' adviser

"More than five months after the Obama administration announced the hiring of its 'green jobs czar,' Van Jones, the White House has refused to explain whether it knew of Jones admitted black nationalist and radical communist history and just who hired the adviser.

Also questions continue to fester about how Jones, who has an arrest history, passed security clearances for his White House position."