Bad News for Barack Obama’s Re-Election

“Over 825,000 registered Democrats in Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina and Pennsylvania have departed the party rolls since President Obama’s election in 2008.”

Criminalizing Religious Criticism: UN Resolution Threatens Freedom of Speech

A new resolution introduced at the United Nations Human Rights Council has free speech advocates concerned about a potential backlash against religious minority groups. Previously introduced as Resolution 62/154, “Combating defamation of religion,” the piece was originally written to criminalize the criticism of religion. Advocates worried that the resolution would, at best, limit freedom of speech, and at worst, jeopardize religious minorities in countries carrying heavy punishments for blasphemy and apostasy. FULL STORY

Georgia Judge Subpoenas Obama, Demands ALL Vital Records

Georgia Judge Subpoenas Obama, Demands ALL Vital Records

After Meeting, Conservative Leaders Rally Around Santorum

About 150 conservative and evangelical leaders said today they decided after a private meeting Friday night that Rick Santorum is the best candidate to support in the Republican presidential primary.

Obama Admin Warning Israel Of “Dire Consequences” If They Attack Iran

WASHINGTON (WSJ) —U.S. defense leaders are increasingly concerned that Israel is preparing to take military action against Iran, over U.S. objections, and have stepped up contingency planning to safeguard U.S. facilities in the region in case of a conflict.

CBS News Report: 11 More Solyndras In Obama Energy Program –5 Bankrupt Rest On Shaky Ground

“Venture [Crony] Capitalism with tax dollars”.

Speculation on Michelle Obama for Senate in 2016 [VIDEO]

In November 2016, Illinois voters will go to the polls to decide who they want to occupy the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Republican Sen. Mark Kirk. And although it is a long way off, could one of the names on the ticket be first lady Michelle Obama? VIDEO

Christian conservative leaders vote to back Santorum

(CNN) – Family Research Council president Tony Perkins announced Saturday a meeting of Christian conservative leaders had decided to coalesce around GOP hopeful Rick Santorum.

The group heard pitches from surrogates for Republican candidates Friday, and voted to back Santorum after three rounds of voting.

Gingrich group asks Romney to help with ad errors

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) - A group supporting Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich says it will remove errors from a film it made about Mitt Romney's business experience - if Romney helps them figure out what is inaccurate. MORE HERE

Why I am a Hispanic Republican

For years, Democrats have been largely successful in courting Hispanics with a simple message. They say, “Democrats are for minorities and poor people, while Republicans are for the rich and the white. Hispanics are minorities and poor. Therefore, Hispanics are Democrats.”

But look around you. What have Democrats done for Hispanics, lately – besides taken them for granted? And as long as Hispanics continue to buy into that simple message, the Democrats will continue to take us for granted while they turn their attention on groups for whose votes they actually have to compete. MORE HERE

Kids Booo Michelle Obama After She Tells Them To Expect More Vegetables In Their School Lunches

"Booo," cried the students who heard Mrs. Obama report that "my husband and the Congress passed a legislation to make sure we could put more nutritious foods into the schools. So you should be seeing more vegetables, more fruit, more healthy foods," she explained, according to the event transcript. MORE

Another 4,900 people who will need Obama's help..

Food Lion to Shut 113 Weaker Stores

AMSTERDAM—Supermarket operator Delhaize Group said it would close 113 of its Food Lion locations and cut 4,900 jobs in the U.S., as part of a broader restructuring.

The Belgian company said it will refurbish 64 locations, close 13 other U.S. stores and close 20 stores in southeastern Europe. But it reiterated plans to open 450 stores in high growth areas over the next three years.

Right now, Delhaize has around 150,000 staff world-wide, of which 105,000 are in the U.S.

Chief Executive Pierre-Olivier Beckers said he ... WSJ PAYWALL

SOPA shelved until 'consensus' is found

House Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said early Saturday morning that Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) promised him the House will not vote on the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) unless there is consensus on the bill.

More HERE

Powerful Poster

This speaks for itself...

Hits ya right there, doesn't it?

Find a liberal. Show this picture to her. Watch her squirm.

Thanks to 180Movie.com for posting this on their facebook page.

PALMETTO STATE GOP LEADERS ENDORSE SANTORUM

Three GOP Chairman Candidates Join The Fight!

