News Articles For 2/19

February 19, 2011 — Operation Rooster

Today’s Founding Father quote of the day from www. foundingfatherquotes.com is:
“There is not a syllable in the plan under consideration which directly empowers the national courts to construe the laws according to the spirit of the Constitution.” Alexander Hamilton: Federalist No. 81, 1788

Airstrike Kills More Than 35 Insurgents in Kunar Province
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62871

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18, 2011 – A U.S. military air weapons team last night killed more than 35 enemy fighters in the Ghaziabad district of Afghanistan’s Khost province, military officials reported.
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Army shocks sergeant with battlefield promotion
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/4160-army-shocks-sergeant-with-battlefield-promotion.html

NANGARHAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – A Soldier assigned to the 426th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, received a special surprise on Forward Operating Base Fenty Feb. 16.
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Armed Agent Slips Past DFW Body Scanner
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/2011/02/18/armed-agent-slips-past-dfw-body-scanner/

According to an NBC news report, an undercover TSA agent was able to get through security at DFW International Airport with a handgun during testing of the enhanced imaging body scanners, according to a high-ranking, inside source at the Transportation Security Administration.
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‘Class War is Here’: Video of Socialists Rallying in Wis. Supports Beck’s Theory
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/class-war-is-here-video-of-socialists-rallying-in-wis-supports-becks-theory/

Recently, Glenn Beck has been predicting that socialists would seize on the unrest in Egypt in order to promote revolution in the United States. There may be no better proof of that than the video below, shot by the MacIver Institute in Madison, WI this week.
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Mich. Union Hiring Homeless People to Picket
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/mich-union-hiring-homeless-people-to-picket/

“Astroturfing: An artificially-manufactured political movement designed to give the appearance of grass roots activism.” If ever you wanted to see a great example of “astroturfing,” then the video below might become a part of your permanent library.
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House Passes Spending Bill That Cuts $61 Billion
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/house-passes-spending-bill-that-cuts-61-billion/

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jolted to action by deficit-conscious newcomers, the Republican-controlled House passed sweeping legislation early Saturday to cut $61 billion from hundreds of federal programs and shelter coal companies, oil refiners and farmers from new government regulations.
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House Votes to Defund Planned Parenthood
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/house-votes-to-defund-planned-parenthood/

WASHINGTON (The Blaze/AP) — The House has approved a Republican proposal to block federal aid for Planned Parenthood. The 240-185 vote on Friday is a victory for anti-abortion forces led by Indiana GOP Rep. Mike Pence. He says taxpayer money should not go to groups that provide or promote abortion.
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House votes to overthrow ‘czars’
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0211/49781.html

The House voted Thursday to dethrone nine White House “czars.” Republicans successfully added an amendment to the continuing resolution that would leave President Barack Obama’s senior advisers on policy issues including health care, energy and others out of a job.
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House Passes Amendment to Defund Obamacare
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/house-gop-passes-amendment-to-defund-obamacare/

WASHINGTON (AP) — In rapid-fire action Friday, the Republican-controlled House voted to strip federal money from President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul and from Planned Parenthood and to bar the EPA from issuing global warming regulations.
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The Dirty Little Secret About De-Funding Obamacare
http://biggovernment.com/eistook/2011/02/18/the-dirty-little-secret-about-de-funding-obamacare/

Several members of Congress, like Rep. Denny Rehberg (R, MT) and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R.-Wash.) are offering amendments that would prevent any new spending from being used to implement Obamacare.
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George Soros: ‘President Obama Has Lost Control’
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/george-soros-president-obama-has-lost-control/

In a pre-recorded interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria set to air Sunday morning, investment billionaire George Soros accuses President Barack Obama of having “lost control” of the national economy and criticizes the Democratic president for allowing Republicans to set the national agenda.
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U.S. Gov‘t Software Creates ’Fake People’ to Spread Message via Social Networking
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/u-s-govt-software-creates-fake-people-to-spread-message-via-social-networking/

Whenever I shop on the internet, I skip right over the positive reviews of products and go straight for the bad ones, figuring the company probably paid some hack to sit and create fictional names and post fake glowing five-star reviews for their products to dupe unsuspecting customers. But what if the federal government could operate this way?
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States to become referees of feds’ constitutionality
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=262773

Two states have introduced legislative plans that would set up standing commissions whose members would be tasked with reviewing “all existing federal statutes, mandates, and executive orders” to determine their constitutionality, then recommending to lawmakers whether that state should “nullify” any federal law or regulation “that is outside the scope of the powers delegated … to the federal government.”
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States ignored warnings on unemployment insurance
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110219/ap_on_re_us/us_broken_budgets_a_warning_ignored

WASHINGTON – State officials had plenty of warning. Over the past three decades, two national commissions and a series of government audits sounded alarms about the dwindling amount of money states were setting aside to pay unemployment insurance to laid-off workers.
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Mexican army to increase border presence: president
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/19/us-mexico-army-idUSTRE71I2WO20110219

(Reuters) – The Mexican army will strengthen its presence on the northern border used by drug smugglers, President Felipe Calderon said on Saturday during a ceremony to honor the armed forces.
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4 thrown to deaths from bridge in southern Mexico
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/2011/02/19/4-thrown-to-deaths-from-bridge-in-southern-mexico/

In Chilpancingo Mexico, four men with their hands and feet tied and heads covered in duct tape were thrown 600 feet to their deaths from a bridge Friday.
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Bloodshed in Bahrain: 50 Injured as Police Open Fire on Protesters
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/bloodshed-in-bahrain-50-injured-as-police-open-fire-on-protesters/

MANAMA, Bahrain (AP/The Blaze) -– Soldiers opened fire Friday on thousands of protesters defying a government ban and streaming toward the landmark Pearl Square that had been the symbolic center of the uprising to break the political grip of the Gulf nation’s leaders.
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Protesters return to square in Bahrain capital
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110219/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_bahrain_protests

MANAMA, Bahrain – Thousands of singing and dancing protesters streamed back into Manama’s central Pearl Square on Saturday after Bahrain’s leaders withdrew tanks and riot police following a bloody crackdown by security forces in the tiny monarchy.
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Egypt revolution unfinished, Qaradawi tells Tahrir masses
http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/364347

Yusuf al-Qaradawi, a leading Egyptian Islamic theologian popularized by Al Jazeera, returned to Cairo today to deliver a stirring but overtly political sermon, calling on Egyptians to preserve national unity as they press for democratic progress.
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Egypt Agrees to Let Iranian Ships Through Suez Canal
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/egypt-agrees-to-let-iranian-ships-through-suez-canal/

CAIRO (AP) — State media say Egypt has agreed to let two Iranian naval vessels transit the Suez Canal, a move that comes despite expressions of concern by Israeli officials.
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Connecting the dots to anarchy
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=265253

Last year here in north Idaho, my garden failed. Miserably. Not from lack of trying. But after having the “winter of no winter” (very little snow), we also had the “summer of no summer.” Well into the third week of June, the cold and rainy conditions made it nearly impossible for vegetables to grow.
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Kim Weaver of British Columbia to escort cat from Oxford, N.Y., to Lewisville home
http://neighborsgo.com/stories/66498

A cat-centric online message thread has brought together three families with special needs. And now, the three are joining together to make each other’s wishes come true.

