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Liz Cheney With Laura Ingraham on Alleged Mysterious CIA Program

Laura Ingraham hosted Liz Cheney on the mystery CIA program that is outraging Congressional Democrats..

Cheney said that this whole uproar is a combination of political conniving and a different philosophy on national security.  She noted this is why people tend not to trust the Democrats on keeping America safe. 

Cheney said that this and many other issues makes people wonder how much control President Obama really has of his own party with disarray breaking out on health care, the stimulus, etc..

Cheney said she has no idea if a Truth Commission will ensue based on this CIA allegation, but that it would be very damaging to the country and set a bad precedent - and that Obama has said he wants to look forward.  She noted that the Constitution dictates that the president is the chief law enforcement officer and so it remains to be seen what will happen.

Cheney said her father is concerned about Obama airing the details of the Bush's enhanced interrogation techniques and also revealing what the CIA did during the Bush years potentially being prosecuted.  

Cheney feels Obama has been naive and not too effective on foreign affairs and his ideas about reducing nuclear arms and talking down America have diminished our image abroad.   

Obama rewrites the Cold War by Liz Cheney.

Liz Cheney open to political run from Washington Times

Laura Ingraham on Fox News Sunday - July 12th

Laura Ingraham appeared on Fox News Sunday's Panel;

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Mark Steyn With Laura Ingraham on Sotomayor, Health Care

Laura Ingraham hosted Mark Steyn.

Ingraham noted that there are many openings to probe Judge Sotomayor and Steyn said that even if the results appear to be headed toward confirmation, it is an opportunity to educate the public about what justice should be, not a Hollywood version of what the judicial process should be.

Ingraham pointed out that the same emphasis on personal hardships didn't apply to Justice Thomas who had one of the most trying backgrounds and Steyn said that people like Barack Obama and Sonia Sotomayor fit the liberal template of how minorities should think, despite the fact that their backgrounds were less trying.

Ingraham asked Steyn about Rep. Rangel's ideas about raising taxes on the wealthy to bankroll Barack Obama's health care proposals and Steyn said that we'll be paying more for fewer choices and that Americans bodies will be nationalized as in the UK or Canada - and it is a horror story.

Iran's Ayatollah Montazeri Slams Regime in Fatwa

Iranian Ayatollah MontazeriIssues Fatwa Against the Regime from MEMRI reports that more cracks in the Iranian power structure are showing as a fatwa published on the Iranian website http://www.khandaniha.eu indicates that  Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, a most senior Shi'ite cleric begs to differ with Ayatollah Khamenei's tactics and treatment of the Iranian people.

A portion below:

Query: "Do the great sins listed below, and the [position holders'] insistence on committing them, contravene the 'principle of justice' and lead to the implementation of the 'principle of tyranny?'

"1. Ordering innocent people killed and causing their death;

"2. Ordering and being involved in an armed [campaign] of threats and intimidation, and of beating and wounding innocent people in the streets;

"3. The de facto prevention of senior ayatollahs from fulfilling their religious duty of 'commanding good and prohibiting evil,' by obstructing all reasonable and legal means of non-violent protest;

"4. Denying freedom and imprisoning anyone who acts or advises [others] to act [according to the religious precept of] 'commanding good and prohibiting evil,' and extorting false confessions through pressure;

"5. Censoring media and information…;

"6. Smearing all those who protested [following the elections]... and all those who opposed the position holders, [by calling them] 'mercenaries' and 'spies of foreign [forces]';

"7. [Spreading] lies, false testimony, and false reports on all matters concerning the rights of the public;

"8. Betraying the people's trust;

"9. [Practicing] tyranny, ignoring [the people's] opinion, and disregarding the clerics' counsel and warnings;

"10. Preventing rightful owners [i.e. the people] from taking possession of the common property – [that is,] the nation's destiny;

"11. Insulting Islam and demeaning religion by presenting Islam and the Shi'ia to the world as crude, illogical, aggressive, superstitious, and despotic."

Reply: "Committing the above sins, or insisting on [committing] some of them, is incontrovertible and clear proof of the absence of justice, and is [in fact] an essential characteristic of oppression and injustice… It is obvious that any sin committed in the name of religion, justice, or the law – and especially the [sins] mentioned above – [makes] evil increase, and also causes further distancing from the religion. [These offenses entail] the most severe punishment, in this world and in the world to come, since in addition to the evil sins of fraud and of distancing [people] from the religion, they also corrupt [the very principles of] justice and law.

"In cases where according to the position holders, the acts were just and within the law, while the majority of the people maintains that they were illegal... and [that they constituted] offenses against [the people's] rights, then there is a need to act according to a ruling by honest and impartial arbitrators agreed upon by both sides."