Former Perry S.C. Supporter Switches Endorsement to Santorum

South Carolina GOP leader Patrick Haddon, who formerly supported Texas Gov. Rick Perry in the 2012 presidential primary, yesterday announced his endorsement of Rick Santorum. LINK

'Dance Party For Obama'

Billed as “A Dance Party for Obama” the event is a 21-and-over event and will run from 7-ll PM.

SET TO BREAK TV RECORDS!

Primetime Tebow Time: Will Broncos-Patriots Set TV Ratings Records? (Poll)

Draft cyber bill gives DHS controversial authorities

The draft version of the comprehensive cybersecurity bill could give the Homeland Security Department the ability to take "any lawful action" against contractors if their systems are under attack. ENTIRE STORY

Boys’ And Girls’ Locker Room? Calif. Bill Would Blur School ‘Gender Identity’ Rules

LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Days after a landmark law went into effect requiring California schools to teach about gay historical figures, a new piece of proposed legislation is likely to spark even more controversy.

Sponsored by Assemblyman Tom Ammiano (D-San Francisco), AB 266 would require schools to allow students to play on sports teams according to their “gender identity” and not their biological sex. STORY

Ventura Girl Scout, 14, Calls For Cookie Boycott Over ‘Radical Homosexual Agenda’

The girl — who has only been identified as 14-year-old “Taylor” — cited the recent decision by Girl Scout officials to allow a 7-year-old “transgender” boy to join a Colorado-based troop last fall.

Obama bashes Romney over experience at private equity firm...

Obama bashes Romney over experience at private equity firm...
...after filling admin with private equity execs!

Haiti: Where did the money go?

The world pledged some $12 billion after the earthquake. Two years later, little has been used to actually rebuild

North Koreans who didn't mourn Kim sent to labor camp

(Daily NK) Six months for "anybody who didn’t participate" ...

Bankrupt Solyndra seeking to pay bonuses

Nearly two dozen Solyndra employees could receive bonuses ranging from $10,000 to $50,000 each under a proposal filed by Solyndra’s attorneys in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware.

Obama's private equity alums

For all the fire directed at the private equity world this week – from Mitt Romney’s opponents in both parties – few major politicians can claim to have their hands clean when it comes to the financial services industry, and President Barack Obama is no exception.

Mainstream media still giving Obama a pass

Like the discovery of gambling in “Casablanca,” the mainstream media is shocked, shocked! to learn there is chaos and back-stabbing in the Obama White House. The media missed the story for the same reason Capt. Renault missed gambling at Rick’s Cafe: They chose to. FULL STORY

Egyptian 'morality police' to use tasers

A controversial hardliner group in Egypt announces that it purchased 1000 tazers to help its cadre defend themselves as they 'promote virtue' on the country's streets

Mercedes-Benz apologizes for using image of Che Guevara

(London Daily Mail) "It is NOT OK to use the image of a mass murderer" ...

Another ATF weapons operation draws scrutiny

Members of Congress want to see whether White Gun, like Fast and Furious, lost track of firearms that ended up with Mexican criminals.

Nearly 1 million workers vanished under Obama

Initial jobless claims unexpectedly jumped by 24,000 last week to 399,000 as more workers lost their jobs, the Labor Department said Thursday. At the same time, the economy continues to lose workers.

In the 30 months since the recession officially ended, nearly 1 million people have dropped out of the labor force — they aren't working, and they aren't looking — according to data from Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics. In the past two months, the labor force shrank by 170,000. LINK

Whither Santorum and Those 'Guns and Bible' Voters?

After his stunning surge in Iowa, Rick Santorum's virtual tie for fourth place in New Hampshire is being interpreted negatively by some commentators and pundits who are gleefully declaring that the social conservative and evangelical voters -- those "guns and Bible" folks -- have run out of steam. They are also claiming that Santorum, Gingrich, and Perry are splitting the evangelical vote, making it likely that Romney will coast to a win in South Carolina as well.

"President Obama wants new power to streamline agencies and merge departments."

In what could lead to a big reorganization of the federal government, President Obama will ask Congress for the power to merge departments and agencies to help streamline government and improve efficiency, POLITICO has confirmed.

