http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/frontpage-news/ en-us Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:04:11 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386988/posts Council for American-Islamic Relations national communications director Ibrahim Hooper said Sunday that the U.S. still isn't clear if the shootings at Fort Hood were an act of terrorism. "To call it an act of terror is to jump to conclusions, to rush to judgment," Hooper said in an appearance on TV One’s "Washington Watch." "Why can't the killer at Fort Hood just be a crazy guy? Don't take it out on American Muslims because you're upset about another issue," he said in response to questions the shooting has raised about American Muslims in the U.S. Army. Appearing Sunday on ABC’s... POLITICO http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386988/posts#comment Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:04:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386938/posts Axelrod Signals Obama Will Try to Strip Abortion Language From Health Care Bill by FOXNews.com The amendment, authored by Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., went beyond preventing the proposed government-run plan from covering abortion to restrict federal subsidies from going toward private plans that offer abortion coverage. David Axelrod says the amendment changes the "status quo," something the president cannot abide. White House Senior Adviser David Axelrod suggested Sunday that President Obama will intervene to make sure a controversial amendment restricting federal funding for abortion coverage is stripped from final health care reform legislation. In doing so, the president would be... FOX http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386938/posts#comment Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:25:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386927/posts If Gov. David Paterson and state legislators continue to do nothing about the way they spend money, the state’s general bank account will be $1 billion short at the end of December, according to state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, the man who writes the checks.... The state has already dipped into its short-term investment pool, or cash reserves, for $5 billion. There is not enough left to raid. It is an option for the state to borrow money, but DiNapoli says the state has borrowed enough for cash-flow emergencies. In fact, the state already owes $10.4 billion to bondholders for the... Post Standard-Syracuse NY http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386927/posts#comment Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:05:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386898/posts WASH­ING­TON — Not long after he was roust­ed from bed and seized in a predawn raid in Pak­is­tan in March 2003, Khalid Shaikh Mo­hammed gave his cap­tors two de­mands: He want­ed a lawyer, and he want­ed to be taken to New York. After a near­ly sev­en-year odyssey that took him to se­cret Cen­tral In­tel­li­gence Agen­cy jails in Eu­rope and an Amer­i­can mil­i­tary prison in Cuba, Mr. Mo­hammed is fi­nal­ly like­ly to get his wish. He will be the most se­nior lead­er of Al Qaeda to date held to ac­count for the mass mur­der of near­ly 3,000 Amer­i­cans, fac­ing trial in... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386898/posts#comment Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:14:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386882/posts WASHINGTON — In being named White House counsel less than a year into President Obama’s tenure, Robert F. Bauer is reversing a longstanding trend. Many presidents initially name a close friend and ally to the post, and then turn to a well-known Washington legal fixture when they run into legal or political trouble. In this case, Mr. Bauer, a trusted back-room counselor who was one of the first people Mr. Obama hired when he came to Washington five years ago, is taking the place of Gregory B. Craig, a legal powerhouse who was a relative latecomer to Mr. Obama’s inner... The New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386882/posts#comment Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:50:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386880/posts The change in constitution would bring the BNP in line with the recent Equality Bill. The Human Rights Commission has ruled that the BNP would become an illegal party if it does not allow people from ethnic minorities to join. On the first day of the party's annual conference in Wigan, delegates debated whether its membership policy should discriminate on the grounds of race or religion. The BNP leader Nick Griffin was present at the "closed for business" debate, at the Legends Bar in Hindley Green. Members of the public and journalists are barred from the proceedings, which draw to... The Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386880/posts#comment Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:42:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386878/posts SOME of Britain’s most dangerous Al-Qaeda leaders are promoting jihad from inside high-security prisons by smuggling out propaganda for the internet and finding recruits. In an authoritative report, Quilliam, a think tank funded by the Home Office, claims “mismanagement” by the Prison Service is helping AlQaeda gain recruits and risks “strengthening jihadist movements”. Abu Qatada, described by MI5 as “Osama Bin Laden’s right-hand man in Europe”, has published fatwas — religious rulings — on the internet from Long Lartin prison, in Worcestershire, calling for holy war and the murder of moderate Muslims, it reveals. Abu Doha — said to be... The Sunday Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386878/posts#comment Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:37:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386018/posts Bauer worked for Obama on the 2008 campaign. During that time, he sent a letter to then-Attorney General Michael Mukasey arguing that ACORN should not be investigated for voter fraud. ACORN has admitted to more than 400,000 fraudulent voter registrations in 2008. The Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386018/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:00:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386846/posts Copenhagen climate change agreement is impossible World leaders have finally accepted that it will be impossible to come to a deal on climate change this year and have moved their attention to setting new deadlines for a global agreement. By Louise Gray, Environment Correspondent Published: 2:10PM GMT 15 Nov 2009 The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December has been billed as the world's last chance to stop global warming. But negotiations to forge a binding agreement have been hampered by a US refusal to sign up to targets on cutting greenhouse gas emissions. The deadlock forced world... Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386846/posts#comment Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:34:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386841/posts TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei cannot be removed from his post because his legitimacy comes from God, an official close to Iran's most powerful figure was reported Friday as saying. Khamenei, whose public persona is usually above politics, stoked controversy in Iran when he endorsed the disputed victory of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in June's presidential elections, which plunged Iran into its deepest internal crisis since the Islamic revolution of 1979. Supporters of defeated candidates staged protests that were crushed by police, saying the vote was rigged. Mojtaba Zolnour, a Khamenei representative in the elite Revolutionary Guards,... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386841/posts#comment Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:14:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386833/posts A little nutty or totally wacked? Totally wacked, for my money. But this is the question some Republicans still ponder about the two most “hated” women in the country, as Fox superstar Sean Hannity lovingly calls them. Boston Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386833/posts#comment Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:59:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386775/posts Posted: Nov 13, 2009 3:14 PM Updated: Nov 13, 2009 3:15 PM MARION, IL (KFVS) - SNIPPET: "Ali Al-Marri, 43, is serving an eight year sentence for being a so called "sleeper agent." He has admitted to training in Al-Qaeda camps and having contact with the alleged planner of the September 11th attacks." KFVS12.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386775/posts#comment Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:56:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386756/posts SNIPPET: "An Irish jihadist living in Pakistan’s Swat valley says he is preparing to wage war against British and allied troops in Afghanistan. Khalid Kelly, a former altar boy from the Liberties area of Dublin who used to be known as Terry, told The Sunday Times he is undergoing weapons training in Pakistan’s mountainous tribal region in order to fight jihad against the enemies of Islam. His dream is to face a British soldier in combat, although he would “settle” for an American, he said. “I’m already on the path to jihad. I’ve already picked up a gun and done... TIMESonline.co.uk - from THE SUNDAY TIMES http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386756/posts#comment Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:55:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386746/posts SINGAPORE: A major pact within tantalizing reach, President Barack Obama aims to nudge forward an arms-control deal in talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. The 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum brought Obama to Singapore, but he is focusing on individual meetings Sunday with Medvedev and with Indonesia's Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, president of the world's largest Muslim nation and Obama's home as a boy. The US-Russia meeting takes place as the nations seek a successor to a Cold War-era agreement. Obama planned another milestone: joining a larger meeting that includes the leader of military-ruled Myanmar. Obama is sure to face criticism... China Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386746/posts#comment Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:20:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386745/posts SNIPPET: “With the National Investigation Agency registering a case, officials have begun a sprawling investigation into rail, air and phone records to track the trail in India of US national David Coleman Headley and his Canadian associate Tahawwur Hussain Rana, the two men arrested by the FBI last month for allegedly plotting terror strikes. While preliminary investigations are expected to go on for at least six weeks, sources said there is evidence to show that Headley checked in at least twice in Mumbai’s Taj Mahal Palace Hotel and Towers more than a year before it was targeted by the Lashkar’s... INDIAN EXPRESS.com - Express News Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386745/posts#comment Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:12:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386729/posts WASHINGTON Defense Secretary Robert Gates has blocked the public release of any more pictures of foreign detainees abused by their U.S. captors, saying their release would endanger American soldiers. The Obama administration filed a brief with the Supreme Court late Friday saying that Gates has invoked new powers blocking the release of the photos. AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386729/posts#comment Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:31:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386723/posts Much has been written over the past 24 hours that does well to explain why the Obama Regime's despicable decision to bestow unprecedented constitutional protections on those whose only connection to America is that they have directed the incineration of thousands of our innocent countrymen or worked not quite as "successfully" for the same or worse. So, I can't really add much of substance in commenting on the news itself. A sampling of those from Jay's post from last night: Smack Down of Obama Administration on KSM Trial DecisionAnd guess who celebrates this as some sort of victory for "justice?"