Browsing Month November, 2011
MEXICO DRUGS:: New Calif. border drug tunnel found – Yahoo! News
By MB Snow at November 30, 2011 | 12:18 am
SAN DIEGO (AP) — U.S. authorities said they discovered a major cross-border tunnel Tuesday, the latest in a spate of secret passages found to smuggle drugs from Mexico. "It is clearly the most sophisticated, major tunnel that we have found in the last five years," said Lauren Mack, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in San Diego. She did ... Go To Article
ELECTION 2012:: Two Cain backers in N.H. decamp for Gingrich – CBS News
By MB Snow at November 30, 2011 | 12:17 am
Two New Hampshire state representatives who were backing Herman Cain for president have decided to pull their support from Cain in the wake of claims that he was involved in an extended extramarital affair. As WMUR first reported, state Reps. William Panek and Sam Cataldo will now back Newt Gingrich for president. Panek told CBS News he had been on the fence ... Go To Article
Election 2012 , General , News , Politics
GINGRICH Ramps Up in South Carolina – WSJ
By MB Snow at November 30, 2011 | 12:16 am
Gingrich Ramps Up in South Carolina By DOUGLAS A. BLACKMON And VALERIE BAUERLEIN NEWBERRY, S.C.—Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is gaining momentum in national polls, and it is this state that is becoming the fulcrum of his efforts to win the Republican presidential nomination.Mr. Gingrich is traveling across South Carolina this week, seeking ... Go To Article
GLOBAL WARMING::Scientists Behaving Badly – NRO
By MB Snow at November 30, 2011 | 12:14 am
Global-warming skeptics spend much of their time knocking down the fatuous warmist claim that the science is settled. According to the warmists, this singular piece of settled science is attested to by hundreds or thousands of highly credentialed scientists. In truth, virtually the entire warmist edifice is built around a small, tightly knit coterie of persons (one ... Go To Article
Commentary , Environment , General , Politics
MILITARY::Making a difference: Air Cavalry troopers conduct medical seminars with Afghan females – U.S. Central Command
By MB Snow at November 30, 2011 | 12:10 am
BAGHLAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan (November 27, 2011) — All across Afghanistan, on a daily basis, soldiers and other members of coalition forces are making a difference in the lives of the Afghan populace. In northern Afghanistan, three female soldiers assigned to the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, had their opportunity to make a difference by teaching ... Go To Article
General , Middle East , Military , News , Politics
ELECTION 2012::As White House candidates abandon public funding, Republicans look to end system – WashPo
By MB Snow at November 30, 2011 | 12:08 am
At some point in 2012, President Obama and his GOP opponent will formally declare whether they plan to take public funding for their general-election campaigns. If House Republicans get their way, there won’t be a choice to make. This week, the House will vote on a bill sponsored by Rep. Gregg Harper (R-Miss.) that would abolish the Presidential Election Campaign ... Go To Article
Congress , Election 2012 , General , News , Politics
OBAMA uses taxpayer cash to back ACORN Name changes – WashTimes
By MB Snow at November 30, 2011 | 12:07 am
The Obama administration has showered its allies at ACORN Housing with $729,849 so far this year despite powerful, newly unveiled evidence of corruption and massive accounting irregularities at the longtime affiliate of ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now). Watchdog group Cause of Action recently pressured NeighborWorks America, a ... Go To Article
Barack Obama , Crony Capitalism , General , News , Politics
PERRY::Arpaio Endorsement Fails to Spark Enthusiasm in New Hampshire – Yahoo! News
By MB Snow at November 30, 2011 | 12:06 am
DERRY, N.H. – About a quarter of the seats at a hall here in Derry went unfilled for Rick Perry’s fourth event here Tuesday, a fitting end to a long day of campaigning that failed to drum up much enthusiasm. The Texas governor spent it stumping with Joe Arpaio, the controversial sheriff from Maricopa County, Ariz., who bestowed his endorsement on Perry earlier ... Go To Article
Election 2012 , General , News , Politics , Rick Perry
AL QAEDA::Senate defies Obama veto threat in terrorist custody vote – WashTimes
By MB Snow at November 30, 2011 | 12:05 am
Defying a veto threat from President Obama, the Senate voted Tuesday to preserve language that would give the U.S. military a crack at al Qaeda operatives captured in the U.S., even if they are American citizens. Led by Sen. Carl Levin, the Michigan Democrat who chairs the Senate Armed Services Committee, senators voted 61-37 to preserve the language that gives the ... Go To Article
Congress , General , Middle East , News , Politics , Senate , Terrorism , War
WHITE HOUSE defends Obama trips to key election states – LATimes
By MB Snow at November 30, 2011 | 12:03 am
A president can deliver a speech from anywhere and be assured that it will receive ample attention. So, why not give it in a swing state that is crucial to his reelection chances? That seems to have been the White House practice over the past year as advisors mapped out President Obama’s itinerary. Again and again, Obama has turned up in important battleground states ... Go To Article
Barack Obama , Election 2012 , General , News , Politics