Obama the Vulture Socialist

Obama’s a disaster, but it won’t be enough for the Republican candidate to point that out. The candidate must clearly articulate why Obama is such a disaster and how conservative policies are superior.

Obama Administration Propaganda Lies About Domestic Energy Production

Obama Claim: The administration is increasing lease sales on public lands. Total leases issued on public lands were up 20 percent in 2011.

FACT: Lease sales on public lands have steadily decreased over the last 25 years.

Prosecutors will ask for unsealing of files in gun-walking case

Media seek records in killing of agent

Obamacare Waiver Tally: 543,812 for Union Members, 69,813 for Private Employees

In the battle to dodge Obamacare’s costly requirements, Big Labor–one of President Obama’s biggest backers and a strong support of Mr. Obama’s healthcare overhaul–is winning. Big time.

The Fragmenting of the New Class Elites, or, Downward Mobility

The problem the New Class faces at this point is the psychological and social self-perceptions of a status group that is alienated (as we marxists say) from traditional labor by its semi-privileged upbringing — and by the fact that it is actually, two distinct strands, a privileged one and a semi-privileged one.

The Hidden Dark Agenda of Public Education

“An alien collectivist (socialist) philosophy, much of which came from Europe, crashed onto the shores of our nation, bringing with it radical changes in economics, politics, and education, funded - surprisingly enough - by several wealthy American families and their tax-exempt foundations. The goal of these wealthy families and their foundations - a seamless non-competitive global system for commerce and trade - when stripped of flowery expressions of concern for minorities, the less fortunate, etc., represented the initial stage of what this author now refers to as the deliberate dumbing down of America. Seventy years later, the carefully laid plans to change America from a sovereign, constitutional republic with a free enterprise economic base to just one of many nations in an international socialist (collectivist) system (New World Order) are apparent. Only a dumbed down population, with no memory of America’s roots as a prideful nation, could be expected to willingly succumb to the global workforce training planned by the Carnegie Corporation and the John D. Rockefellers, I and II.”

- US Department of Education Senior Policy Advisor Charlotte Thomson Iserbyt

CONTINUE READING

Planned Parenthood Kicked Out of School Classes in New York

According to the students, they were taught that “abstinence allowed for oral sex”.

Obama’s List of Campaign Surrogates

The names of those celebrities and 190 more — many of them household names — appear on a list of potential surrogates circulated by President Barack Obama’s campaign last month.

The list............

Rick Perry: My record in Texas is what Americans are looking for

A good interview with Perry tonight, who says that his ‘vulture capitalism’ comments have been overblown:

Fun Coincidence: Obama's State of the Union Speech Will Mark 1,000 Days Without Democrats Passing a Budget

For three years -- including two years with super-majority control of both houses of Congress -- Democrats have avoided passing a budget. Meanwhile, the House of Representatives passed the Paul Ryan budget within weeks of the GOP taking control in 2011.

Don’t mess with the sweater vest!

In just a few weeks, Rick Santorum’s sweater vest has achieved iconic status. According to Santorum himself, it started with a speech in Iowa at an event hosted by Mike Huckabee. In casual campaign mode, Santorum just happened to wear a sweater vest when all the other candidates present wore suits. His speech went well — in fact, he thinks his Iowa surge might have started with it — and the sweater vest stuck.

FULL STORY

The smug & self-righteous so easily condemn US troops & say *nothing* about Taliban slaughter

Suicide bomb kills governor and two young sons in Kandahar

Consistency in the defense of liberty is no vice

There is a meme developing among Romney supporters in the comments that my focus lately on the dangers Bain presents in a general election is a visceral reaction to Romney’s SuperPAC going negative on Newt in Iowa in December 2011. LINK

Lawmaker behind U.S. online piracy bill vows not to buckle in face of criticism

(Reuters) - The lawmaker behind a bill to combat online piracy vowed on Thursday to press ahead in the face of fierce criticism from Internet giants such as Google and Facebook.

Hollywood's "Re-elect Obama" movie tramples National Security, divulges way too many secrets

Obama's re-election comes first, and if Loose Lips Sink Ships? So what!

The Truth Behind The Possible Twinkies Bankruptcy

Hostess Brands is hoping to take a bite out of its high costs as it heads back into bankruptcy protection for the second time in less than a decade.

