Even Critics of Safety Net Increasingly Depend on It - NYTimes.com

Even Critics of Safety Net Increasingly Depend on It - NYTimes.com:

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12-yr-old at Warren Jr High accused of pointing gun at student - KFDM-TV Channel Six

12-yr-old at Warren Jr High accused of pointing gun at student - KFDM-TV Channel Six: "Sheriff David Hennigan told KFDM News the 7th grade student was in the lunch line at about 1 p.m. Monday when another student began talking to him about a girl in class. According to the sheriff, the 12-year-old pulled out a loaded, 25 caliber automatic, pointed it at the other student and threatened to shoot him if he didn't stop talking about the girl. The gun was loaded but there wasn't a bullet in the chamber. Sheriff Hennigan told us the child put the gun back in his pocket."

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Keystone XL start welcomed by Obama - Darren Goode - POLITICO.com

Keystone XL start welcomed by Obama - Darren Goode - POLITICO.com: "President Barack Obama "welcomes" the news that TransCanada will start building the southern portion of the Keystone XL pipeline, even as the White House continues to take shots for not approving the entire 1,700-mile route.

The rapid response from White House spokesman Jay Carney underscores the political sensitivity of the proposed pipeline and Obama's balancing act. The White House is trying not to anger its liberal base by approving the pipeline, but at the same time is publicly saying TransCanada should keep working on an alternative route through Nebraska."

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Chardon High School shooting: what we've learned since Columbine - CSMonitor.com

Guns again!


Chardon High School shooting: what we've learned since Columbine - CSMonitor.com: "At this point, it’s still unknown why a Chardon High School student walked into his school cafeteria Monday morning in suburb of Cleveland and shot into a group of students, wounding four and killing one."

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Virginia Politics Blog - Virginia gives Northrop Grumman up to $14 million to move headquarters

Virginia Politics Blog - Virginia gives Northrop Grumman up to $14 million to move headquarters: "Virginia gives Northrop Grumman up to $14 million to move headquarters
Gov. Robert F. McDonnell (R) said Tuesday morning that the state is giving Northrop Grumman $12 million to $14 million in grants and cash incentives to lure the defense giant's headquarters to Northern Virginia."

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Conservative George Will Rips GOP's Politicization Of Gas Prices As 'Economic Nonsense' | ThinkProgress

AGREED!!


Conservative George Will Rips GOP's Politicization Of Gas Prices As 'Economic Nonsense' | ThinkProgress: "On ABC’s This Week, conservative commentator George Will rejected the “preposterous” GOP political strategy of trying to win elections by railing against “high gas prices.” As evidence, Will highlighted Rep. Allen West (R-FL), who said he was outraged that it costs him $70 a tank to fill his car. “He drives a Hummer!” Will noted, adding, “this is economic nonsense.” Watch it:"

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Rick Santorum: Obama Is 'A Snob'

Santorum is an ass!  No pun suggested.

Rick Santorum took a swipe at the president's higher education push on Saturday.

"President Obama once said he wants everybody in America to go to college," Santorum said. "What a snob.”

The GOP candidate was speaking to a crowd of Tea Party activists in Troy, Michigan.

“Not all folks are gifted in the same way,” he explained. “Some people have incredible gifts with their hands...there are good decent men and women who go out and work hard every day and put their skills to test that aren’t taught by some liberal college professor trying to indoctrinate them. Oh, I understand why he wants you to go to college. He wants to remake you in his image. I want to create jobs so people can remake their children into their image, not his."

His comments echoed remarks he made on Friday, calling colleges "indoctrination mills."

As the Washington Post points out, Santorum's criticisms are curious considering his three advanced degrees. He holds a Bachelor's, a law degree and an M.B.A.