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News Articles For 2/16

February 16, 2011 — Operation Rooster

Today’s Founding Father quote of the day from www. foundingfatherquotes.com is:
“If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.” Samuel Adams

B-17 veteran back in air aboard a WWII-era bomber
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BOMBER_VET?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=US

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — A day before his final mission aboard a B-17 bomber in World War II, Norbert Swierz sat down on his bunk and jotted down a poem for his mother back in Michigan.
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Face of Defense: India-born Marine Climbs Career Ladder
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62830

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan, Feb. 16, 2011 – A Marine who was born and raised in India continues to move up through the ranks as he serves the United States.
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Study Guide: Budget Crisis
http://www.glennbeck.com/2011/02/15/study-guide-budget-crisis/

NOTE: Here are the sources to the info. mentioned on Glenn Beck’s 2/15 TV show.
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Jeffrey on Socialism’s Trajectory: Obama’s HHS Is Bigger Than LBJ’s Government
http://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/article/jeffrey-socialisms-trajectory-obamas-hhs

Anyone who doubts that the trend toward socialism is pushing America toward ruin should examine the historical tables President Obama published Monday along with his $3.7 trillion budget.
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Healthcare Reform Law Requires New IRS Army Of 1,054
http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2011/02/15/healthcare-reform-law-requires-new-irs-army-of-1054

The Internal Revenue Service says it will need an battalion of 1,054 new auditors and staffers and new facilities at a cost to taxpayers of more than $359 million in fiscal 2012 just to watch over the initial implementation of President Obama’s healthcare reforms. Among the new corps will be 81 workers assigned to make sure tanning salons pay a new 10 percent excise tax. Their cost: $11.5 million.
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Senate Passes Short-Term Exension of Patriot Act
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/senate-passes-short-term-exension-of-patriot-act/

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Tuesday voted to extend for 90 days the legal life of three post-Sept. 11 terrorism-fighting measures, including the use of roving wiretaps, that are set to expire at the end of the month.
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Chaffetz bill worth estimated $19 billion in taxpayer savings
http://chaffetz.house.gov/press-releases/2011/02/chaffetz-bill-worth-estimated-19-billion-in-taxpayer-savings.shtml

Washington, DC —Representative Jason Chaffetz (UT-3) has introduced HR 665, the Federal Building and Property Disposal Act. The bill requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to sell approximately $19 billion worth of excess federal buildings and structures. The bill requires 80% of the revenues generated to be applied to debt reduction. The other 20% must be set aside for the individual agencies’ incentives.
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Florida governor rejects high-speed rail funds
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/16/us-florida-rail-idUSTRE71F3ZH20110216

(Reuters) – Florida’s Tea Party-backed Governor Rick Scott on Wednesday said he was rejecting federal funds to construct a high-speed railway project in the state.
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Intelligence chief says terrorists shifting to smaller attacks against US
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/2011/02/16/intelligence-chief-says-terrorists-shifting-to-smaller-attacks-against-us/

National Intelligence Director James Clapper plans to tell a Senate panel Al-Qaeda is likely plotting a series of small-scale terrorist attacks against the United States to keep worldwide attention focused on their political issues.
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Two U.S. Customs Agents Shot in Mexico, One Killed
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/developing-two-u-s-customs-agents-shot-in-mexico/

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security confirmed Tuesday evening that two Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were shot in the line of duty Tuesday while driving on a Mexican highway about 200 miles outside of Mexico City.
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Possible Mexican Military Incursion On U.S. Soil
http://www.krgv.com/news/local/story/Possible-Mexican-Military-Incursion-On-U-S-Soil/x_-oXhrE3Um61ytja1xnKg.cspx

MISSION – CHANNEL 5 NEWS is exposing what appears to be a Mexican military incursion into the United States. It was all caught on camera. We froze surveillance video taken at the Anzalduas International Bridge.
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Iraqi: I’m proud my WMD lies led to war in Iraq
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110216/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_iraq_curveball

LONDON – An Iraqi who has been identified as a key source for the U.S. case for war in Iraq says he is proud that he lied about his country developing mobile biological warfare lab.
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From Cairo to Madison: Worker Unrest Spreads
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/from-cairo-to-madison-worker-unrest-spreads/

It was an I-told-you-so moment. On last night’s TV show, Glenn Beck noted that the “crazy” connections he had been trumpeting between progressives, including unions, and the Egyptian unrest was, well, not so crazy after all.
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CBS News Correspondent Subjected to ‘Brutal and Sustained Sexual Assault’ in Egypt
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/cbs-news-correspondent-subjected-to-brutal-and-sustained-sexual-assault-in-egypt/

As a Western journalist covering the resignation of then-Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, CBS News correspondent Lara Logan was reportedly attacked by a mob of protesters while she and her crew navigated through the crowds in Cairo on Feb. 11.
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Egyptians air grievances, ignoring army warning
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ml_egypt

CAIRO – Airport employees protested for better pay Wednesday, textile workers went on strike to demand a corruption investigation and residents of a Suez Canal city pressed for closing a chemical factory they say is dumping toxic waste into a lake in the latest wave of unrest shaking Egypt.
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The Voice of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,745526,00.html

He is a hypermarket of dogma, dispensing advice on subjects ranging from mother’s milk to suicide bombing. But few have as much influence on Sunni Muslims as the Muslim televangelist Youssef al-Qaradawi. He says what the Muslim Brotherhood in Egpyt thinks — and he provides clues to how they might act.
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How Yemen’s Tawakul Karman Came to Head a Protest Movement
http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20110216/wl_time/08599204947600

Sometimes revolutionaries don’t look the part. Tawakul Karman, Yemen’s most active activist, favors long, loose-fitting gowns and coordinating headscarves. The 32-year-old mother of three looks, well, like a mom. And she acts like one too.
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Thousands of police confront protesters in Yemen
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110216/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_yemen

SANAA, Yemen – Authorities flooded the streets of Yemen’s capital with 2,000 police Wednesday to try to halt six days of Egypt-style demonstrations against the president of 32 years, a key U.S. ally in battling al-Qaida. One person was killed when police and protesters clashed in the southern port of Aden in the first known death during Yemen’s political unrest.
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Bahrain protesters step up pressure on rulers
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110216/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_bahrain_protests

MANAMA, Bahrain – Protesters demanding sweeping political reforms from Bahrain’s rulers held their ground Wednesday in an Egypt-style occupation of the capital’s landmark square, staging a third day of demonstrations that have brought unprecedented pressure in one of Washington’s most strategic allies in the Gulf.
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Soros team wants al-Qaida in government
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=264153

JERUSALEM – An international “crisis management” group led by billionaire George Soros long has petitioned for the Algerian government to cease “excessive” military activities against al-Qaida-linked groups and to allow organizations seeking to create an Islamic state to participate in the Algerian government.
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Video Allegedly Shows Anti-Gov’t Protesters Being Shot in Libya
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/video-allegedly-shows-anti-govt-protesters-being-shot-in-libya/

CAIRO (The Blaze/AP) — Hundreds of Libyans calling for the government‘s ouster clashed with security forces early Wednesday in the country’s second-largest city as Egypt-inspired unrest spread to the country long ruled by Moammar Gadhafi.
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Seven people pulled from fiery minivan on I-94 in Detroit by Good Samaritans
http://www.macombdaily.com/articles/2011/02/15/news/doc4d5a78d3c60ab928988842.txt

DETROIT (AP) — Good Samaritans who pulled seven people from a fiery minivan after it crashed and exploded on a Detroit freeway have been hailed as heroes. State police say the vehicle crashed on westbound Interstate 94 about 6:30 p.m. Monday, struck a bridge support and burst into flames.
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Caught on camera: Thief is a genuine cat burglar!
http://www.wtsp.com/news/topstories/story.aspx?storyid=175053&catid=250

San Mateo, Calif. — There’s a cat burglar on the loose in a California community. Neighbors know who it is, but they’re not pressing charges. That’s because the thief is indeed a cat! By day he’s a house cat named Dusty, but by night he’s “Klepto the Cat,” or so the neighbors call him.