Pastor Opens Doors to Occupy Vermin, Notices His Laptop Missing

Let that be a lesson. Take in these criminals and expect your property to disappear.

‘You’ll be Tarred and Feathered!’: Union Protesters Growing Desperate in Indiana

Watch union protesters erupt in protest on the House floor

Sarah Palin takes it to Michelle Obama

In an interview with Sean Hannity last night, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin made evident the ridiculousness of recent comments from First Lady Michelle Obama to Gayle King.

On The Fed's Failure To Inspire, TrimTabs Shows Where The Real Money Is Going

As volumes this year in stock markets remain significantly below last year's but high yield bond ETF inflows reach record highs, TrimTabs offers some context for the massive relative flows of real cash into checking and savings accounts versus stock and bond mutual fund and ETFs. READ MORE

New Email Shows Former ATF Director, Ken Melson, Knew About Fast and Furious Earlier Than Stated

New Email Shows Former ATF Director, Ken Melson, Knew About Fast and Furious Earlier Than Stated

Good News: Federal Highway Funds Used to Buy Bus Stop Shelters for a Mere $106,000 each

Should a simple bus shelter -- basically a few benches covered by a roof -- cost as much to build as a three-bedroom house?
These lovely covered benches certainly appear to be bargains at twice the price!

Allen West Presents Purple Heart Medal to Vietnam Veteran

Prior to the beginning of Congressman Allen West’s monthly townhall meeting in Fort Lauderdale FL, West presented to Vietnam veteran Edward Ayers all of the service medals that he had originally received while serving in Vietnam but then lost. The medals included three purple hearts as well as the Republic of Vietnam Service Medal and the National Defense Service Medal.

VIDEO HERE

Corrupt Congress to vote on Internet censorship bills SOPA and PIPA on January 24th

If there’s one thing that brings the left and right together it’s things like this. The corrupt Senate (controlled by Democrats) and corrupt House (controlled by Republicans) are set to vote on the Internet censorship bills on Tuesday, January 24th. The Senate is set to vote on PIPA or the Protect IP Act is basically the evil twin of SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) that will be voted on the same day in the Republican controlled House. Both bills would give the U.S. Department of Justice (no matter if under Obama, or a Republican president) the right to censor, block and seize Internet that they deem to be “copyright infringers.” No one can argue about the need to go after “rogue sites” that pirate movies or music, but these bills go far beyond that. It’s crap like this that Republicans (and Democrats) pull that drive people to the side of candidates like Ron Paul. So called “limited government” Republicans want to regulate and censor the Internet. Think about it. Do you want Eric Holder, or any future Attorney General in charge of regulating the ‘net? While most of the attention has been drawn to SOPA, PIPA has gotten very little attention, and the big government Republicans and Democrats are likely to pass that bill at this point, unless there’s a big uproar over it. Want to bet Fox News or CNN wouldn’t have the cajones to ask the candidates what they think of these bills during the debates next week?

There are 47 Republicans in the Senate, yet only 41 votes against the bill would stop it. It’s pretty clear most Democrats are Marxists and favor such legislation. But there are over 20 Senate Democrats up for re-election this year. Around ten of them are in red or purple states which doesn’t guarantee them re-election. The question is, are there enough of these Democrats and Republicans that haven’t been bought off for this censorship bill? Make your voices heard now!

Alexa Shrugged: DNC Chair Blames Tea Party for Shootings, Embraces OWS Criminals

In response to a question about a lack of civility in Congress, DWS' initial response was, "We need to make sure that we tone things down, particularly in light of the Tucson tragedy from a year ago..." Full Story Here

BOOK: Obama didn't want to shake more hands, take more pictures with troops

Book Depicts Cranky Obama On Baghdad Visit

The then-candidate “didn't want to take pictures with any more soldiers."

The Incredible Shrinking Liberal

Conservatives Remain the Largest Ideological Group in U.S.

Ohio woman loses appeal on 'White Only' pool sign

Ohio woman loses appeal on "White Only" pool sign

Cashless Society: India Implements First Biometric ID Program for all Residents

Cashless Society: India Implements First Biometric ID Program for all of its 1.2 Billion Residents

INTIMIDATION!