... Stop the ACLU http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386723/posts#comment Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:21:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386695/posts Standing at over six foot in height, Barack Obama had to bow deeply as he paid his respects to the diminutive Japanese Emperor Akihito. But the comical sight, which saw the President bend almost double, will no doubt earn him nods of approval in Japan, where a low bow is a sign of great respect and deference. Obama met the emperor and Empress Michiko at the Imperial Palace today, a stop on his nine-day Asian tour that will also see him take in Singapore and China. Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386695/posts#comment Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:09:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386659/posts Sarah Palin is embarking on what is likely to be the most commercially successful book tour by a politician since Barack Obama launched "The Audacity of Hope" three years ago. Obama's book tour spawned a presidential campaign. Will Palin's do the same? Her ultimate ambitions remain a mystery. The opening stage of the tour for her book "Going Rogue" has been marked by the same qualities that have defined the public reaction to her since that morning in Ohio when she was announced as John McCain's choice for vice president: curiosity and controversy. Give Palin credit: She has a gift... The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386659/posts#comment Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:43:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386627/posts <p>CHICAGO — A White House official says the Obama administration is considering buying a northwestern Illinois prison to house a limited number of detainees from Guantanamo Bay, along with federal inmates.</p> AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386627/posts#comment Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:08:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386616/posts Ohio became the first state in the nation Friday to adopt a single-injection method for executing condemned inmates, a process that state officials believe will avoid violating the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment. The single large dose of anesthetic is similar to the method used by veterinarians to euthanize pets and livestock. Other states with capital punishment now use a three-drug formula that is believed to inflict pain if not properly administered. Richard Dieter, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, said that Ohio's new method was "a better alternative." "My understanding is this one drug is... LA Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386616/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:39:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386599/posts The Obama Administration on Friday evening urged the Supreme Court to turn aside a test case by four former Guantanamo Bay detainees, and to do so without ruling on their claims of torture and religious discrimination by U.S. agents there. It is clear, Solicitor General Elena Kagan argued in the new filing, that the detainees had no legal basis for their claims at the time they were at Guantanamo — between early 2002 and March 2004. Thus, she contended, the officials sued are immune from the lawsuit. The filing came in the case of Rasul, et al., v. Myers, et... Scotusblog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386599/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:58:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386591/posts Overall spending on health care would rise as a result of legislation approved a week ago by the House, and billions of dollars in projected savings contained in the measure will be difficult to maintain, according to a report by a top official at the agency that oversees Medicare. The legislation would expand insurance coverage to an estimated 32 million people who now lack it, according to the report, creating a demand for services that "could be difficult to meet initially ... and could lead to price-increases, cost-shifting and/or changes in providers' willingness to treat patients with low-reimbursement health coverage."... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386591/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:33:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386583/posts President Barack Obama vowed Saturday to hold accountable anyone who may have missed "potential warning signs" about the danger posed by Fort Hood massacre suspect Nidal Malik Hasan. The president's comments, in his weekly address to the nation, came as a lawyer for the Army major said that Hasan had been left paralyzed from the waist down after police shot him to end the slaughter on the Central Texas post. "We must compile every piece of information that was known about the gunman, and we must learn what was done with that information," Obama said, according to an advance text... The Dallas Morning News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386583/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:57:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386458/posts The leader of the Lebanese group Hezbollah has accused Barack Obama, the US president, of "absolute bias" in favour of Israel and of disregard for the dignity of Arabs and Muslims. In a televised speech on Wednesday, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah said Obama has gone further than his predecessor, George Bush, in supporting the Jewish state adding that the high expectations that followed Obama's election had been "shattered". aljazeera http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386458/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:17:40 GMT