The Virginian Tech Review Panel’s assessment of the April 16, 2007 shooting in which 32 were killed and 17 and wounded, contains a pertinent piece of information for the gun grabbers who are currently tripping over themselves to blame high
A Gallup poll conducted in the wake of the Connecticut shooting shows that the NRA is viewed more favorably than Obama or the Mainstream Media. This is astounding when you think of the concerted effort by Democrats and MSM talking
As the day on which Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s (D-CA) “assault weapon” ban will be introduced draws closer, another troubling aspect of it has come to light – namely, that it will give new funding and expanded powers to the ATF for
HEMET, Calif., Dec. 29 (UPI) — Two men were arrested in Hemet, Calif., for allegedly stealing cooking grease from a McDonald’s restaurant, police said. The suspects, identified as Noel Portillo, 22, and Ricardo Robles, 24, were arrested early Friday at
New York City Michael Bloomberg warned city residents not to feel unsafe after a suspected murder at a subway station, claiming one sensational event does not negate the downward trend of homicide in the region. “It’s a very tragic case,
By COLLEEN LONGAssociated PressNEW YORKA woman who told police she shoved a man to his death off a subway platform into the path of a train because she hates Muslims and thought he was one was charged Saturday with murder
While politicians have kept the focus on the fiscal cliff and displaced anger toward law-abiding citizens who own guns, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) was able to quietly overturn longstanding precedents to give unions some Christmas gifts that will
Former US president George H.W. Bush is on the mend and has been released from intensive care, a spokesman said Saturday. Earlier in the week, McGrath said Bush had taken a turn for the worse, with a “series of setbacks”
During his Saturday weekly radio address, President Barack Obama said “we just can’t afford a politically self-inflicted wound to our economy.” For that reason, explained Mr. Obama, Congress should pass a bill to avert going over the fiscal cliff: In
In today’s chapter of “The Fiscal Cliff,” Senate Leaders Reid and McConnell are working behind the scenes to craft a deal to meet Monday’s midnight deadline. Yesterday, President Obama met with congressional leaders, for the first time in six weeks,
(AP) French panel overturns 75 percent tax on ultrarichPARISA French constitutional panel has thrown out a plan to tax the ultrawealthy at a 75 percent rate, saying it was excessive. The constitutional council ruled Saturday that the highly contentious tax,
One out of every $20 spent in a new bill to aid victims of Hurricane Sandy will go to “non-relief-related pork,” says American Majority Action Spokesman Ron Meyer in an email to Breitbart News. On Friday, the U.S. Senate passed
The San Francisco Baking Institute was in danger of closing after 16 years in business, but it appears a last minute compromise was reached with state bureaucrats after word spread to several media outlets including Breitbart News. Michel Suas is
Taxpayers footed the bill for a $465 million loan to troubled electric carmaker Tesla as part of President Barack Obama’s “green energy” stimulus. But Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk is now riding high with the purchase of his new $17 million
America is days away from historic tax increases that will affect all Americans. According to the Heritage Foundation, on January 1, 2013, taxes will go up by $494 billion as a result of expiring tax policies and new taxes coming online
(AP) Will retailers rebound after weak holiday season?By DANIEL WAGNERAP Business WriterWASHINGTONAs signs emerge that holiday sales this year grew at the weakest pace since 2008, investors are dumping retail stocks. Analysts are crowing about the missing “consumer engine” without
(AP) Guest lineups for the Sunday news showsWASHINGTONGuest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows: NBC’s “Meet the Press” _ President Barack Obama. ___ ABC’s “This Week” _ Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.; Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz. ___ ___ CBS’ “Face
(AP) All eyes on them, Senate leaders seek fiscal dealBy JIM KUHNHENN and DAVID ESPOAssociated PressWASHINGTONSenate leaders rushed to assemble a last-ditch agreement to avoid middle-class tax increases and possibly delay steep spending cuts in an urgent attempt to find
The Senate approved a five-year extension of a George W. Bush-era surveillance law that allows US spy agencies to conduct wiretapping on foreign citizens without a warrant. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, approved by the House of Representatives in September,
(AP) ‘Tragic number’: Chicago reaches 500 homicidesCHICAGOChicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy says the city has logged its 500th homicide of the year. McCarthy issued a statement Friday calling the milestone a “tragic number that is reflective of the gang violence
Normally, when a legislative leader cannot convince his party rank-and-file to support his proposals, that leader resigns with honor or is ousted in disgrace. Speaker of the House John Boehner may have crossed that threshold with the failure of his
Top US Senate Republican Mitch McConnell said Friday he was “hopeful and optimistic” about a possible deal to avert the fiscal cliff after a meeting with President Barack Obama and senior lawmakers.
