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White House Explains Obama's Flip-Flop on Signing Statements Monday, April 18, 2011 By Fred Lucas (CNSNews.com) – The White House defended President Barack Obama’s use of a so-called "signing statement" for the fiscal year 2011 budget compromise even though candidate Obama said in 2008: “We’re not going to use signing statements as a way of doing an end-run around Congress.” White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said that back in 2008 Obama, meant the president should not abuse signing statements--not that he was against ever using signing statements. “He never said he was opposed to all signing statements,” Carney told...

I must say that I was pleasantly surprised (and by that, I mean completely astounded!) by the incredible number of hits received by yesterday's blog post. The subject matter was sensitive, controversial, and...well...pretty radical. I knew the post had the potential to ruffle some feathers, but this part of our story--from disobedience through conviction to restoration--is so utterly foundational to the rest of our story. Without this, you really can't have a full understanding of our spiritual timeline, and you can't fully appreciate the introductions to the rest of our children! As I said yesterday, Sweet Jimmy B listened patiently...

Having reached the half-way point of the Bennett children, we have arrived at an important landmark--one that warrants a brief hiatus between Jamie and Hannah. Before I take you on a guided tour of those three years of our lives, I feel it is important to issue a few cautions: Please keep your arms and legs inside the car at all times. This ride may not be suitable for the very old, the very young, or the infirm. This is an exhibition; not a competition. No wagering, please. Management is not responsible for TMI-induced nausea. If you are easily offended...

The U.S. informed Arab governments Friday that it will support a U.N. Security Council statement reaffirming that the 15-nation body "does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlement activity," a move aimed at avoiding the prospect of having to veto a stronger Palestinian resolution calling the settlements illegal. But the Palestinian's rejected the American offer following a meeting late Wednesdy of Arab representativs and said it is planning to press for a vote on its resolution Friday, according officials familar with the issue. The decision to reject the American offer raised the prospects that the Obama adminstration may cast...

In late December, we scored Joe Biden for putting his foot through the Administration's carefully designed Afghan diplomacy. The Vice President declared to much media fanfare on NBC's "Meet the Press" that U.S. troops would start leaving Afghanistan this summer and that "We're going to be totally out of there, come hell or high water, by 2014." We're happy to say the Veep seems to be coming around. This week on a visit to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Mr. Biden reversed himself in a way that deserves as much attention as his earlier blunder. "It is not our intention to govern...

Google's PAC sent 55 percent of its contributions to Republicans between July and October. Google's political action committee gave more contributions to Republicans candidates than to Democrats, according to an analysis by Consumer Watchdog, a staunch critic of the company. Between July and October, 55 percent of Google NetPAC's contributions went to Republicans ($57,500). Democrats received 45 percent of contributions ($47,500). This a change from the last filing, in which Democrats received 58 percent of the contributions and Republicans received 42 percent ($14,000).

A role reversal comedy shown on Saudi television in which a woman marries four husbands has hit the very nerve it satirised - male pride and double standards.The comedy was an episode in Saudi Arabia’s most celebrated satirical series, Tash Ma Tash or No Big Deal, a take-off of social prejudices shown annually during the holy month of Ramadan. The central character takes four husbands, explaining herself using the conventional arguments Saudi men use to exercise their legal and religious privilege of marrying four times. When she remarries for the first time she complains that her existing husband has...

Much is being made, in some circles, of the fact that 60 percent of the majority decisions written by Judge Sonia Sotomayor during her tenure on the Second Circuit, on which appeals have been heard by the Supreme Court, have been reversed. On its face, this sounds awful; no judge should be reversed anywhere near 60 percent of the time. However, the statistic appears to be meaningless. It relates only to Sotomayor's decisions as to which a petition for a writ of certiorari was granted by the Supreme Court--a total of only five. (The overwhelming majority of such petitions are...

SYDNEY: A reversal of the Earth's magnetic poles could happen sooner than we think, according to Dutch scientists who report that the planet's magnetic field is becoming gradually less stable. A reversal could affect everything from navigation and communications equipment to the composition of the atmosphere, say experts. The report, published today in the U.K. journal Nature Geoscience, found that reversals have been far more common in the last 200 million years than they were deep in the planet's history. Wandering polesResearchers, led by Andrew Biggin of the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands, made the discovery by analysing rocks...

How do we counter the supposed global warming and how will we know how effective we have been? We keep hearing that we are being killed by the warming, and we must act immediately to reverse this trend. But what should we do? I have yet to hear a plan to do so. And after we enact what ever we must do, what climatalogical indicators will we see to show us we are being successful?

Reversal Of Alzheimer's Symptoms Within Minutes In Human StudyPET Scan of Alzheimer's Disease Brain. (Credit: NIH/National Institute On Aging) ScienceDaily (Jan. 9, 2008) — An extraordinary new scientific study, which for the first time documents marked improvement in Alzheimer’s disease within minutes of administration of a therapeutic molecule, has just been published in the Journal of Neuroinflammation. This new study highlights the importance of certain soluble proteins, called cytokines, in Alzheimer’s disease. The study focuses on one of these cytokines, tumor necrosis factor-alpha(TNF), a critical component of the brain’s immune system. Normally, TNF finely regulates the transmission of neural impulses...

WASHINGTON, Sept 20 (Reuters) - In an abrupt reversal, a U.S. House of Representatives committee narrowly voted on Wednesday to endorse President George W. Bush's plan for tough interrogations and trials of foreign terrorism suspects after Republicans rounded up enough members. About an hour earlier, the House Judiciary Committee rejected Bush's plan, with three Republicans joining committee Democrats. Embarrassed Republicans then summoned absent members, called for another vote, and approved it 20-19. Bush's bill, which critics said would result in inhumane interrogations and unfair trials, has met even stiffer resistance in the Senate, and the White House is trying to...

Here's a switch: Wal-Mart leaves a marketFollows Carrefour out of local-dominated South Korea By Jennifer Waters & Ilya Garger, Last Update: 12:36 PM ET May 22, 2006 CHICAGO (MarketWatch) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc., in a highly unusual move, is leaving the South Korean market because it's proved too tough for the world's largest retailer to make a profit. Wal-Mart said Monday that it is selling its 16 stores there to Shinsegae Co., South Korea's largest retailer, in a deal valued at 825 billion won, or $882 million. Shares of the Bentonville, Ark., retailer edged up to $47.36 amid broadly lower...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Prosecutors asked a judge Wednesday to reconsider her decision to toss out half of the government's case against confessed terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui. They acknowledged that altering the judge's ruling is their only hope of salvaging the death-penalty case. In a motion filed with U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema, prosecutors said the aviation security evidence she barred because a government lawyer coached the witnesses "goes to the very core of our theory of the case." At the very least, the prosecutors argued they should be allowed to present a newly designated aviation security witness who had no contact...

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/27/international/asia/27china.htmlState-Run Chinese Paper Lashes Anti-Japan Protests as 'Evil Plot' By JOSEPH KAHN Published: April 27, 2005 EIJING, April 26 - A top Chinese state-run newspaper said in a staff editorial this week that the wave of popular protests against Japan were part of an "evil plot" with "ulterior motives," suggesting that at least some elements of the Chinese leadership now wish to portray the demonstrations as a conspiracy to undermine the Communist Party.The editorial, published in The Liberation Daily of Shanghai on Monday, used the most strident language to date in an escalating campaign against the anti-Japan protests, which officials...

Doris Matsui will not debate her opponents in the congressional race to replace her late husband despite saying last week she intended to do so. The decision by the Democratic front-runner sparked criticism Friday among her opponents, several of whom have been calling for public debates leading up to the March 8 special election to replace the late Rep. Robert Matsui. Nick Papas, a spokesman for Doris Matsui, said there are too many candidates - 12 in all - to have a useful forum on the issues. Instead, Matsui plans to hold a series of town hall meetings throughout the...

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The INQ 4-step shafting plan for owners of free email services The Daily Hotmail By Paul Hales: Thursday 04 July 2002, 18:56 LET'S SAY YOU RUN a nice, free email service, that, mainly because it free and easy, is also stunningly popular. You may have acquired the service by buying it off someone, for instance. And, of course, to keep the users happy you'd have promised to keep the site free. Which you do. Anyhow, time goes by. You see all these folk coming and going on your site. You flog some adverts to bring in some money, but all...