Biden: ‘There Isn’t a Republican Party’ (+video)

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Photo Credit: APVice President Joe Biden, speaking to the House Democratic Issues Conference in Cambridge, Md., on Friday, said, “There isn’t a Republican Party,” claiming that there wasn’t one Republican “you could sit across the table from,” make a deal and know that it was done.

“There isn’t a Republican Party. I wish there were. I wish there was a Republican Party. I wish there was one person you could sit across the table from, make a deal, make a compromise, and know when you got up from that table it was done. That’s what political parties – that’s what Nancy’s able to do. That’s what the president’s able to commit to,” Biden said.

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Levin: ‘I’m Sick and Tired of Defeatist Republicans’: Listen His Fiery Rant

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Photo Credit: AFP/Getty ImagesConservative radio host Mark Levin says he is “sick and tired of defeatist Republicans,” especially after watching GOP leaders in both the House and Senate fail to even try to attach any conditions or reforms to the debt ceiling increase passed this week.

Appearing on “Your World With Neil Cavuto” on Friday, Levin went off on Republicans for failing to address the nation’s serious fiscal problems because they are too worried about winning elections.

“We have $100 trillion in unfunded liability, $17.3 trillion in fiscal operating debt, this debt ceiling increase will kick it to about $18.2 trillion,” the radio host said. “Let me tell you something, I am sick and tired of defeatist Republicans going on and on, ‘You’ve got to count the numbers.’”

“Leaders effect events. Leaders change mindsets. Leaders change trajectory,” he added. “Today, we’re told the Republican Party can’t do anything about trillions in unfunded liabilities in debt. Just keep voting for debt ceiling increases, keep funding Obamacare.”

Levin went on to argue that not enough Republicans are actually explaining the “looming catastrophe” facing the United States if it doesn’t get its fiscal house in order. Americans are intelligent and can “walk and chew gum at the same time,” he argued.

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‘Catch Me If You Can’: Wanted Biker Taunts Cops With Extreme Video

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Photo Credit: Fox NewsPolice in San Antonio are on the hunt for a motorcyclist who taunted the department in a video posted to Facebook. Authorities say Alberto Rodriguez is the biker who was filmed weaving through rush-hour traffic on I-35 at speeds of over 100 mph.

He posted the video to his Facebook page along with the caption “catch me if you can,” and it has now made its way to police. The video was reportedly shared thousands of times since it was posted last May.

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Where’s the Snow? On the Ground in 49 of 50 States (+video)

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Photo Credit: @Falcon_2_Shark via TwitterBy Doyle Rice.

Snow is on the ground in 49 out of the 50 states — only the Sunshine State of Florida is completely snow-free, according to a map produced Thursday morning by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

(This doesn’t mean that those 49 states are snow-covered, of course, only that some part of each state has snow.)

Although this map doesn’t show it, there is snow in Hawaii, where webcams are showing snow on the high peaks of the mountain volcanoes of Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea.

The map also doesn’t include Alaska, but it’s a given that most of that state is snow-covered this time of year. A quick check with the National Weather Service forecast office in Fairbanks found 19 inches of snow on the ground there.

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Photo Credit: ** RCB **Florists Rushing To Get Valentine’s Day Arrangements Finished Before Next Storm Hits

By Syma Chowdhry.

Roses are red, violets are blue, the Nor’easter is a pain for everyone, even florists too!

Another snow storm is hitting us in time for Valentine’s Day.

Rick Pannepacker is the owner of Penny’s Flowers in Glenside.

“Today is a hectic day because we are trying to get so many pieces out there that were scheduled for tomorrow let alone Friday, everything has been pushed back,” he explained.

It is becoming a major thorn in his side as the shop tries to get fresh flower arrangements done and delivered.

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Texas Teen Who Survived Skydive Fall Speaks Out For The First Time (+video)

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Photo Credit: Fox NewsMany thought Mackenzie Wethington would never walk again after her parachute failed to open, sending her spiraling 3,500 feet before hitting the ground. Nearly a month after the accident, she’s made major strides in her recovery and spoke to the public for the first time.

