Browsing Month January, 2012
NUCLEAR FUEL ROD:: Iran says it has produced its first nuclear fuel rod – LATimes
By MB Snow at January 1, 2012 | 11:06 am
REPORTING FROM TEHRAN AND BEIRUT -- Iran said Sunday that its scientists had produced the country’s first nuclear fuel rod and its navy had test-fired a new medium-range surface-to-air missile, announcements that were likely to heighten concerns about the country’s disputed uranium-enrichment program. The Islamic Republic News Agency, or IRNA, reported that the ... Go To Article
General , Middle East , News , Politics
ELECTION 2012:: Fate of GOP Hopefuls Rests With Undecided Voters
By MB Snow at January 1, 2012 | 10:59 am
LE MARS, Iowa (AP) - The volatile Republican presidential race in Iowa will come down to which way an enormous chunk of undecided voters breaks in the coming days. With the first-in-the-nation voting of the 2012 race for the White House looming Tuesday, Mitt Romney is contending for victory in a state that eluded him four years ago, while Rick Santorum - a hero among ... Go To Article
Commentary , Election 2012 , Featured , General , Politics , Polls
MARK STEYN:: New Year Looks No Less Dysfunctional Than The Old – Investors
By MB Snow at January 1, 2012 | 10:44 am
Ring out the new, ring in the old. No, hang on, that should be the other way around, shouldn't it? Not as far as 2011 was concerned. The year began with a tea-powered Republican caucus taking control of the House of Representatives and pledging to rein in spendaholic government. It ended with President Obama making a pro forma request for a mere $1.2 trillion increase ... Go To Article
Barack Obama , Commentary , Economy , Featured , General , Politics
RED TAPE DIET:: A New Year’s resolution for Capitol Hill – Wash Times
By MB Snow at January 1, 2012 | 10:34 am
Uncle Sam ended the year having saddled Americans with another 81,836 pages of regulations. No issue was too small or insignificant to escape attention in the federal government’s final week of pronouncements. On Thursday, The Department of Homeland Security announced drawbridge operation rules for the Hanover Street bridge in Baltimore. The National Oceanic and ... Go To Article
Commentary , Featured , General , Politics
2012 MEDICARE DEBATE is all about the baby boomers – AP
By MB Snow at January 1, 2012 | 10:18 am
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Baby boomers take note: Medicare as your parents have known it is headed for big changes no matter who wins the White House in 2012. You may not like it, but you might have to accept it. Dial down the partisan rhetoric and surprising similarities emerge from competing policy prescriptions by President Barack Obama and leading Republicans such as ... Go To Article
General , Health Care , News , Politics
IOWA CAUCUSES: Pulling the weeds from Republican field – CNN
By MB Snow at January 1, 2012 | 10:08 am
Iowa caucuses: Pulling the weeds from Republican field Des Moines, Iowa (CNN) -- After a year when the Republican presidential race became defined by debates and cable news chatter instead of retail politics and town hall meetings, Iowa seems primed, in the end, to reward the candidates who did things the old-fashioned way. Three Republican candidates -- Ron Paul, ... Go To Article
Election 2012 , General , News , Politics
SUPREME COURT:: Chief Justice Backs Peers’ Decision to Hear Health Law Case – NYTimes
By MB Snow at January 1, 2012 | 10:01 am
In the face of a growing controversy over whether two Supreme Court justices should disqualify themselves from the challenge to the 2010 health care overhaul law, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. on Saturday defended the court’s ethical standards. The chief justice’s comments came in his annual report on the state of the federal judiciary. In it, he made what ... Go To Article
General , Health Care , News , Politics , Supreme Court
MIDDLE EAST:: Advisory group head calls for withdrawal of observers from Syria – CNN
By MB Snow at January 1, 2012 | 9:51 am
(CNN) -- The head of an advisory board to the Arab League called Sunday for the withdrawal of observers from Syria, claiming the mission has allowed Syrian officials to continue a brutal crackdown on protesters. "What is happening allows the Syrian regime a cover for the exercise of its inhumane practices under the Arab League's watch," Ali Salem al-Deqbasi said in a ... Go To Article
General , Middle East , News , Politics
L.A. ARSON WAVE grows to about 40 fires; most since 1992 riots – LATimes
By MB Snow at January 1, 2012 | 9:41 am
With about 40 arson fires across Los Angeles in the last three days, the wave of intentional blazes that started in Hollywood on Friday is the worst since the 1992 riots, officials said. Authorities said they remained unsure whether the fires were the work of one arsonist or several people, perhaps including copycats. Although the majority of the fires have occurred in ... Go To Article
ROBERT COSTA: Tax Deal Finalized – NRO
By MB Snow at January 1, 2012 | 12:20 am
By Robert Costa, December 31, 2012 Senior Senate Republican aides tell NRO that the tax side of the fiscal-cliff deal has been finalized. Here’s a sketch of the framework: — Current tax rates would be permanently extended for singles making $400,000 or below, and permanently extended for couples making $450,000 or below — For singles, capital gains and ... Go To Article
Barack Obama , Congress , Economy , Featured , General , News , Politics