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News Articles For 2/11

February 11, 2011 — Operation Rooster

ANA tip leads to weapons cache
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/4127-ana-tip-leads-to-weapons-cache.html

PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan – A tip generated by the 3rd Coy, 1st Kandak, Afghan National Army pointed ANA and U.S. Army soldiers from Task Force Lethal to a large weapons cache in Sarmast Kheyl, Zormat District Jan. 31.
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Face of Defense: Mother, Son Serve Together
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62784

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Feb. 11, 2011 – It was 4 a.m. when she settled in to watch the Pittsburgh Steelers play the Green Bay Packers. Technically, it was Super Bowl Monday for her.
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Mubarak resigns, hands power to military
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110211/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_egypt

CAIRO – Egypt’s vice president says Hosni Mubarak has resigned as president and handed control to the military. Car horns were heard around Cairo in celebration after Vice President Omar Suleiman made the announcement on national TV on Friday.
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Mubarak Disappears as Army Backs Him & Crowds Surge
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/mubarak-disappears-as-army-backs-him-crowds-surge/

The situation in Egypt is fast-moving. Since President Hosni Mubarak gave his I’m-not-stepping-down step-down speech last night, much has happened. Below is a rundown of the morning’s news regarding Egypt.
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Iran’s Ahmadinijad Holds Massive Pro-Egyptian, Anti-American Rally
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/irans-ahmadinijad-holds-massive-pro-egyptian-anti-american-rally/

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is capitalizing on the Egyptian conflict to spew American and Israeli hate, hosting a massive rally in Tehran to bolster the protests in Egypt. According to AFP, “massive crowds of Iranians chanted pro-Egypt and anti-American slogans while marking the 32nd anniversary of the Islamic revolution.”
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Study Guide: Breaking News Coverage of Egypt
http://www.glennbeck.com/2011/02/10/study-guide-breaking-news-coverage-of-egypt/

NOTE: Here are the sources to the info. mentioned on Glenn Beck’s 2/10 TV show.
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Intel Director‘s Office Tries to Backpedal on Clapper’s Shocking Statement
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/intel-directors-office-tries-to-backpedal-on-clappers-shocking-statement/

Just hours after National Intelligence Director James Clapper made the shocking statement this morning that the Muslim Brotherhood is a “secular” organization, his office tried frantically to “clarify” his remarks.
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NYT: CIA Director Based Mubarak Congressional Testimony on Media Reports
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/nyt-cia-director-based-mubarak-congressional-testimony-on-media-reports/

The news for the Obama administration keeps getting worse. Or, more accurately, embarrassing. After National Intelligence Director James Clapper erroneously said the Muslim Brotherhood was a “secular” organization, it‘s now been revealed that CIA Director Leon Panetta’s testimony in front of Congress that Mubarak’s resignation was a “strong likelihood” was based not on intelligence but rather media reports.
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800,000 Jobs Gone: CBO Admits Health Care Law Will Kill Jobs
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/800000-jobs-gone-cbo-admits-health-care-law-will-kill-jobs/

NOTE: This video clip is 1:13 long.
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Ariz. governor countersues federal government
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20110211/D9LA8QG80.html

PHOENIX (AP) – Gov. Jan Brewer sued the federal government Thursday for failing to control Arizona’s border with Mexico and enforce immigration laws, and for sticking the state with huge costs associated with jailing illegal immigrants who commit crimes.
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‘Bombshell’ Charge: DOJ Whistleblower Says Liberal FOIA Requests Get VIP Treatment
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/bombshell-charge-doj-whistleblower-says-liberal-foia-requests-get-vip-treament/

Attorney General Eric Holder and the Obama administration’s Justice Department have come under fire in the past for allegedly letting politics tip the balance of Justice. Specifically, J. Christian Adams, a former DOJ official, made news last year when he publicly accused the agency of racial bias in handling the 2008 election voter intimidation case involving the New Black Panther Party.
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Shocking New IMF Report: The U.S. Dollar Needs To Be Replaced As The World Reserve Currency And SDRs “Could Constitute An Embryo Of Global Currency”
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/

The IMF is trying to move the world away from the U.S. dollar and towards a global currency once again. In a new report entitled “Enhancing International Monetary Stability—A Role for the SDR”, the IMF details the “problems” with having the U.S. dollar as the reserve currency of the globe and the IMF discusses the potential for a larger role for SDRs (Special Drawing Rights).
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Susan Rice kicks off U.N. series
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0211/49319.html

Susan Rice, President Barack Obama’s ambassador to the United Nations, will argue in a major address Friday evening that the U.S. should “strengthen” — not “starve” — the world body.
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U.S. Footing $100M Bill for U.N. Security Upgrade
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/02/09/footing-m-security-upgrade/?test=latestnews

Months after top New York City officials expressed intense behind-the-scenes frustration at the security vulnerabilities at the United Nations headquarters in Manhattan, the U.N. is now planning to spend $100 million — donated by the U.S. — on the upgrade.
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U.S. reassures Poles on Russia missile defense role
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/11/us-usa-missiledefence-poland-idUSTRE71A3OI20110211

(Reuters) – A senior U.S. arms control negotiator said Friday she had reassured Poland and the Baltic republics that plans to involve Russia in developing European missile defense would not compromise their security.
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Obama, Soros create ‘Palestine’
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=262077

JERUSALEM – In partnership with a government fund initiated by Barack Obama, philanthropist and billionaire activist George Soros is investing in a private equity company that just launched in the Palestinian territories.
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‘Fever of Liberation’ Moves To Baghdad With Intensified Demonstrations
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/34381.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Across Iraq, a wave of mass demonstrations has spread, calling for improvement in public services and an end to corruption. Despite government efforts to contain the public anger, which appears to be on the rise since the outbreak of turmoil in other Arab countries, it appears certain that a mass demonstration planned to take place February 25, at Liberation Square, in the center of Baghdad, will go ahead.
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Soaring debt pushes Portugal towards bail-out
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a04f8e08-3472-11e0-9ebc-00144feabdc0,s01=1.html#axzz1DfMCO1QB

Portugal’s cost of borrowing hit a euro-era high on Wednesday amid growing concerns that Lisbon will have to turn to bail-out funds to revive its stagnating economy.
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What’s the frequency: Monitors transmit video of unknowing families
http://www.komonews.com/news/problemsolvers/115840594.html

SEATTLE — The saying goes never wake a sleeping baby. But what if that baby is broadcast for all the neighbors to see? From Ballard to Queen Anne and Greenlake to Phinney Ridge, KOMO News found unsuspecting families transmitting what’s inside their homes without even knowing it.
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Local Gymnast Makes Miraculous Recovery After Failed Flip
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local-beat/Gymnast-Makes-Miraculously-Recovery-After-Scary-Fall–115760479.html

It’s a risk all gymnasts take every time they do a somersault or attempt any acrobatic move. The slightest miscalculation could lead to serious injury that could end in paralysis or even death.

