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on January 7, 2014 in World News

GOP Establishment’s War on Tea Party Comes to Texas

          GOP Establishment’s War on Tea Party Comes to Texas The Republican establishment’s war against the Tea Party has come to Texas. According to a report in the Dallas Morning News, “Some of Texas’ biggest business trade groups are moving to counter tea party and anti-government forces that have dominated recent Republican primaries.” The Texas Future Business Alliance, described as a “mix of 10 major business groups, including the chemical industry, bankers, builders and contractors,” is reportedly “sending out mailers and providing other support on behalf of GOP candidates” who favor more government spending and want to… View Article

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on January 7, 2014 in World News

Class Warfare Attack to Spin Away from ObamaCare

                                White House Planning Class Warfare Attack to Spin Away from ObamaCare Barack Obama, desperate for a way to shift a disgruntled American public’s attention away from the disastrous rollout and impending cost of ObamaCare, is going back to the oldest play in the democratic playbook: class warfare. Before his sun-drenched vacation in Hawaii, Obama started the ball rolling, calling for extending federal unemployment benefits that weren’t part of the budget deal that Senate Democrats and House Republicans had made that would fund the government… View Article

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on January 6, 2014 in World News

For Queen Michelle, 17 Days in Paradise Just Not Enough

For Queen Michelle, 17 Days in Paradise Just Not Enough WH: A ‘Birthday Present’ From President — And You Taxpayers Seems 17 days in paradise just isn’t enough for Michelle Obama. When President Obama and his daughters left Hawaii to return to the White House, the first lady stayed behind in the $25,000-a-week vacation mansion. The president let his wife stay on with friends as a “birthday present,” the White House said. Yes, America, like it or not, you just bought the first lady a really nice present. See, when she flies home solo, likely on an Air Force C-40B… View Article

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on January 4, 2014 in World News

Shooting rampages could be stopped by quick-thinking civilians

                            90% of shooting rampages could be stopped by quick-thinking civilians: expert Police eye new tactics, quicker response to halt shooters Mass shootings like the ones that have occurred in recent years in Newtown, Conn., and Aurora, Colo., have tripled in recent years, according to a study set to be published next week for the FBI. Researchers looked at active shootings in public settings where the primary motive appeared to be mass murder and at least one victim was unrelated to the shooter, according to Yahoo News,… View Article

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on January 4, 2014 in World News

Global Warming Believers are Today’s Climate Deniers

                      Ice and Cold: Global Warming Believers are Today’s Climate Deniers Just this week we had dozens of Global Warming-believing scientists, who specialize in researching ice melt in Antarctica, run into a helluva lot more Antarctic ice than their research told them would be there. So much more ice that their ship and three ice-breaking rescue vessels were stuck in ten feet of it for days (two of the vessels are still stuck). As I write this, the big news of the weekend is a cold snap across much of… View Article

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on January 4, 2014 in World News

Virginia Gun Sales Hit 24-Year High in 2013

                      Virginia Gun Sales Hit 24-Year High in 2013 Virginia State Police say background checks for gun sales in 2013 “represented the highest volume of transactions since the inception of Virginia’s background check program” in 1989. Gun sales on Black Friday “also set a record.” According to the Huffington Post, “gun transactions in Virginia totaled 479,253 for the year.” This is nearly an 11 percent increase over the previous sales record of 432,387 transactions in 2012. Gun store owners say the continuing gun control rhetoric coming from President Obama and the… View Article

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on January 2, 2014 in World News

Gun re-registration begins in D.C

Gun re-registration begins in D.C., may lead to arrest and confiscation First law in U.S. to require renewal with fingerprints and fees For the first time in the United States, a citizen who has legally registered a gun will have to submit to a renewal process. The consequences of not knowing about this new law or missing the specific 60-day window are dire. Starting on Jan. 2, every single D.C. resident who has registered a firearm since 1976 must go to police headquarters to pay a $48 fee and be photographed and fingerprinted. The Metropolitan Police Department estimates there are… View Article

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on January 2, 2014 in World News

Doctors behind ADHD study question drug treatment

    Doesn’t ADD Up: Doctors behind ADHD study question drug treatment The co-authors of a 20-year-old study promoting the use of prescription drugs to combat the effects of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are now claiming the report may have overstated medication’s benefits. According to a report in the New York Times, at least two co-authors of the highly influential study – called the Multimodal Treatment Study of Children With ADHD – have come forward to express concern that the original report also downplayed the benefits of behavioral therapy. “There was lost opportunity to give kids the advantage of… View Article

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