Biden at it Again: Asks Man if He’s Indian, Man Says “No, American” (+videos)

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Vice President Joe Biden seems to have a problem with Indian immigrants. From using a fake Indian accent – mimicking a foreign call center – to saying you couldn’t go to “a 7-11 or a Dunkin Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent,” he’s constantly putting his foot in his mouth.

It happened again yesterday. The Deccan Herald reported that, during a campaign stop at a restaurant in Florida,

Biden, out of the blue, asked a man at the restaurant, “Are you Indian?”.

The conversation happened when a woman at the restaurant was telling what her brother– a Republican, told her last night after she posed for a picture with the Vice President.

The woman told the Vice President, “You know what he said to me? He said you’ve got to watch ‘2016’ and we watched it last night. He said if you watch that, he said you’re going to vote Republican.”

The woman was referring to the anti-Obama movie “2016 Obama’s America” which has been made by Dinesh D’Souza, an Indian-American, and has become very popular among the Republicans.

At that point a man angling for Biden’s attention shouted, “You’ve got to get a picture with some guys!” Biden did turn to a group of guys then. To one of the men, he asked: “Are you Indian?”

“American!” the man responded, according to a White House pool report.

Although you’ve probably already seen these, here’s a quick video reminder on Biden’s past Indian-gaffes. The first video is of Biden’s statement that you can’t go to “a 7-11 or a Dunkin Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent”:

The second is of Biden employing an Indian accent in mimicking a foreign call center:

US Family in Freefall: Single Motherhood Over 40%, Birthrate at All-Time Low

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The birth rate in the United States hit an all-time low in 2011, according to a report released this month by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

“The 2011 preliminary number of U.S. births was 3,953,593, 1 percent less (or 45,793 fewer) births than in 2010; the general fertility rate (63.3 per 1,000 women age 15-44 years) declined to the lowest rate ever reported for the United States,” said the report.

More than 40 percent of all babies born in the country last year, the report said, were born to unmarried women.

While the overall birth rate declined to a record low, the birth rates for women in the 35-39 and 40-44 age groups actually increased from 2010 to 2011.

Among all women in the United States (including those as young as 10 and as old as 54), the birth rate declined from 64.1 per 100,000 in 2010 to 63.2 per 100,000 in 2011. Among women 10 to 14 years old, it held steady at 0.4 per 100,000. Among women 15-19 years old, it declined from 34.2 to 31.3. Among women 20-24 years old, it declined from 90.0 to 85.3. Among women 25-29, it declined from 108.3 to 107.2. And among women 30-34 years old, it held steady at 96.5.

Read more from this story HERE.

Forced Abortions Only in China? Think Again

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With obvious public outcries against forced abortions in China and forced sterilizations of mentally handicapped individuals in Nazi Germany, one might assume the United States knows better.

However, today, in Nevada, the life of an 11-week-old unborn baby and the future of his or her 32-year-old mother hang in the balance as a judge considers whether or not to order the woman to undergo an abortion and sterilization against her will.

Elisa Bauer, who suffers from severe mental and physical disabilities attributed to fetal alcohol syndrome, is currently in the final weeks of her first trimester. The second-oldest of six children adopted by William and Amy Bauer in 1992, Elisa has epilepsy and is said to have the mental and social capacity of a 6-year-old.

The circumstances surrounding her pregnancy are unknown. Her family suspects she may have been raped, but it’s possible the sexual encounter that led to her pregnancy was consensual. On several occasions, Elisa has left her group home for hours or days at a time to engage in sexual activity with men at a local truck stop.

Since turning 18 in 1998, she has continued to remain under court-approved guardianship of her parents, who were given legal authority to make final decisions regarding her health and welfare, even as she lived in a group home.

Read more from this story HERE.

Lawsuit: Cop Tasered 10 Year Old at School’s Career Day Because He Wouldn’t Wash Patrol Car

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Photo credit: CeaA New Mexico police officer is accused of Tasering a 10-year-old boy because he wouldn’t wash his patrol car.

Courthouse News Service reports Motor Transportation Police Officer Chris Webb is being sued for allegedly using the weapon on the boy during a May 4 “career day” at Tularosa Intermediate School.

The complaint reportedly states that Webb asked a group of boys during the school’s career day who would like to wash his patrol car. All the boys responded they would, except when the 10-year-old identified as R.D. jokingly said he wouldn’t.

That’s when, the complaint states, Webb shot R.D. with his Taser.

“Defendant Webb responded by pointing his Taser at R.D. and saying, ‘Let me show you what happens to people who do not listen to the police,’” the complaint says, according to Courthouse News Service. “Both barbs penetrated the boy’s shirt, causing the device to deliver 50,000 volts into the boy’s body.”

Read more from this story HERE.

Eric Holder’s Family Tied to One of Georgia’s Most Notorious Abortion Doctors

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Eric Holder Jr.’s family is moving fast and furiously to bury the U.S. Attorney General’s ties to one of Georgia’s most notorious abortion doctors.

Just cleared by an internal report in the “Fast and Furious” gunrunning debacle, the nation’s top lawman now faces allegations that his connection to Dr. Tyrone Cecil Malloy is a conflict of interest that helps explain Holder’s failure to prosecute abortion providers who run afoul of federal law.

Critics say it may also explain why Holder has been eager to prosecute pro-life advocates who counsel women outside abortion clinics.

Documents obtained by Watchdog show that Holder’s wife and sister-in-law co-own, through a family trust, the building where Malloy operated. A Georgia grand jury indicted Malloy on Medicaid fraud charges in 2011. A state medical board twice reprimanded the doctor.