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News Articles For 2/9

February 9, 2011 — Operation Rooster

Today’s Founding Father quote of the day from www. foundingfatherquotes.com is:
“The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the republican model of government, are justly considered deeply, perhaps as finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.” George Washington: First Inaugural Address, April 30, 1789

Afghan, Coalition Forces Kill Enemy Fighter in Ghazni
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62731

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 2011 – Afghan and coalition forces killed an enemy fighter and detained several other suspected insurgents yesterday in the Muqer district of Afghanistan’s Ghazni province, military officials reported.
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PRT donates clothing, blankets to Khowst orphanage
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/4121-prt-donates-clothing-blankets-to-khowst-orphanage.html

KHOWST PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Khowst Provincial Reconstruction Team medical personnel and engineers brought donated winter clothing and blankets to a Khowst City orphanage Feb. 1.
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RCP 43 donates school supplies, toys in Baraki Barak
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/4118-rcp-43-donates-school-supplies-toys-in-baraki-barak.html

LOGAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – To help prevent violent extremism and turn potential enemies into friends, 54th Engineer Battalion route-clearance Soldiers donated supplies to Afghan school children in Baraki Barak, Logar Province Jan. 30.
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Women Learn to Fight Stress from Home Front
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62739

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9, 2011 – During a week in which the White House pledged a vigorous, whole-of-government approach to supporting military families, 11 women worked diligently a few miles away to learn to cope with the stresses of their husbands’ multiple deployments and the post-traumatic stress that affects many of them when they return home.
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Face of Defense: Barbershop Quartet Creates ‘Buzz’
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62742

CAMP DENALI, Alaska, Feb. 9, 2011 – When Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Timothy Tillman of the Alaska Air National Guard deployed to Southwest Asia last fall, he went with the goal to start a barbershop quartet. But how it fell into place, and the impact his deployed quartet is making, has created quite a buzz..
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Study Guide: Sources from today’s programs
http://www.glennbeck.com/2011/02/08/study-guide-sources-from-todays-programs/

NOTE: Here are the sources to the info. mentioned on Glenn Beck’s 2/8 TV show.
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House Rejects Extension of Patriot Act Provisions as 26 Republicans Defect
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/house-rejects-extension-of-patriot-act-provisions-as-26-republicans-defect/

WASHINGTON (The Blaze/AP) — The House on Tuesday failed to extend the life of three surveillance tools that are key to the nation’s post-Sept. 11 anti-terror law, a slipup for the new Republican leadership that miscalculated the level of opposition within its own ranks.
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Don’t Mess With Texas
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=41684#comments

The federal government is once again overstepping its authority by messing with Texas. Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) leadership continued their game of hardball by stripping Texas of its authority to issue greenhouse gas permits.
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The Internet ‘Stimulus’-Just as Destructive as the Rest of the ‘Stimulus’
http://biggovernment.com/smotley/2011/02/09/the-internet-stimulus-just-as-destructive-as-the-rest-of-the-stimulus/

Tucked into the fatty, flabby folds of the nearly $1 trillion alleged “stimulus” bill foisted upon us (and our children, and their children, with interest) in 2009 was $7.2 billion for broadband Internet projects.
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States revolt over health reform, Florida says it’s not the law here
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/health/states-revolt-over-health-reform-florida-says-its-1241463.html

Health insurers that overcharge Florida consumers won’t be required to issue rebate checks here, one of a raft of consequences emerging after a federal lower court judge declared the Affordable Care Act void.
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CARB Before Horse
http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/562348/201102071906/CARB-Before-Horse.htm

States: A court has tentatively ruled against California’s cap-and-trade law because alternatives were not considered. But then, neither were climate facts or the economic impact.
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Obama signature creates ‘continental perimeter’
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=261477

Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper quietly have taken a major step toward erasing the border between the two nations with a new “Beyond the Border” bilateral declaration.
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WikiLeaks cables: Saudi Arabia cannot pump enough oil to keep a lid on prices
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/feb/08/saudi-oil-reserves-overstated-wikileaks

The US fears that Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest crude oil exporter, may not have enough reserves to prevent oil prices escalating, confidential cables from its embassy in Riyadh show.
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Day 15: Egyptian Protests Draw Biggest Crowds Yet
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/day-15-egyptian-protests-draw-biggest-crowds-yet/

Just one day after many media outlets declared that anti-government protests in Egypt were at a stalemate and running out of gas, hundreds of thousands of demonstrators flooded Cairo’s Tahrir Square and countless towns across Egypt on Tuesday, drawing the largest crowds since the popular revolt began.
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CNN: Muslim Brotherhood Will not Seek Presidency
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/cnn-muslim-brotherhood-will-not-seek-presidency/

According to CNN, the Muslim Brotherhood — the Islamist organization credited with birthing the terrorist group Hamas — says it will not field a candidate for the Egyptian presidential race.
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Muslim Brotherhood’s Goals Uncovered: Global Islamic Conquest & Caliphate
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/muslim-brotherhoods-goals-uncovered-global-islamic-conquest-caliphate/

As anti-government protests continue brewing in Egypt, opposition groups such as the banned Muslim Brotherhood are gaining steam and popularity among disillusioned Egyptians bent on ousting President Hosni Mubarak from office. But excerpts of a 1995 book written by the Muslim Brotherhood‘s fifth leader and translated by Palestinian Media Watch are lending a disturbing look at the group’s views and stated mission.
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Soros group: ‘Normalize’ Muslim Brotherhood
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=261337

JERUSALEM – An international “crisis management” group led by billionaire George Soros long has petitioned for the Egyptian government to normalize ties with the Muslim Brotherhood.
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Labor strikes in Egypt spill into broader unrest
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110209/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_egypt

CAIRO – Thousands of workers across Egypt, have gone on strike, demanding better pay, benefits and working conditions in added turmoil amid the country’s anti-government protests.
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Pakistani cabinet resigns as part of revamp plan
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110209/wl_nm/us_pakistan_cabinet

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s federal cabinet resigned on Wednesday to allow Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani to set up a new, smaller cabinet and reduce government expenditure, officials said.
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Coming Home: Hugs, Tears, Joy
http://www.life.com/image/50597038/in-gallery/35712/#index/0

A youngster clutches his dad’s leg while the soldier lifts his wife off the ground in celebration of an unexpected leave for the holidays during WWII. The sight of troops coming home—greeted by laughing, weeping friends and family; looking into the eyes of newborn sons and daughters for the first time—is a cultural linchpin, across all societies, in all times.

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News Articles For 2/7

February 7, 2011 — Operation Rooster

Today’s Founding Father quote of the day from www. foundingfatherquotes.com is:
“In a society under the forms of which the stronger faction can readily unite and oppress the weaker, anarchy may as truly be said to reign as in a state of nature.” James Madison: Federalist No. 52, February 8, 1788

Afghan, Coalition Forces Detain Suspects in Khost
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62719

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7, 2011 – Afghan and coalition forces looking for a Haqqani terrorist network leader detained several suspected insurgents in the Sabari district of Afghanistan’s Khost province yesterday, military officials reported.
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TF Patriot leaders, comrades honor fallen Soldier
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/4100-tf-patriot-leaders-comrades-honor-fallen-soldier.html

LOGAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – A Task Force Patriot Soldier from 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division based at Fort Polk, La., died as the result of an enemy attack in Wardak Province Jan 31.
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Finger-pickin’ good: Soldier strums guitar, writes songs from his heart
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/4104-finger-pickin-good-soldier-strums-guitar-writes-songs-from-his-heart.html

NANGARHAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – He grew up in the small town of Pearcy, Ark., in a family of five and, as a teen, he found his love for music and has been playing, song writing and entertaining ever since.
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Face of Defense: Airman’s Lineage Spans Three Generations
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62716

LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas, Feb. 7, 2011 – Growing up, Air Force Staff Sgt. Jason Paxton knew it was only a matter time before he would follow in his family’s boot prints.
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Navy’s First Unmanned Stealth Bomber Completes 29-Minute Test Flight
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/navys-first-unmanned-stealth-bomber-completes-29-minute-test-flight/

