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A Mirimar family says their brother-in-law was forced to shoot when a drunk neighbor wielding a broken bottle approached his wife and kids.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Three elected Mississippi Democrats announced Tuesday they are switching to the Republican Party, a move Republicans described as a victory for the GOP and a rebuke of Democratic Party ideology. State Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, state Rep. Bobby Shows and Simpson County Superintendent of Education Joe Welch announced the changes in their party affiliation during a news conference Tuesday at Mississippi Republican Party headquarters in Jackson. The party switches don't shift the balance of power in either house of the state Legislature, but GOP officials said it's part of continuing trend in Mississippi and beyond. At least...

The owner of a historic Kailua house beside the one the president uses has his property bill cut The absentee owner of a multimillion-dollar home being used by President Barack Obama's visiting entourage gets one of the biggest residential property tax breaks on Oahu. Kevin Comcowich, the Houston investment executive who purchased the nearly 5,000-square-foot home for $9 million in January 2008, was charged $300 in property taxes this year. Last year, Comcowich paid nearly $30,000 in taxes for his 1-acre beachfront spread in Kailua. In 2007 the tab — paid by the previous owner — was about $48,000, according...

A cable that was released in the massive intel dump by Wikileaks on Nov. 28 makes mention of a party put on by an unknown prince and “US-based energy-drink company.” The party which was attended by Saudi royalty and other wealthy Saudi youth is purported to have cocaine, hashish, and black-market alcohol all available to the patrons. The cable, entitled “UNDERGROUND PARTY SCENE IN JEDDAH: SAUDI YOUTH,“ goes on to elaborate, “that a number of the guests were in fact “working girls,” not uncommon for such parties.” This comes as a surprise due to the fact that Saudi Arabia is...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_H8zqiPgmJE New Hampshire tunesmith Rick Page says "Wake Up and Smell the Tea!"

Athens state Rep. Doug McKillip becomes the most recent Democrat to defect and become a Republican in a district which is predominately Democrat. The Republicans now hold 114 seats in the Georgia House, but if you add Milledgeville’s independent Dixiecrat Rusty Kidd, it really makes it 115. Kidd sided with Georgia Republicans over Obama's health care law and has supported the building of private prisons in Milledgeville. At the moment, the magic number for Georgia House Republicans to get a supermajority has been reduced to five. The flurry of political defections have given the Georgia GOP its biggest majority since...

President Obama, first lady Michelle Obama and Vice President Joe Biden hosted a party Thursday marking the second day of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah. Obama offered condolences to those who have died in a forest fire in northern Israel before recounting the story of the Maccabees fighting in the Temple in Jersualem watching a day's worth of oil burn for eight.

On Dec. 2, Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater will attend the annual Chanukah party at the White House. “It was a surprise,” Grater said, of receiving the invitation. “I’m very humbled.” Grater, who occasionally contributes to The Jewish Journal, presides over the Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center, a Conservative congregation, and serves on the national advisory board of J Street, a political action committee devoted to shaping public opinion regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. His work with J Street started his relationship with the White House. After a J Street delegation meeting in Washington, D.C., a couple of years ago, Grater established...

Excerpt: But most speakers said the audit didn't go far enough, and they demanded either a much more intensive forensic audit or a criminal investigation. Most expressed anger at the near-complete lack of projects built downtown despite the $230 million spent. The majority of speakers were either tea-party members or other well-known political activists. Republican blogger James Kelley demanded to know what documents weren't given to the auditors, which people refused to speak with the auditors, and where the money was spent.

The Communist Party USA is preparing to defend China against the US, in what it sees as a looming Washington/Beijing "confrontation". While long a loyal ally of the Soviet Union and later the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, the Communist Party USA has also become markedly pro-China in recent years. As Moscow and Beijing have openly moved into a military and economic alliance through the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the American Communist Party has also staked out a pro-China position. Now Communist Party USA members are discussing how to help China, in the event of Washington/Beijing hostilities. Political Affairs, the...

2010 Election Results: Time to Organize!by: Joelle Fishman November 16 2010 Introduction The struggle for the direction of our country and for jobs and relief in this economic crisis, for equality, democracy and peace, is dramatically escalated by the 2010 election results. Republicans won control of the House and many governorships in a sweep election. But the Republican priority to protect tax cuts for the wealthy is in opposition to the top election issue of voters - to create jobs. This was a hard fought campaign within the long-term struggle to defeat the right wing. While there were some significant...