Obama is currently pushing a plan to make college more accessible by reforming federal student aid and providing incentives for colleges to keep their tuitions under control. He first introduced the initiative in his State of the Union speech.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/25/rick-santorum-obama-snob-college_n_1301854.html

Armin Jahr school shooting: Girl, 8, fights for life after gun goes off inside boy's backpack | Mail Online

Armin Jahr school shooting: Girl, 8, fights for life after gun goes off inside boy's backpack | Mail Online: "Boy, 9, who 'planned to run away with his father's gun' weeps in court as he faces charges over girl shot at school when .45 'went off inside his backpack'"

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LOS ANGELES (KTLA) - Double Carjacking Suspect Leads LAPD & CHP on Slow Speed Pursuit, Killed in Hail of Bullets - ktla.com

This video is crazy!


http://www.ktla.com/videogallery/68336411/News/VIDEO-Suspect-Killed-in-Hail-of-Bullets

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) - Double Carjacking Suspect Leads LAPD & CHP on Slow Speed Pursuit, Killed in Hail of Bullets - ktla.com: "A double carjacking suspect led LAPD and CHP officers on a slow-speed pursuit from near downtown Los Angeles into the streets of Hollywood and East Hollywood on Thursday evening before being killed in a hail of bullets"

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Walmart Shooting: 2 Shot At Virginia Distribution Center

Walmart Shooting: 2 Shot At Virginia Distribution Center: " An employee of a Wal-Mart Stores Inc. distribution center in Virginia shot and wounded his manager Wednesday, then killed himself as deputies approached him, authorities said.

Dinwiddie County Sheriff D.T. Adams said deputies who were summoned to the center along rural U.S. 460 shortly after noon encountered a 32-year-old man standing outside the entrance. When deputies approached, he shot at them with a handgun, then fatally shot himself in the chest."

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WHITE HOUSE SALUTES THE BLUES

B.B. King, left, Buddy Guy from Chicago, and Warren Haynes, right, perform during the White House Music Series saluting Blues Music in recognition of Black History Month, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, in the East Room of the White House in Washington.

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/02/21/4281037/white-house-salutes-the-blues.html?mi_rss=Photo%20Galleries#storylink=cpy

Paul Babeu, Arizona Sheriff, Allegedly Threatened Gay Mexican Ex-Lover With Deportation (VIDEO)

Paul Babeu, Arizona Sheriff, Allegedly Threatened Gay Mexican Ex-Lover With Deportation (VIDEO): "Paul Babeu, Arizona Sheriff, Allegedly Threatened Gay Mexican Ex-Lover With Deportation (VIDEO)"

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Mormons apologize for baptizing of dead Jews - CBS News

Mormons apologize for baptizing of dead Jews - CBS News: "Mormon church leaders apologized to the family of Holocaust survivor and Jewish rights advocate Simon Wiesenthal after his parents were posthumously baptized, a controversial ritual that Mormons believe allows deceased people a way to the afterlife but offends members of many other religions."

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Is This The Most Ridiculous Mitt Romney Flip Flop Of All Time?

Is This The Most Ridiculous Mitt Romney Flip Flop Of All Time?: "Is This The Most Ridiculous Mitt Romney Flip Flop Of All Time?"

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USATODAY.com - Bush plan gives huge tax break to buyers of big SUVs

USATODAY.com - Bush plan gives huge tax break to buyers of big SUVs: "Buying big, luxurious sport-utility vehicles could cost a lot less under the Bush administration's economic stimulus proposal, even though a Bush appointee blasted SUVs last week as dangerous fuel hogs."


SUV, truck owners get a big tax break

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Zucotti Park

nintai: "Here’s every punk album cover for the next five years taken last night during the violent arrests at Zucotti Park."

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ATHENS BURNS

Greek Protests Continue As Lawmakers Pass Severe Austerity Measures: "Greek lawmakers on Monday approved harsh new austerity measures demanded by bailout creditors to save the debt-crippled nation from bankruptcy, after riots in Athens and other cities left stores looted and burned and more than 120 people hurt."