It’s called the X-47B, and it could revolutionize warfare. The X-47B is the Navy’s first unmanned stealth bomber drone, and on Fridy it completed a 29-minute test flight.
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Warning to Washington: Follow the Constitution
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=259837

It’s not just Montana anymore. And folks at the Tenth Amendment Center, who monitor states’ declarations of independence from the federal government’s rules and regulations, suggest perhaps Washington should be paying attention.
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Understanding Egypt: What Is a Caliphate?
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/understanding-egypt-what-is-a-caliphate/

Caliphate. Sometimes a word, like a faded Hollywood starlet, makes a surprising return to the spotlight … and so it is for caliphate. The word owes its renewed popularity to Glenn Beck, who first raised the possibility of a new caliphate on his Fox television show.
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A Guide to Our Recent Posts on Understanding Egypt
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/a-guide-to-our-recent-posts-on-understanding-egypt/

Recently, we posted a series of stories and blog posts about the Egypt conflict featuring guest contributors. This story is meant to be a one-stop-shop of sorts for that recent coverage. As such, it will be updated. Below you will find excerpts and links to the stories.
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Der Spiegel: Mubarak May Get ‘Health Check’ in Germany, Relinquish Power There
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/der-spiegel-mubarak-may-get-treatmant-in-germany-hand-over-power/

The German paper Der Spiegel is reporting that there is strong possibility disgraced Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will soon seek extended medical treatment in Germany, at which time he will relinquish his power.
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Egyptian State Media: Life Returning To Normal In Country
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/34184.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

As protests continue in Egypt, state media reported on signs that life is beginning to return to normal in the country. The media pointed to the reopening of banks and courts, and said that trains are running again and ports are resuming activity.
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Egyptian VP Meets With Opposition Groups & Muslim Brotherhood; Makes Concessions
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/egyptian-vp-meets-with-opposition-groups-makes-concessions/

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s vice president met a wide representation of major opposition groups for the first time Sunday and agreed to allow freedom of the press, to release those detained since anti-government protests began nearly two weeks and ago and to lift the country’s hated emergency laws when security permits.
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Muslim Brotherhood In Egypt to Khamenei: The Uprising In Egypt Is Not Islamic
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/34176.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

In response to statements made by Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in his February 4 sermon, i.e. that the uprising in Egypt was an Islamic awakening inspired by Iran, the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt said that the protests in their country were not Islamic.
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Tide turns in favour of Egypt’s Brotherhood in revolt
http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFTRE7151NF20110206?sp=true

CAIRO (Reuters) – The first time Essam el-Erian, went to jail, he was 27. Last Sunday, he left prison for the eighth time at the age of 57. The medical doctor’s crime for each incarceration was belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s most influential and best-organised Islamist opposition movement and long feared by President Hosni Mubarak, Israel and the United States.
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Concerns grow over Egypt’s WMD research
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41452744/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/

With Egypt in revolt and the country’s future uncertain, concern is growing over whether a new government in the Arab world’s most militarily and industrially advanced country could accelerate an arms race in one of the world’s most volatile regions.
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Soros fingerprints on Mideast chaos
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=260577

JERUSALEM – Philanthropist billionaire George Soros has funded opposition organizations in Egypt and throughout the Middle East, where anti-regime chaos has already toppled the pro-Western leader of Tunisia and is threatening the rule of President Hosni Mubarak, a key U.S. ally.
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Israel jittery about gas supply from Egypt
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20110206/D9L777KO0.html

JERUSALEM (AP) – An explosion at an Egyptian gas terminal that disrupted the supply of fuel to Israel had Israeli officials pressing Sunday to speed development of a natural gas deposit that they say can make Israel energy independent.
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Iraq swirls with rumors of Egypt-like protests to come
http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20110206/wl_csm/361454

Baghdad, Iraq – The rumors of Iraq’s first case of self-immolation to protest poor services and corrupt government proved not to be true on Sunday. But the growing discontent in Iraq – inspired by people power protests in Tunisia and Egypt that were both galvanized by protesters setting themselves alight – is such that an Iraqi policeman posted in Baghdad’s downtown Firdous Square on Sunday knew the question he was being asked, even before it was finished.
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In Bahrain, ‘Day Of Rage’ Organized On Facebook
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/34201.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Bahrain activists posted on February 2, on their Facebook page “14th February 2011 Revolution Day in Bahrain,” a call for a “day of rage” on February 14 against the royal house, as happened in Egypt and Tunisia.
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Deal signed to supply Iran fuel to Afghanistan
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.a83b90fe544f84fa51539c41ac8e90cc.31&show_article=1

Iran said on Sunday it has reached an agreement with Afghanistan to supply Iranian fuel to the war-torn country and has started supplying the products to its neighbour’s private sector.
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Flu breakthrough promises a vaccine to kill all strains
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/feb/06/flu-universal-vaccine-test-success

Scientists at Oxford University have successfully tested a universal flu vaccine that could work against all known strains of the illness, taking a significant step in the fight against a disease that affects billions of people each year.
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The Top 14 Astronomy Pictures of 2010
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/12/14/the-top-14-astronomy-pictures-of-2010

Every year, thousands of incredible images of the sky are taken from observatories on the ground and in space, from spacecraft, and from amateur astronomers. And it seems that the people who make these images are getting better with time, creating nothing short of art.

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News Articles For 1/19

January 19, 2011 — Operation Rooster

Afghans, Coalition Broaden Assault on Insurgent Leaders
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62488

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18, 2011 – Coalition and Afghan forces have removed dozens of insurgents from the fight across broad sections of Afghanistan in recent days, including 15 in the past 24 hours, military officials reported.
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Face of Defense: Sailors Handle Variety of Tasks
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62491

ARABIAN GULF, Jan. 19, 2011 – Armed with scissors, clippers, keys to the ship’s store and laundry detergent, the sailors who wear the crossed quill and key of the ship’s serviceman, or SH, rating badge provide a multitude of services to the crew of amphibious transport dock USS Ponce.
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Obama‘s ’Equity, Human Dignity, Fairness, and Distributive Impacts’ Exec. Order
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/obamas-equity-human-dignity-fairness-and-distributive-impacts-exec-order/

Yesterday, President Obama made news by penning an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal reportedly showing a new pro-business approach. The op-ed announced a new executive order that would root out “dumb” and “outdated” regulations that “stifle job creation and make our economy less competitive.”
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South Carolina NAACP Shields Audience From…George Washington?
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/south-carolina-naacp-shields-audience-from-george-washington/

The South Carolina NAACP honored Martin Luther King Jr. Day Monday while simultaneously dishonoring the nation’s first president. An organized rally — dubbed “King Day at the Dome” — protested the Confederate battle flag on display at the State House in Columbia and featured speakers and guests who called on government leaders to address “racial disparities” in education, health care, community development, criminal justice, employment and economic development in the state.
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Net Neutrality Power Grab Is Worse than Obamacare
http://biggovernment.com/smotley/2011/01/19/net-neutrality-power-grab-is-worse-than-obamacare/

There are a lot of similarities between the nine-month-long shove of ObamaCare across the legislative finish line and the four-plus year Media Marxist push to the December 21st 3-2 Democrat Party-line Federal Communications Commission (FCC) vote to impose Network Neutrality.
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Oh no! Here come the Mexican trucks again
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=252861

The Obama administration is preparing once again to allow Mexican trucks to roam freely on U.S. roads under the auspices of the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, with or without the approval of Congress.
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Video Shows Women Climbing U.S.-Mexico Border Fence in Less Than 18 Seconds
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/01/18/video-shows-young-women-climbing-mexico-border-fence-seconds/

