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House To Vote On Sex-selection Abortion Ban

Legislation coming up for a House vote would make it a federal crime to carry out an abortion based on the gender of the fetus. The measure takes aim at the aborting of female fetuses, a practice more common to countries such India and China, where there is a strong preference for sons, but which […]

White House Issues Veto Threat On Veterans Bill

The White House is warning that President Barack Obama will veto a widely popular House spending bill for veterans’ programs and construction projects at military bases. The veto promise comes because House GOP leaders are breaking faith with last summer’s budget deal by cutting overall funding for agency operating budgets by $19 billion, almost 2 […]

RNC: Walker win is ‘lights out’ for Obama

MADISON, Wis., May 31 (UPI) — A win for Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker in next week’s recall election would mean “lights out” for President Obama, the National Republican Committee head said. “Certainly [if] Wisconsin goes red, I think it’s lights out for Barack Obama,” RNC Chairman Reince Priebus said Wednesday, speaking about the recall effort […]

New York To Ban Free Speech?

Two New York legislators have taken a page from the playbook of aspiring internet regulator Joe Lieberman by sponsoring a bill that would make the posting of anonymous comments illegal. The bill written by Republican State Senators Dean Murray and Thomas O’Mara states: “A web site administrator upon request shall remove any comments posted on […]

Obama Frantic For A Deal With Iran

Israel/Netanyahu has reluctantly, and even hesitantly, agreed to step back from the military brink with Iran to allow Obama a six-month window within which to win an agreement with Iran in which the latter would abandon it’s endeavor to create a nuclear bomb. Here’s what DEBKAfile reported on May 19th: “Netanyahu and Ehud Barak have […]

Outrage in Poland over Obama’s ‘Polish Death Camp’ comment

It’s so nice to have a president who’s smart, don’t you think? I mean, Obama can pronounce “nuclear” correctly, although the word kind of sticks in his throat when mentioning it in the same breath as Iran or North Korea. But there’s “smart” like Obama, and then there’s “smart” like, well, the rest of us. […]

ACLU Lawsuit To Challenge Ill. Gay Marriage Ban

More than two dozen gay and lesbian couples in Illinois plan to file lawsuits Wednesday arguing that it’s unconstitutional for the state to deny them the right to marry, a move advocates hope will lead to legalized same-sex marriage in Illinois. The two lawsuits — backed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois and […]

Two books, two standards, for Obama, Bush

Not all campaign books are treated equally. Just look at Edward Klein and J.H. Hatfield. Klein, of course, is the author of the new book “The Amateur: Barack Obama in the White House.” Hatfield, now dead and forgotten, wrote a book about George W. Bush, “Fortunate Son,” during the 2000 presidential contest. Klein’s book, which […]