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New Hampshire Republican proposes end to lunch break law | The Raw Story

New Hampshire Republican proposes end to lunch break law | The Raw Story:

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Romanian Man Accused Of Hacking Into NASA Computers

Romanian Man Accused Of Hacking Into NASA Computers:

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Voter ID bills clears Va. Senate - Virginia Politics - The Washington Post

Voter ID bills clears Va. Senate - Virginia Politics - The Washington Post: "
Voter ID bills clears Va. Senate"

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Virginia lawmakers vote to lift handgun purchase limit - The Washington Post

Virginia lawmakers vote to lift handgun purchase limit - The Washington Post: "Virginia lawmakers vote to lift handgun purchase limit"

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Sen. McConnell Gets Sen. Barrasso to High-Five Him

Marshmallow Cannon Creator Joey Hudy Pose For White House Science Fair Pictures

BEST DAY EVER!!

Dirtbag gone!

Karen Handel, Susan G. Komen's Anti-Abortion VP, Drove Decision To Defund Planned Parenthood

Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the nation's leading anti-breast-cancer charity, has insisted that its since-reversed decision to pull funding from Planned Parenthood arose from a routine change in criteria for grant eligibility that had nothing to do with abortion politics.

But a Komen insider told HuffPost on Sunday that Karen Handel, Komen's staunchly anti-abortion vice president for public policy, was the main force behind the decision to defund Planned Parenthood and the attempt to make that decision look nonpolitical.

 

Obama super PAC decision: President blesses fundraising for Priorities USA Action - Glenn Thrush - POLITICO.com

It's about damn time!!!

Calling all NFL players.
Calling all NBA players.
Calling all Hip Hop Moguls.
Calling all Latino business owners.
Calling all Asian business owners.
Calling all Muslim business owners.
Calling all Native American business owners.

Obama embraces the super PAC

Obama super PAC decision: President blesses fundraising for Priorities USA Action - Glenn Thrush - POLITICO.com: "In an act of hypocrisy or necessity, depending on the beholder — has reversed course and is now blessing the efforts of a sputtering super PAC, Priorities USA Action, organized to fight GOP dark-money attacks."

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Obama proposes new aid for vets

Awesome. 

We just can’t send a Vet to war and forget them.

 

President Barack Obama on Friday ramped up his efforts to help unemployed veterans find jobs by calling for $6 billion in spending aimed at service members returning home from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Veterans “are the Americans that we want to keep serving here at home as we rebuild this country. So we’re going to do everything we can to make sure that when our troops come home, they come home to new jobs and new opportunities and new ways to serve their country,” Obama said at Arlington Fire Station No. 5, a Northern Virginia firehouse that sent some of the first emergency responders to the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.

http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=CC79C6EC-69F7-4E8B-AAE4-CE3DD74A5262

Obama pushes for veterans jobs programs

In an effort to cut the unemployment rate among veterans, President Barack Obama is calling for a new conservation program that would put veterans to work rebuilding trails, roads and levees on public lands.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-obama-pushes-for-veterans-jobs-programs-20120203,0,2725809.story
The president also will seek more grant money for programs that allow local communities to hire more police officers and firefighters.

U.S. Economy Added 243,000 Jobs in January - Unemployment Rate Is 8.3% - NYTimes.com

The front wheels have lifted off the runway. Now, Americans are waiting to see if the economy can truly get aloft.

With the government reporting that the unemployment rate and the number of jobless fell in January to the lowest levels since early 2009, the recovery seems finally to be reaching American workers.

The Labor Department’s latest snapshot of the job market, released on Friday, makes clear that employers have been hiring more in recent months, with 243,000 net new jobs in January. The unemployment rate now stands at 8.3 percent, down from 8.5 percent a month earlier and from 9.1 percent as recently as last August.

U.S. Economy Added 243,000 Jobs in January - Unemployment Rate Is 8.3% - NYTimes.com:

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U.S. employment picture - The Washington Post

U.S. employment picture - The Washington Post:

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Business News — CNBC — Oil Rush Not All Boom - CNBC

Business News — CNBC — Oil Rush Not All Boom - CNBC:

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