Less than 18 seconds. That’s how long it took two young women to climb a U.S.-Mexico border fence that costs millions of dollars in taxpayer money.
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China got stealth tech from Russia: US lawmaker
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.1734e29676bf18c765a683ae3458575d.2c1&show_article=1

China got the technology for its first stealth fighter jet from Russia, a senior US lawmaker said Tuesday, one week after the airplane apparently made its maiden flight.
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Soros tells Europe to bolster banks
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.e11f7dedaf49caece2070074770034a6.51&show_article=1

US billionaire George Soros urged Europe on Wednesday to recapitalise its banks in addition to creating a new aid programme for heavily indebted countries.
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Hungarian PM warns EU to back off, stop meddling
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110119/ap_on_re_eu/eu_eu_hungary

STRASBOURG, France – The Hungarian prime minister told European Union politicians Wednesday not to meddle in Hungarian politics while his country holds the EU’s presidency, warning that the entire EU would suffer.
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Tucson Video Shows Judge Saving Other Victim
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704590704576091182570569782.html?mod=WSJ_hp_MIDDLETopStories

TUCSON, Ariz.—Arizona federal Judge John Roll appears to have died while saving the life of another man during the shooting rampage here on Jan. 8, according to an investigator who has viewed surveillance video from the crime scene.
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Christina Taylor Green Cornea Donation Saves Eyesight Of 2 Children
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/18/christina-taylor-green-cornea-donation_n_810144.html

TUCSON, Ariz. — Donated corneas from the young girl killed in the Arizona mass shooting have saved the eyesight of two children, the girl’s father told The Associated Press on Monday.

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News Articles For 1/17

January 17, 2011 — Operation Rooster

Hell road hero
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/campaigns/our_boys/3352865/BRAVE-soldier-Iain-Martin-defuses-12-bombs-in-10-hours.html

BRAVE soldier Iain Martin lies flat to defuse a bomb in Afghanistan – one of TWELVE he made safe in just ten hours. It was a record for the number deactivated in a single operation. The Improvised Explosive Devices were planted by the Taliban on the notorious Bandi Barq Road near Gereshk.
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World War II Veteran Gets High School Diploma 67 Years Later
http://www.aolnews.com/2011/01/15/world-war-ii-veteran-hilberto-rodriguez-gets-high-school-diploma/

Hilberto Rodriguez graduated from Garfield High School in Los Angeles this week — a mere 67 years late. Rodriguez, 86, was meant to graduate in the class of 1944, KABC reported. But history intervened in the shape of World War II.
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Veterans remember Desert Storm 20 years later
http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2011/01/vets_remember_desert_storm_20.html

Twenty years ago the skies over Baghdad were stitched by the blazing threads of missiles and anti-aircraft fire, woven into a tapestry of tracers, flashes and flares.
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Service members, civilians honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/4006-service-members-civilians-honor-dr-martin-luther-king-jr.html

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan – Spending Dr. Martin Luther King Day deployed to Afghanistan didn’t stop Americans from celebrating it. Servicemembers and civilians honored Dr. King with a five-kilometer run on Jan. 15 and a held a series of event s on Monday.
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Afghanistan’s push to tax U.S. contractors could renew tensions
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/16/AR2011011603645.html

The Afghan government is ramping up efforts to tax U.S. contractors operating there – an effort that could raise millions for the cash-strapped government but could also provoke fresh confrontation with the United States, according to U.S. and Afghan officials.
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Rep. Issa’s House Panel Requests Homeland Security Documents
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/rep-issas-house-panel-requests-homeland-security-documents/

WASHINGTON (AP) — A House committee wants the Homeland Security Department to provide documents about a policy requiring political appointees to review many Freedom of Information Act requests before releasing them.
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Chinese President Criticizes Fed Reserve, Questions U.S. Dollar
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/chinese-president-criticizes-fed-reserve-questions-u-s-dollar/

Ahead of a visit to Washington this week, Chinese President Hu Jintao criticized the Federal Reserve for dollar devaluation and called the current international currency system — which features the U.S. dollar — a “product of the past.”
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Feds come knocking for home inspections
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=251069

A sanitation district in Pennsylvania has notified homeowners that its representatives will be making personal visits to every structure served by its network of drainpipes because that’s what the federal Environmental Protection Agency is demanding.
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Texans to TSA: You keep scanners, we’ll keep privacy
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=251041

You’ve heard the Texas jokes, such as: A New Yorker points to Niagara Falls and tells a Texan, “You don’t have anything like that!” To which the Texan responds, “Naw, but we got a plumber who can fix it in 30 minutes.”
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Officials: CAIR obstructs FBI terror probes
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=251661

After negative press forced the removal of a poster urging Muslims to “build a wall of resistance” against the FBI, the Council on American-Islamic Relations insisted it has consistently maintained a policy of cooperation with federal authorities investigating terrorism in the Muslim community. Accounts by law enforcement officials and recently obtained documents cast doubt on the claim, however.
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Gang’s terror felt far from drug war on US border
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/2011/01/17/gangs-terror-felt-far-from-drug-war-on-us-border/

A priest who shelters stranded migrants needs police protection. A chopped-up body turns up with a threatening message. Beheadings are on the rise. The local press is too frightened to write about any of it.
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‘Explosive’ Food Prices the Biggest Risk: Analyst
http://www.cnbc.com/id/41089972

Overheating emerging markets, in China in particular, pose the biggest threat to the market and political situation in 2011 according to Philippe Gijsels, head of research at BNP Paribas Fortis Global Markets.
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Cyber-attacks could cause global ‘catastrophe’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/8262628/Cyber-attacks-could-cause-global-catastrophe.html

A succession of multiple cyber-attacks could “become a full-scale global shock” on a par with a pandemic and the collapse of the world financial system, the report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said.
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Jihadis Hail Their ‘Heroes’ in the West
http://bigpeace.com/ipt/2011/01/17/jihadis-hail-their-heroes-in-the-west/

Two westerners who gave up seemingly comfortable lives to wage terrorist attacks are singled out for praise in the latest issue of Inspire, al-Qaida’s English-language magazine.
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UK Government Plans Major Health Care Reforms
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=12631311

Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday waded into terrain where past British governments have foundered, promising fundamental changes to the country’s expensive and over-stressed public health care system.
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Group targeting Glenn Beck funded by Soros
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=251905

An organization leading a crusade demanding Fox News fire host Glenn Beck is backed by philanthropist George Soros and is tied to many of the liberal activists that Beck routinely excoriates on his highly rated program, WND has learned.
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Crowd Gives 8-Year-Old an Assist During National Anthem [VIDEO]
http://www.aolnews.com/2011/01/14/crowd-gives-8-year-old-elizabeth-hughes-an-assist-during-nationa/

Eight-year-old Elizabeth Hughes’ voice is so clear and pure, a video of her singing “The Star Spangled Banner” before a minor-league hockey game in Norfolk, Va., might have ended up on YouTube anyway — even without the technical mishap that threatened to ruin her song.