Holder and his wife, Sharon Malone Holder, an obstetric and gynecological doctor at Foxhall OB/GYN in Washington, D.C., failed to respond to several requests for comment.

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Democratic Opponent Says Special Forces Colonel “Not Qualified” for Congress

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A retired Army colonel who served with the elite Special Forces — and who is now running for Congress — is being accused by his Democratic congressional opponent of being unqualified to serve in Congress.

Chris Perkins is running for the 11th congressional seat in Virginia, which encompasses the Washington, DC, suburbs and a large constituency of federal government employees. Perkins served most of his 24 years in uniform as an Army Green Beret overseas.

But incumbent Democrat Gerry Connolly recently told The Washington Post, which has endorsed his candidacy, that Perkins’ military service makes him unqualified to hold federal office because he has not been civically engaged in the 11th District.

In response, Perkins says Connolly has been bragging about his career in government.

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Report: New Jersey Senator Up for Reelection Tied to Dominican Prostitutes

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By Matthew Boyle. Two women from the Dominican Republic told The Daily Caller that Democratic New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez paid them for sex earlier this year.

In interviews, the two women said they met Menendez around Easter at Casa de Campo, an expensive 7,000 acre resort in the Dominican Republic. They claimed Menendez agreed to pay them $500 for sex acts, but in the end they each received only $100.

The women spoke through a translator in the company of their attorney, Melanio Figueroa. Both asked that their identities remain obscured for fear of reprisals in the Dominican Republic.

When shown a photograph of Sen. Menendez, the women said they recognized him as the man with whom they’d had sexual relations at Casa de Campo this spring. Both said they were brought to the resort with the understanding they would be paid for sex.

Neither knew the identity of the man at the time. Both claimed to recognize him later as Sen. Menendez. Read more from this story HERE.

Dailykos Response to “Possible” Menendez Scandal

By Coolelegans. Apparently there is a rumor flying around that Sen. Menendez hired prostitutes while touring the Caribbean and it’s being pushed on Drudge. I have a few things to say about this. First of all it’s by the guy Tucker Carlson who got his *ss kicked by Jon Stewart and no longer has a job. He is desperate to hype up some breaking news because he is irrelevant, so I would take this news with a grain of salt. But, at the same time, I wouldn’t discount it completely, because they were right about Anthony Weiner before.

In either case, this whole thing is stupid. First of all, Menendez is crushing his opposition right now, and things aren’t going to move too much in a few days. Second, New Jersians right now care about what their politicians do for them, and Obama and co. are showing how good they are at handling the storm. Third, I don’t even think Menendez is married, Wikipedia says that he is divorced. So, basically conservatives are accusing Menendez of being attracted to women. Whoop-de-doo. As long as he didn’t use tax payer money for his trysts- who cares. Read more from this story HERE.

Video: Jay Leno Nails Obama on Libya, Sex-Themed Ad

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We’ve posted two videos from Jay Leno’s program last night. The first is a short clip where Leno takes President Obama to task for his new “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy.

It’s quite funny and Leno doesn’t cut Obama any slack:

The second video repeats the clip from above but then continues into a critique of Obama’s sexually-themed “First Time” ad that a number of comedians have poked fun at. [We’ve included both videos as some readers have reported problems with the player below; unfortunately, it is the only player that we could locate that includes Leno’s critique of Obama’s “First Time” ad]:

Biden: Transgender discrimination is ‘civil rights issue of our time’

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Vice President Joe Biden described transgender discrimination as the “civil rights issue of our time” after speaking with a woman at a campaign event Tuesday in Sarasota, Fla.

As reported by Politico, Biden singed Linda Carragher Bourne of Sarasota out because of her beautiful eyes. Bourne told reporters that she spoke with the vice president and told him that her daughter was Miss Trans New England and asked if he would help. In response, Biden said the words, “civil rights issue of our time”.

Biden has been very passionate and dedicated when it comes to LGBT issues. It was just this past August in Provincetown, MA that Biden enthusiastically told a group of LGBT advocates that they were “freeing the souls of the American people” and are a symbol for the advancement of “civil rights of every straight American”.

Bourne was encouraged by Biden’s response and believes the Democratic ticket is the country’s best chance of obtaining civil rights for all.

Read more from this story HERE.

Videos: Independent Women’s Voice – “You Deserve Better”

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The Independent Women’s Voice (IWV) has put together a series of anti-Obama ads that target independent-minded women voters. The PAC just put out two more videos in their series, and the first one below is pretty funny.

This is what the Independent Women’s Voice says about their mission:

Women account for more than half the population, half of all voters and nearly half of all independents. So, if our leaders can’t address the critical issues of our day in a way that resonates with women, they will lose that important voting bloc.

Forty-one percent of voters now identify themselves as Independents. In 2006 and 2008, many of them contributed to Democratic victories. Today, that voting bloc is more conservative than ever, often more conservative and free market than self-described Republicans. Yet Republicans often don’t talk about issues in ways that make sense to Independents. Conservatives can’t win by simply relying on Republican base voters; IWV, because it is motivated not by party but by philosophy, is the credible message delivery group that espouses conservative, free market ideals in a way that resonates with Independents and women. IWV has the advantage of being an organization comprised of smart, policy-oriented women who have a track record of asking different questions, approaching problems creatively, and seeing opportunities where most others haven’t.

Like women everywhere and many Independents, we watch as, over and over, traditional conservative messages are delivered at the wrong pitch to be maximally effective, however much we may agree with what they are trying to say. So we try to say it better, in a way that speaks to us and, hopefully to you too.

Here’s IWV’s most recent video. Two other related IWV videos follow: