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Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 25, 2013 6 Comments

We noted before that New York was going to abandon the 7-round magazine limit in the new handgun law. We didn't expect it would be done so quietly, by folding it into a provision in the budget, via Bloomberg News: Governor Andrew Cuomo’s seven-round limit on magazines...

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Posted by Joel Engel on March 25, 2013 7 Comments

Secretary of State John Kerry made a surprise visit to Iraq to plead with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki to stop granting Iran permission to Iraqi airspace and territory.  Iran, which has a vested interest in maintaining the Syrian regime, flies arms and other material...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 24, 2013 9 Comments

Was traveling most of the day and then meetings. I hear Syria has gone from worse to worser, and Egypt is not far behind. By morning Eastern time we may know if Cyprus implodes financially. Any good news? Tomorrow night is the first night of Passover.  Seems like good timing...

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Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 24, 2013 15 Comments

Cyprus has certainly shaken up the world. Our Congress is now addressing concerns over the European Union demands that a percentage of Cypriot deposits be seized before it bails-out the banks on the Mediterranean island.  There are reports that Cyprus still may seize bank accounts, but...

Posted by Anne Segal on March 24, 2013 16 Comments

A planned AFL-CIO rally for today to defend Saturday mail delivery may have been a bit premature after the  Government Accountability Office is claiming that the USPS cannot, by law, cut mail delivery to fewer than 6 days. Bloomberg News reports: The service is bound by law...

Posted by Anne Segal on March 24, 2013 10 Comments

A $5 million, 400-foot pedestrian bridge recently unveiled in Brooklyn, NY, is turning into a blue vs. blue sparring match. Liberal site Gothamist's negative review of the "bouncy zig-zag structure" is at odds with the positive reviews from the New York Times, which reported that it...

Posted by David Gerstman on March 24, 2013 11 Comments

1) The apology The Washington Post reported Obama ends Israel visit by brokering end to dispute with Turkey: Prodded by President Obama, Israel and Turkey agreed Friday to end a three-year rift caused by a deadly Israeli commando raid on a Turkish ship bound for Gaza, a...

Posted by Anne Segal on March 24, 2013 2 Comments

We have reported  in the past on the U.S. State Department's willful silence about imprisoned American pastor Saeed Abedini, who has been held in Iran since last September for "evangelizing" and therefore "threatening national security." The American Center for Law and Justice's Jay Sekulow has...

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 24, 2013 39 Comments

Last week, we took a look at 2 graphic debunking recent climate change hysteria. Recently, even more evidence was presented by British scientist David Whitehouse, the Science Editor of the Global Warming Policy Foundation. Despite the organization's name, Whitehouse's group held firm that their data indicate...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 24, 2013 25 Comments

I normally don't run bumper stickers circulating by email or on Facebook. It's probably fake, but the reaction is real. From John in Washington State: I'm not sure if this bumper (window?) sticker is for real, but it looks like something that will give many of us headaches,...

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 23, 2013 28 Comments

They can sit in the dark for Earth Hour, we'll spend the hour celebrating the modern world, starting 8:30 p.m. local time everywhere...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 23, 2013 16 Comments
Chuck Todd went a little overboard when he asked a series of questions at the Obama-Netanyahu press conference. Worse yet, the questions were not softballs for Obama to hit out of the park: He even caught flak from the big guy (no, not Chris Christie): The mockery of Todd's performance gave rise to the #ChuckToddQuestions hashtag on Twitter, where numerous Obama supporters suggested Todd was motivated by Obama being black:

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 23, 2013 7 Comments

Pat Austin at And So It Goes In Shreveport is one of my favorite bloggers.  I am a big fan of hers. Pat was part of the Not One Red Cent group which launched Marco Rubio's primary challenge against Charlie Crist.  I have communicated with her pretty...

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