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News Articles For 1/11

January 11, 2011 — Operation Rooster

Afghan, Coalition Forces Kill, Detain Insurgents
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62394

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10, 2011 – Afghan and coalition killed at least 15 insurgents and detained numerous others today in operations throughout southern and eastern Afghanistan, military officials reported.
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Embattled U.S. Special Inspector General For Afghanistan Resigns As Calls For Oversight Grow
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/10/afghanistan-special-inspector-general-resigns-oversight_n_805761.html

WASHINGTON — Arnold Fields, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, stepped down Monday amid widespread congressional dissatisfaction with his office’s oversight of U.S. operational spending.
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The Fed’s QE2 Traders, Buying Bonds by the Billions
http://www.cnbc.com/id/41019109

Deep inside the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the $600 billion man is fast at work. In a spare, government-issue office in Lower Manhattan, behind a bank of cubicles and a scruffy copy machine, Josh Frost and a band of market specialists are making the Fed’s ultimate Wall Street trade.
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Shocking! 80 million swamp Medicare by 2030
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=249305

The largest number of seniors ever to retire in America begins retiring this year, leaving little doubt that Medicare will be able to continue operating unless government-paid health-care services are rationed, Jerome Corsi’s Red Alert reports.
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Citizen Soros: Suppressing Conservative Ideas (Part 2 in a Series)
http://biggovernment.com/mvadum/2011/01/11/citizen-soros-suppressing-conservative-ideas-part-2-in-a-series/

The left has been hyperventilating about Beck ever since he moved from CNN to Fox News in early 2009 and quickly became the Obama administration’s most vociferous high-profile critic. In particular, liberals could not abide Beck righteously fulminating against the shadowy Tides Foundation, a pass-through entity that allows wealthy individuals to give to radical causes anonymously.
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‘Can We Get Someone To Shoot Sarah Palin?’: Twitter Users Call for Palin’s Death
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/can-we-get-someone-to-shoot-sarah-palin-twitter-users-call-for-palins-death/

The tweets are stunning, disturbing, and downright shocking. After the left shamelessly began its campaign to connect Saturday’s shooting to Sara Palin, Twitter users quickly picked up on the sentiment and responded with violent, hateful speech.
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Arizona Aftermath: Beck Issues Challenge to American People, Politicians and Media
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/arizona-aftermath-beck-issues-challenge-to-american-people-politicians-and-media/

While Americans are grappling to understand the Arizona tragedy, the absolute vacuum of leadership on both sides is staggering. We live in a country that has been struck by John Hinckley Jr. and Sirhan Sirhan, Lee Harvey Oswald and Mark David Chapman.
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N.J. Town To Vote On Middle School Drug Tests
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/01/10/new-jersey-town-to-vote-on-middle-school-drug-tests/

BELVIDERE, N.J. (CBS 2) – A proposal to conduct random drug tests of young students in one New Jersey town is raising some eyebrows. Students at Belvidere Elementary School could be adding drug testing to their list of lessons when they move into middle school.
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China denies armed soldiers crossed into India
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110111/ap_on_re_as/as_china_india

BEIJING – China on Tuesday denied a media report that its soldiers intruded into Indian territory in the Kashmir region last fall and threatened Indian construction workers.
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Iran bans “tight jeans,” tattoos at some universities
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE7094G320110110?feedType=RSS&feedName=lifestyleMolt&rpc=22&sp=true

(Reuters) – Iran has enforced a stricter Islamic dress code at a number of universities including a ban on female students wearing long nails, bright clothes and tattoos, a local news agency reported on Monday.
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New baby survived twister, crashing cow
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/01/10/New-baby-survived-twister-crashing-cow/UPI-43991294685567/

WADENA, Minn., Jan. 10 (UPI) — A Minnesota woman says her new baby was named Skylar to note the time last summer when she and her unborn daughter were hit by a flying cow during a tornado.
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Time-Worn Tabby: At 39, Is Lucy the Oldest Cat in the World?
http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/01/09/time-worn-tabby-at-39-is-lucy-the-oldest-cat-in-the-world/

What’s her secret? It must be something in the Fancy Feast. Lucy, from Llanelli, South Wales, is a proud Gen X’er – in her time, she’s lived through eight prime ministers, a handful of wars, and the rise of the technological generation.

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January 10, 2011 — Operation Rooster

Afghan, Coalition Forces Kill, Detain Insurgents
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62350

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6, 2011 – Afghan and coalition forces killed numerous insurgents and detained several others in recent operations throughout Afghanistan, military officials reported.
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Afghan, Coalition Forces Detain Insurgents, Find Weapons
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62374

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7, 2011 – Afghan and coalition detained several insurgents and found weapon stockpiles in recent operations throughout Afghanistan, military officials reported.
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TF Iron eliminates insurgent IED team
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/press-releases-mainmenu-326/3960-tf-iron-eliminates-insurgent-ied-team.html

GHAZNI PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Soldiers form Task Force Iron Rakkasan and members of the Afghan Uniformed police, using the Precision Threat Detection System blimp at Forward Operating Base Andar, identified a group of insurgents with weapons and explosives Jan. 3.
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Nominations Open for Military Child of the Year Award
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62332

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5, 2011 – A nonprofit organization is giving Americans the chance to sing the praises of a group often called the nation’s unsung heroes: military children.
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Soldier follows father’s footsteps
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/3971-soldier-follows-fathers-footsteps.html

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan – Many sons aspire to follow in their fathers’ footsteps. U.S. Army Pfc. John L. Pillow is no exception. Pfc. Pillow’s father is U.S. Army Col. James Pillow, Task Force MED-East chief of operations.
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Face of Defense: Gold Medalist Enlists in National Guard
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62390

LATHAM, N.Y., Jan. 10, 2011 – Justin Olsen earned a gold medal for the United States in the Winter Olympics last year. Now, as a private first class in the New York Army National Guard, he’s serving his country in another way.
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Congress Reacts: Dems Propose Gun Restrictions & Ban on ‘Threatening Language or Symbols’
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/congress-reacts-dems-propose-gun-restrictions-ban-on-threatening-language-or-symbols/

Just hours after six were killed and 14 others injured in Saturday’s horrific shooting incident in Arizona, politicians 2,300 miles away in Washington, D.C. began plotting a legislative response.
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Woman Wrestled Fresh Ammo Clip From Tucson Shooter as He Tried to Reload
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/patricia-maisch-describes-stopping-gunman-reloading/story?id=12577933

Patricia Maisch looks like a grandmother, but she is being hailed as a hero today for helping to stop alleged Tucson shooter Jared Loughner by wrestling away a fresh magazine of bullets as he tried to reload.
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Jared Loughner’s behavior recorded by college classmate in e-mails
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2011/01/jared-loughners-behavior-recor.html?hpid=topnews

In early June, Lynda Sorenson, 52, had gone back to community college in Tucson in hopes of getting back on the job market. One of her classes was a basic algebra class–and one of her classmates was Jared Loughner, now identified by authorities as the man who killed six people and critically wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) in a shooting rampage Saturday.
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Pima County Sheriff Sets Off Debate on Price of Free Speech
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/01/09/pima-county-sheriff-sets-debate-price-free-speech/

Heightened and “vitriolic” political rhetoric is being blamed by some for the kind of violence that landed Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in intensive care following a mass casualty shooting on Saturday, but others say a blame game is hardly appropriate or useful right now.
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Michelle Malkin Details ‘Climate of Hate’ on the Left
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/michelle-malkin-details-climate-of-hate-on-the-left/

“The Tuscon massacre ghouls who are now trying to criminalize conservatism have forced our hand.” It’s for that admitted reason Michelle Malkin wrote an article this morning detailing what she calls the “climate of hate” on the left.
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Is Congress finally waking up to hazards of CFLs?
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=248453

Congress apparently is waking up to the concept that Americans are fully capable of making their own choice about the type of light bulbs they use, and the dangers that are presented by the so-called “green” compact fluorescents the Democrat majority mandated for public use a few years back.
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Obama Eyeing Internet ID for Americans
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-20027837-501465.html