WASHINGTON, Dec 28 (Reuters) – President Barack Obama held out hope for a last-minute agreement to avoid the “fiscal cliff” of tax increases and spending cuts after a meeting with congressional leaders, scolding Congress for leaving the problem unresolved until
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson announced Thursday she is resigning from her position. According to reports, Jackson is leaving before an investigation can be launched into the agency’s alleged illegal use of private emails for official government business. Senator
Imagine you are working for a company that is going bankrupt, but everyone you work with and your bosses are getting pay raises. Seem absurd? Not if you work for the failing federal government, because President Obama has decreed that
If Congress fails to pass the Farm Bill before January 1st, milk prices could rise to $8 a gallon. America could go over the “milk cliff” because of an arcane 1949 provision that could more than double the price of
The International Longshoremen’s Association threatened to walk off the job if an agreement was not reached over cut royalties to dock workers for each ton of cargo they move. The union and the US Maritime Alliance, who represent the shipping
The Connecticut State Police report regarding the deadly mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School will not be released for “several months,” spokesman Lt. J. Paul Vance said over one week ago.”There is no further information to be released by
“We must obey God rather than men!”–Acts 5:29. Now that Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has denied Hobby Lobby’s application for an emergency injunction protecting them from Obamacare’s HHS Mandate on abortion and birth control, Hobby Lobby has decided to
The hacker group Anonymous has threatened to take down the Manteca, CA police website if their demand for the firing of Officer John Moody is not met. Manteca is a city of nearly 70,000, located east of San Francisco in
Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio has plans to deploy armed volunteers to guard Phoenix area schools. The move comes in following the massacre at Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut. Arpaio told KTVK he has the authority to mobilize a
On Thursday, the California Supreme Court upheld two state laws allowing labor unions to picket on privately owned property. Justice Joyce L. Kennard justified the state’s interference in protests on private property because “the state’s interest in promoting collective bargaining
This afternoon, at 3pm EST, the five principal players in the tragi-comedic tele-play, “The Fiscal Cliff“, meet at the White House to begin the final maneuvering ahead of Monday’s midnight deadline. The four Congressional Leaders and President Obama will initiate
Outgoing US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who fell ill in early December and hasn’t been seen in public since, will be back at her desk on Monday, her closest aide said. Clinton, 65, has been off work sick since
(AP) Little time left to head off longshoremen’s strikeBy DAVID B. CARUSO and SCOTT MAYEROWITZAssociated PressNEW YORKShipments of products as varied as flat-screen TVs, sneakers and snow shovels could sit idle at sea or get rerouted, at great time and
Top US Senate Republican Mitch McConnell said he will meet President Barack Obama on Friday at the White House, amid a tense stand-off over how to avoid the so-called “fiscal cliff.”
(AP) White House meeting a last stab at a fiscal dealBy JIM KUHNHENNAssociated PressWASHINGTON Amid partisan bluster, top members of Congress and President Barack Obama were holding out slim hopes for a limited fiscal deal before the new year. But
The 2010 law setting the estate tax at 35% for estates under $5 million dollars is set to expire in January 2013. In five days, the exemption plummets to $1 million dollars. It’s going to cost your family more money
(AP) Futures dip as US hurdles toward fiscal cliffNEW YORKStock futures are moving lower ahead of a last-ditch effort by the White House and GOP congressional leaders to hash out a budget deal before a year-end deadline strikes. Dow Jones
(AP) Over the fiscal cliff: Soft or hard landing?By CONNIE CASSAssociated PressWASHINGTON Efforts to save the nation from going over a year-end “fiscal cliff” were in disarray as lawmakers fled the Capitol for their Christmas break. “God only knows” how