“I remember jumping out of the plane and looking up and seeing there was a complication with the parachute,” said Wethington. “I started kicking my feet like I was taught in the class and I looked up and it still wasn’t fixing, so I tried to pull the toggles apart and I just was not strong enough to fight off the wind. I just remember screaming and I blacked out.”

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Video: Democrats Running Ads Criticizing Obamacare

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In Florida’s 26th district, Democrats are running away from the president completely, and Obamacare in part:

Now, it is true that Garcia doesn’t call for repeal. Indeed, the ad boasts that the candidate is “working to fix” the law, and it praises him both for holding “insurance companies accountable” and for defending the provision that prevents insurance companies from denying coverage to those with pre-existing conditions…

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DC Man Set for Hearing After Arrest Over Inoperable Shotgun Shell (+video)

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Photo Credit: Fox News A Washington, D.C. man is facing a large fine and possible jail time after he was arrested for having an inoperable shotgun shell in his home. The shell was a souvenir that Mark Witaschek decided to keep from a hunting trip years earlier.

Witaschek, a businessman with no criminal record, is scheduled to appear at a hearing today following the raid by police in July 2012. On Fox and Friends this morning, Witaschek explained that the raid came a month after his estranged wife accused him of threatening her with a gun.

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Rand Paul: ‘Do We No Longer Have a Fourth Amendment?’ (+video)

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Photo Credit: YouTubeSen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., released a new video in defense of the Fourth Amendment pointing out that many Americans were disturbed by the news that the National Security Agency was collecting phone data on American citizens.

“It posed a serious constitutional question: Do we no longer have a Fourth Amendment?” Paul asked.

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Photo Credit: Alex Wong/Getty ImagesRand Paul Will Sue Obama Over the NSA

By Matt Berman and Dustin Volz.

Here comes some fun. Sen. Rand Paul will join a lawsuit against President Obama, National Intelligence Director James Clapper, FBI Director James Comey, and NSA Director Keith Alexander. The suit, Paul says, is because Obama “has publicly refused to stop a clear and continuing violation of the Fourth Amendment. The Bill of Rights protects all citizens from general warrants. I expect this case to go all the way to the Supreme Court and I predict the American people will win.”

The Kentucky Republican is joining a suit from FreedomWorks President Matt Kibbe. And to just round out the group, the lead counsel is Ken Cuccinelli, former Virginia attorney general and Republican gubernatorial candidate. In the press release from RandPac, Cuccinelli says that “we expect to be opposed by the vast resources of the federal government, yet I am optimistic that we will prevail.”

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A ‘Tsunami’ of Store Closings Expected to Hit Retail (+video)

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Photo Credit: Getty ImagesGet ready for the next era in retail—one that will be characterized by far fewer shops and smaller stores.

On Tuesday, Sears said that it will shutter its flagship store in downtown Chicago in April. It’s the latest of about 300 store closures in the U.S. that Sears has made since 2010. The news follows announcements earlier this month of multiple store closings from major department stores J.C. Penney and Macy’s.

Further signs of cuts in the industry came Wednesday, when Target said that it will eliminate 475 jobs worldwide, including some at its Minnesota headquarters, and not fill 700 empty positions.

Experts said these headlines are only the tip of the iceberg for the industry, which is set to undergo a multiyear period of shuttering stores and trimming square footage.

Shoppers will likely see an average decrease in overall retail square footage of between one-third and one-half within the next five to 10 years, as a shift to e-commerce brings with it fewer mall visits and a lesser need to keep inventory stocked in-store, said Michael Burden, a principal with Excess Space Retail Services.

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Obama: ‘I Can Do Whatever I Want’ (+video)

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Photo Credit: YouTube President Obama “quipped” today during a visit to Monticello with the French president, “That’s the good thing about being president, I can do whatever I want.”

Via the pool report:

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At 4:45 POTUS and president Hollande walked out from a portico and strolled in Front of your pool with Leslie Bowman, president of the Monticello Foundation. Looking at a terrace she said that Jefferson loved to admire the landscape from there. POTUS said that he’d like to take a look and seemed delighted to “break the protocol”.

The comment came around the time the White House announced it would be delaying the Obamacare mandate for some businesses unilaterally.

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