STANFORD, Calif. – President Obama is planning to hand the U.S. Commerce Department authority over a forthcoming cybersecurity effort to create an Internet ID for Americans, a White House official said here today.
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Citizen Soros: Manipulating the Media (Part 1 in a Series)
http://biggovernment.com/mvadum/2011/01/10/citizen-soros-manipulating-the-media-part-1-in-a-series/

He has conquered the world of finance and remains firmly on top of it. He writes bestselling books. He dominates leftist philanthropy. He co-founded the Democracy Alliance, an ultra-secretive billionaires’ club that wants to transform America into a European-style socialist state – or worse.
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US concerned over China’s rapid development of new weapons
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/09/china-us-gates-new-weapons

US defence secretary Robert Gates says China’s rapidly developing defence capabilities are worrisome to the US. China has made strides in building a new stealth fighter jet and Washington is also concerned about a new ballistic missile that could theoretically explode an aircraft carrier nearly 2,000 miles (3,200 kilometres) out to sea. China has also apparently beaten US estimates to develop that weapon.
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Sarkozy takes G20 case to Obama as food prices soar
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE70664T20110107

(Reuters) – French President Nicolas Sarkozy takes his campaign for greater global food price and currency stability to Washington next week when he seeks Barack Obama’s support for France’s goals as head of the Group of 20 powers.
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15 headless bodies in Acapulco is new Mexico violence record
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/01/08/106425/15-headless-bodies-in-acapulco.html

MEXICO CITY — Police discovered the bodies of 15 decapitated men outside a shopping mall in Acapulco early Saturday, bringing the death toll from a day of raging drug violence in the Pacific resort to 27, a top official said.
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Trade war looming, warns Brazil
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6316eb4a-1c34-11e0-9b56-00144feab49a.html#axzz1AeELSsrH

Brazil has warned that the world is on course for a full-blown “trade war” as it stepped up its rhetoric against exchange rate manipulation. Guido Mantega, finance minister, told the Financial Times that Brazil was preparing new measures to prevent further appreciation of its currency, the real, and would raise the issue of exchange-rate manipulation at the World Trade Organisation and other global bodies. He said the US and China were among the worst offenders.
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Iran says it has arrested spy ring linked to Israel
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110110/wl_nm/us_iran_nuclear_israel

TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran has arrested a “network of spies” linked to Israel’s Mossad intelligence service which it blames for the assassination of an Iranian nuclear scientist in 2010, Iran’s state television reported on Monday.

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News Articles For 1/4

January 4, 2011 — Operation Rooster

Suicide Prevention Alliance Focuses on Troops, Veterans
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62305

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3, 2011 – A suicide prevention task force for troops and veterans has been added to a national alliance that officials hope will help bring more attention to the issues and offer solutions in the future.
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Freedom Restoration Center helps troops get back to duty
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/3939-freedom-restoration-center-helps-troops-get-back-to-duty.html

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan – “Before coming here, I was having more difficulty being myself and reacting like I normally would to everyday situations,” said U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Spencer Ledyard of Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C.
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Coast Guard to award Public Safety Commendation Award to local hero
http://www.uscgnews.com/go/doc/586/981223/

Freestone will be receiving the U. S. Coast Guard Public Safety Commendation Award in recognition of his response to a severely injured kayaker who suffered a punctured lung and broken ribs as a result of a fish strike in the vicinity of Howe Key, Fla., Oct. 17, 2010.
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Southern Soldier reflects on God, family, country
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/3937-southern-soldier-reflects-on-god-family-country.html

NANGARHAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – God. Family. Country. In that order. The only colors are a red and blue American flag draped over a black-inked cross with those three words: God. Family. Country.
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Face of Defense: Marine Balances Service, Music
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62311

CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii, Jan. 4, 2011 – When most people see a tattoo-covered, heavy-metal-shirt-wearing, guitar-playing rock front man, “U.S. Marine” might not be the first thing that pops into their minds.
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George Soros: Time For US To Get Used To New World Order
http://www.breitbart.tv/george-soros-time-for-us-to-get-used-to-new-world-order/

A world-wide currency and managed economy. What could go wrong? I mean, just look at Europe. NOTE: This video is 10:36 long.
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National Debt Tops $14 Trillion
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20027090-503544.html

The latest posting today of the National Debt shows it has topped $14 trillion for the first time. The U.S. Treasury website today reported that as of last Friday, the last day of 2010, the National Debt stood at $14,025,215,218,708.52.
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Detroit Public Schools: 40,000 kids to get laptops from stimulus funds
http://www.freep.com/article/20110104/NEWS05/101040378/Detroit-Public-Schools-40-000-kids-to-get-laptops-from-stimulus-funds

Detroit Public Schools will spend $49 million in federal money to push technology in the district, including distributing 40,000 new laptop computers to students in grades 6-12 for use in class, as well as more than 5,000 new desktop computers.
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Caught on Tape: Proof the NYC Blizzard Response Was Sabotaged?
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/caught-on-tape-proof-the-nyc-blizzard-response-was-sabotaged/

Criminal investigations have been launched to find out why workers from the New York City Sanitation Department were reportedly hanging out at Dunkin Donuts for 11 straight hours and some drinking beer for six or seven hours instead of working to clear the city‘s streets of snow that had fallen in last week’s massive snowstorm.
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Michael Powell’s Pension Story In NY Times Needs Correction
http://bigjournalism.com/jsexton/2011/01/03/michael-powells-pension-story-in-ny-times-needs-correction/

The NY Times finally wrote something about the public sector pension crisis which manages to be critical of unions. Still, it’s every bit the dishonest mess you would expect from the Times. Author Michael Powell isn’t straight with his readers and never works up the passion that the Times reserves for Republican scandals.
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500 More Birds Fall From the Sky in Louisiana
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/500-birds-fall-from-the-sky-in-louisiana/

Celebratory fireworks. That’s what officials in Arkansas say likely sent thousands of discombobulated blackbirds into such a tizzy that they crashed into homes, cars and each other before plummeting to their deaths in central Arkansas. While plausible, new reports of birds falling from the sky in Louisiana raise questions about whether something larger is at work.
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U.S.-Mexico border vanishes under Obama agency program
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=247113

U.S. borders with Mexico and Canada simply have been erased under a program run by the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol that issues The Trusted Traveler of North America cards.
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Severed head hung from bridge in Tijuana, Mexico
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110104/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_drug_war_mexico

TIJUANA, Mexico – The severed head of a young man was found hanging from a bridge in the Mexican border city of Tijuana on Monday. The Baja California state attorney general’s office said the head belonged to a man between 25 and 30 years old.
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European nations begin seizing private pensions
http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/The-Adam-Smith-Institute-Blog/2011/0102/European-nations-begin-seizing-private-pensions

People’s retirement savings are a convenient source of revenue for governments that don’t want to reduce spending or make privatizations. As most pension schemes in Europe are organised by the state, European ministers of finance have a facilitated access to the savings accumulated there, and it is only logical that they try to get a hold of this money for their own ends.
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MEMRI Launches Global Jihad News Website
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/2011/01/03/memri-launches-global-jihad-news-website/

MEMRI is announcing the launch of its Global Jihad News (GJN) website, which will cover news and developments on jihad affairs, including coverage of terror attacks as well as regularly updated information about individuals, groups, and countries. The GJN will also be the central repository of MEMRI and MEMRI TV reports dealing with jihad and terrorism, and will provide short summaries and excerpts from MEMRI reports.
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The zoo babies of 2010
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40843820/ns/technology_and_science-science

In zoos all over the world this year, little bundles of joy were brought into the world, causing zoo-goers to coo. From the furry to the scaly to the underwater dwellers, OurAmazingPlanet takes a look at a few of the cuties that joined the animal kingdom in 2010.

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