After the election two years ago, Time Magazine questioned whether the Elephant had become an extinct political animal. The most recent election raised questions as to whether the Donkey should be deemed an endangered species. Questioning either party's ability to survive is reasonable, and it helps sell magazines. However one or two elections are not sufficient to life-death assessments. Political parties are not immortal. They are born and eventually die. Survivability is dependent upon Darwinian adaptations rather than a genetically determined lifespan. Actuarial analyses can be reasonably attempted if they are based on longer periods. Enormous change in the American...

Jim Hoft at Gateway Pundit noted over the weekend that buried deep on the HHS website is a list of over 100 companies/organizations that have been granted waivers from the new health care law. Some of the companies on the list are well know, e.g. Olive Garden and Cracker Barrel restaurants and CIGNA health insurance. Others on the list seem conspicuous because of their small size. For instance, how did a company called Captain Elliot’s Party Boats get a waiver for their 10 employees? It turns out Captain Elliot’s Party Boats is the name of a company in Freeport, Texas...

Nancy Pelosi is hosting her "Victory Party" behind a curtain in Washington DC as this post is written. Fox News has coverage of the curtain. Nancy Pelosi has commented on the party at various times along the lines of "just because I've been rejected by the American people doesn't mean I'm not really good at what I do" and "I understand the American people better than they do themselves. Nothing can convince me otherwise." Nancy Pelosi hopes to lead the next Congress to an even worse defeat in 2012. She has the full support of the Republican Party. No Democrats...

I was recently emailed an article by Frank Ross called 15 questions for Democrats. It demonstrates some of the lies being told that republicans are racist. Reality check. Its the opposite. Liberals are racistWhich is the Real 'Racist' Party: Fifteen Questions for Democrats Big Journalism Posted by Frank Ross Feb 8th 2010 Once upon a time former Governor, Presidential candidate, and Chairman of the Democrat National Committee called the GOP the "White Party." CNN commentator Lou Dobbs took Dean to task for his language. So was Dr. Dean, and those among the Left who share his understanding of history, accurate?...

HISTORIC SHIFT All congressional districts voted more Republican than in 2008 (+ 40 points) see MAP

The Grand Old Party, known to many as simply the "G.O.P.," passed away during the recent election season. Despite having once been known for such luminaries as Lincoln and Reagan, in recent years the party had slipped into a near-comatose state of minorityhood and, under the leadership of a continuing parade of elder statesmen, had demonstrated an unfailing ability to reach across the aisle and compromise principles in the name of "getting things done." It is survived by a group of aging professional politicians whose primary interest has been their own political careers and assuring the blessings of continual reelection...

Israel’s version of the Tea Party movement held its opening rally on Sunday evening. Several dozen people attended the event which was held the at Zionist Organization of America house in Tel Aviv. The new grassroots effort is modeled after the American conservative social movement and has promised to be just as patriotic, provocative and antagonistic to United States President Barack Obama. Former Likud MK Michael Kleiner, one of the rally’s main organizers, explained that the purpose of the Tea Party movement is to send a clear message to Obama that he should not force Israelis to go against their...

The growing grassroots conservative movement in the US known as the “Tea Party” is set to expand to Israel this coming Sunday. The opening rally will be held at the Zionist Organization of America House in Tel Aviv under the banner of “Say No to Obama.” Israeli organizers behind the event said the Israeli branch of the Tea Party will be just as patriotic and provocatively conservative as its American counterparts. The first order of business for the new branch will be combatting US President Barack Obama’s efforts to reinstate a Jewish building freeze in Judea and Samaria. Organizers noted...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Seeking any advantage in their effort to retain control of Congress, Democrats are working behind the scenes in a number of tight races to bolster long-shot third-party candidates who have platforms at odds with the Democratic agenda but hold the promise of siphoning Republican votes. The efforts are taking place across the country with varying degrees of stealth. And in many cases, they seem to hold as much risk as potential reward for Democrats, prompting accusations of hypocrisy and dirty tricks from Republicans and the third-party movements that are on the receiving end of the unlikely, and...