Citing “angry backlash,” both personally and professionally, a Kansas State University College Director withdrew his eligibility challenge to Obama’s appearance on the Kansas ballot. But Secretary of State Kris Kobach has apparently still not made up his mind on the issue.
Anti-American rage that began this week over a video insult to Islam spread to nearly 20 countries across the Middle East and beyond on Friday, with violent and sometimes deadly protests that convulsed the birthplaces of the Arab Spring revolutions, breached two more United States Embassies and targeted diplomatic properties of Germany and Britain.
The GOP controlled House passed a budget this week permitting funding for Planned Parenthood and ObamaCare–including the regulation that forces Catholics to violate their conscience with respect to contraception.
The House GOP leadership patted itself on the back today over the passage of its “No More Solyndras” Bill but, in reality, it allows about $90 Billion in Solyndra-type projects to continue.
If Mitt Romney wins the presidency, he won’t be the first commander in chief whom his wife has seen in a compromising position. During a taping of “Live! With Kelly and Michael,” potential first lady Ann Romney said she once walked in on former President George W. Bush.
Ratings firm Egan-Jones cut its credit rating on the U.S. government to “AA-” from “AA,” citing its opinion that quantitative easing from the Federal Reserve would hurt the U.S. economy and the country’s credit quality.
King salmon fisheries in major Alaska watersheds have been declared failures by the U.S. Department of Commerce, making commercial fishermen eligible for disaster relief.
According to Lebanon News, the US Ambassador to Libya was brutally raped prior to his murder yesterday. Read this rough Google Translate from the Arabic site.
Pastor Terry Jones, the Koran-burning pastor from Florida, was contacted by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff several days ago and asked not to post the trailer of the video, “The Innocence of Muslims.” Read what Jones did here.
On the last night of the Democratic National Convention, a retired Navy four-star took the stage to pay tribute to veterans. Behind him, on a giant screen, the image of four hulking warships reinforced his patriotic message. But somebody made a very big mistake.