Chicago Schools' Poor Performance Refutes Obama, Duncan Claims

Chicago schools report contradicts Obama and Duncan from USA Today reports that all isn't as advertised with the progress Chicago public school students are making or made when Education Secretary Arne Duncan was in charge according to a reports from the Civic Committee of The Commercial Club of Chicago, a supporter of Duncan and Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley's push for more control of city schools, issued the report June 30. It says city schools have made little progress since 2003.. 

Perhaps the millions shoveled into Chicago schools by Bill Ayers and Barack Obama with the Annenberg Project didn't kick in as advertised either.   

In December, Obama said that during a seven-year tenure, Duncan had boosted elementary school test scores "from 38% of students meeting the standards to 67%" — a gain of 29 percentage points. But the new report found that, adjusting for changes in tests and procedures, students' pass rates grew only about 8 percentage points.

Obama also said Chicago's dropout rate "has gone downevery year he's been in charge." Though that's technically true, the committee says it's still unacceptably high: About half of Chicago students drop out of the city's non-selective-enrollment high schools. And more than 70% of 11th-graders fail to meet state standards, a trend that "has remained essentially flat" over the past several years.

Even among those who graduate, it says, skills are poor: An analysis of students entering the Chicago City Colleges in fall 2006 showed that 69% were not prepared for college-level reading, 79% were not prepared for writing, and 95% were not prepared for math.

 

South Korea: Kim Jong Il Has Pancreatic Cancer

Kim Jong Il has pancreatic cancer - South Korean TV from UK Guardian reports that "Dear Leader" of North Korea, who has allegedly designated his young son as his heir, is suffering from pancreatic cancer.

The South Korean broadcaster YTN made the announcement about the leader's health in an unsourced news flash this morning. Kim, 67, has ruled the reclusive communist country with absolute authority since his the death of his father, the founder of the state, Kim Il-sung, in 1994. His health is one of the most closely guarded secrets in North Korea.

Kim looked gaunt during a rare appearance last Wednesday, when the country marked the anniversary of his father's death. North Korean television showed Kim looking thin and frail.

He usually does not speak at public events; however he has had an active public profile in recent months since re-emerging after a suspected stroke last year. This raised questions about who will succeed him and who will control the country's military and weapons programmes. Some reports have said Kim has anointed his youngest son, Jong-un.

 

F-Bomb As Pain Reliever?

Why an outburst of F-words can help reduce pain from UK Daily Mail reports that now there is research to support the salutory effects of swearing - a boon for the First Amendmnet and a blow to the Second Commandment.

Swearing helps reduce pain, according to new research.

A study of responses to pain found that people who cursed in response to pain could cope with being hurt for nearly 50 per cent longer than their clean-speaking peers.

When they started their research, experts at Keele University's School of Psychology thought that cursing would lower pain tolerance.

But after monitoring the reactions of 64 volunteers, stunned research leader Dr Richard Stephens and colleagues John Atkins and Andrew Kingston found that swearing actually had a beneficial effect.

British Youth Told: Good Sex A 'Right', Orgasm A Day Keeps Doctor Away

Pupils told they have a 'right' to a good sex life: That's the advice for youngsters from the NHS from the UK Daily Mail reports that British students are getting a leaflet from the National Health Service extolling the virtues of an active sex life as an antidote to heart attacks, strokes, etc..

The campaign has raised the ire of parents concerned about the consequences of such advice - teen pregnancy, STDs, etc..

Also, Beer, cross-dressing and racy dating games for Scouts! What would Baden-Powell say? indicates that youth activities in Britain are fairly loose. 

Under the heading 'an orgasm a day keeps the doctor away', the leaflet says: 'Health promotion experts advocate five portions of fruit and veg a day and 30 minutes physical activity three times a week. What about sex or masturbation twice a week?'

The advice, which also claims regular sex is good for cardiovascular health, has been circulated to parents, teachers and youth workers.

 

Pro-life Brit Jailed For Sending Aborted Fetus Photos To Hospital

Hospital bans fetus photos man from BBC News reports that a 75 year old man has been banned from receiving anything but emergency life-saving treatment - for the sin of sending photos of fetuses to a British hospital and has received 28 days in jail.

Anti-abortion supporter Edward Atkinson has been jailed for 28 days for sending offensive photos to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, Norfolk.

The hospital said Atkinson had been banned from treatment for anything other than life-threatening conditions.

An anti-abortion group backing Atkinson said the decision was "outrageous".

With Loaded Political, Media Bases, Sotomayor Hearings Begin

As the AP headlines in a decided understatement, Judge Sonia Sotomayor's hearings for the Supreme Court seat vacated by Justice David Souter make her a prohibitive shoo-in - and she will have to commit a monumental faux pas or have a scandalous revelation of epic proportions to derail her.  With 60 Democrats in the Senate and a cheering media in the stands, Sotomayor can almost take her victory laps now.

However, the Republicans should go for broke as far as making key points to ensure this isn't a coronation, even against such heavy winds.

Still, Republicans signaled that they will press the 55-year-old New Yorker and veteran federal judge to explain past rulings involving discrimination complaints and gun rights, as well as comments that they say raise doubts about Sotomayor's ability to judge cases fairly.

The sharpest comments about her so far came Sunday from Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, the senior Republican on the committee.

Meet The Press: McCain: What Could Have Been; Schumer: Obama's Long View Gyroscope

Meet The Press with David Gregory on July 12th featured Senator John McCain of Arizona and Senator Charles Schumer of New York, with a roundtable discussion featuring former Bush uber advisor Karen Hughes, Democratic strategist Bob Schrum, NBC's Andrea Mitchell and Roger Simon of Politico.

What was obvious was how much easier this visit was for Senator McCain than during the election when he had to run against Barack Obama and the Bush record.  With the Democrats in almost total control, he was more easily able to point out the fault lines in Obama's massive spending running up deficits - something that is an anathema to McCain and would not have likely been a part of his presidency.  He also commented on how small businesses are the engine of the economy and that stimulus should be focused on job creation.  He had no comment on the recent reports that former VP Cheney had a secret CIA program hidden from Congress on the side - something that House Speaker Pelosi would trumpet if it turned out to be true to vindicate her reckless statements about the CIA lying.  McCain also strongly defended Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's decision to resign, reiterated his support for her and wisely didn't issue an eearly endorsement of her for presidential nominee in 2012.  McCain also pushed for more troops in Afghanistan if General McChrystal asks for them - and after the success of the surge in Iraq, he can speak with some authority there. 

Senator Schumer was in the position of defending the Obama and Congressional spend-o-rama that has led to a decrease in Obama's poll numbers and slowed down the health care debate and spurred calls for the stimulus package to be reduced as it doesn't appear to be stemming the unemployment rate - and also appears to be funding some questionable projects. 

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O, Sarko Get Ear Box Threat From Tavares Clan Over Leaders' Leer at Daughter

Folks, O, For Shame from the New York Post reports that the parents of the Brazilian J8 beauty Mayara Rodrigues Tavares whom President Obama and Sarkozy appeared to ogle from the rear are not amused.

Apparently the G8 leaders were into Italian customs... and caused a "minor" flap.

"If I were there, I would have boxed their ears," said Lucia Rodrigues, 37. "They should be ashamed of themselves."

Patriarch Eduardo Tavares, after finally getting around to seeing the famous photo of his daughter from behind, quickly changed his tune from proud papa to furious father.

"My daughter is not a model and she is not a sex symbol," he told The Post. "That photograph has ruined my whole family."

 

 

 

Obama in Life and Presidency More Talk Than Action on Africa

Barack Obam's Africa: More talk than policy reports on President Obama's drive by visit to Ghana where he preached to the Ghanian leaders, exhorting partnership rather than handouts - basically because he has no defined policy - thus the brevity of the visit relative to the time he has spent in Europe thus far in his administration.

Basically the Obamas are more comfortable interfacing in the palaces and salons of the world rather the poverty stricken continent of Africa where he never spent much time in his life - but talked a lot about.

Obama's Africa speech in Ghana:

Obama and other White House officials painted his one-day visit to Africa on the tail end of a trip to summits in Russia and Italy as an indication of his desire to integrate the continent into routine discussions of foreign policy. But part of the reason Obama may have decided to forego a longer trip is that the detail of his Africa policy is still ill-defined, experts said.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/24813.html#ixzz0L2IZ2UOG&C

God Hating Fifa Disciplines Brazil Soccer Players For Wearing Religious T-Shirts

'Keep God out of football' - Fifa tells Brazil's soccer superstars from UK Daily Mail reveals the latest assault on Christianity in the secular world by disciplining Brazilian team members for overt signs of faith.

Stars including £56million Real Madrid forward Kaka and captain Lucio revealed T-shirts with devout slogans such as ‘I Belong to Jesus’ and ‘I Love God’ during the Confederations Cup final last month.

Now Fifa has risked accusations of being ‘anti-religious’ by reminding Brazil of its guidelines banning players from making displays of a personal, religious or political nature on the football pitch.

Protein in Fat Cells Causes Obesity Health Problems

BBC News reports that US and Australian researchers have found that a protein secreted by fat cells may be the source of health problems among the obes, according to a study published in Cell Metabolism.

They blame a specific protein - pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF) - which is secreted by fat cells.