The purpose of the monitoring, says the government document, is to "collect information used in providing situational awareness and establishing a common operating picture."

AMISH JAILED FOR REFUSING TO PAY BUGGY FINES

(AP) MAYFIELD, Ky. - A group of Amish men were sent to jail in western Kentucky Thursday for refusing to pay fines for breaking a state highway law that requires their horse-drawn buggies to be marked with orange reflective triangles.

HOLDER ENDORSES OBAMA POWER GRAB

The Department of Justice offered a defense Thursday for President Obama’s controversial decision to make several recess appointments while Congress was holding pro forma sessions.

Nutter Fumes After 3 Philadelphia Teens Killed In Apparent Reprisal Shooting

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Following a shooting Tuesday night in the Juniata section of the city that left three teens dead, Mayor Michael Nutter today had strong words for the shooter, calling him “a dog.” FULL STORY

COMRADES Huntsman, Gingrich, and Perry appear in DNC anti-capitalism ad against Mitt Romney

Well done comrades Huntsman, Perry, and Gingrich. You efforts will be remembered and the workers will be forever grateful.

VIDEO

Essential Tool in the Event of Civil Emergencies

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Another NYC Tourist Arrested on Gun Charges Despite Having Permit

The list of New York City tourists facing gun-possession charges keeps growing. Not only was a Tenn. nurse arrested for trying to check her gun at the 9/11 Memorial, but an Indiana jeweler was taken into custody when he tried to check his firearm at the Empire State Building. And now, an Ohio man who brought his three guns to his hotel room for protection, and had a permit in his home state, has been arrested on similar charges. MORE HERE->

Former La Raza VP Cecilia Munoz Named White House Domestic Policy Director

At the new position Munoz will coordinate the policy-making process and supervise the execution of domestic policy in the White House. Read More »

Do You Know About the Most Powerful Crime Syndicate In Europe?

Poised to dominate Europe and extend its tentacles into the U.S. Read More »

WATCH: Outrage Ensues Over Indian Islands ‘Human Zoo’

"It's deplorable. You cannot treat human beings like beasts for the sake of money."
Read More »

The Fed Agency That Paid Out the Most in Stimulus Funds Is.....

The Fed Agency That Paid Out the Most in Stimulus Funds Is.....

Has This Primary Changed Your Opinion on the Citizens United Ruling?

The 2012 primary for the Republican presidential nomination has seen million dollar negative ad campaigns flood the airwaves to cripple major candidates and powerful super-PACS continue to grow thanks to unlimited and anonymous contributions. These developments has led some in taking a second look at the legality of new forces unleashed and in play during this Republican primary and soon general election, that have put America on pace for its most costly election ever... READ MORE->

Financially Ruined Greece Decides Pedophiles Qualify for Government Disability

Along with exhibitionists, sadomasochists, kleptomaniacs and pyromaniacs. Read More »

Should We Be Concerned About Google‘s New ’Search, Plus Your World’?

“Although data from a user’s Google+ contacts is not displayed publicly, Google’s changes make the personal data of users more accessible,”

PBS Radio Producer Explains Why Harry Belafonte’s Anti-Obama Remarks Were Cut From Show

Brian Maloney of the Radio Equalizer pointed out, Belafonte’s comments about Obama, available in full on the “Smiley & West” website, appear to have been edited out when the program was broadcast to its public radio affiliates around the country...

Parents Furious Over Apparent Use Of ‘Scream Rooms’ Inside Middletown, Conn. Elementary School

Father: Kids Hitting Their Heads On Walls, Urinating Inside 'Time-Out' Room

'I PROMISE YOU, CHANGE WILL COME'

Obama: ‘Everything that we fought for is now at stake in this election’

Greek children 'dumped in streets' as parents struggle

If it takes a village to raise a child, Greece will become Utopia!

Children 'dumped in streets by Greek parents who can't afford to look after them any more'
Youngsters abandoned as parents struggle
4-year-old found clutching note: 'I can't afford her'
Country also running out of medicine
Aspirin stocks low as austerity measures bite

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Abandoned Baby Found in 'Occupy DC' Tent

From the Accountability Department...
Man charged after baby found in McPherson Square tent

The price of communism: Czech churches to get $6.6 billion

Totalitarian regime confiscated all property owned by churches and persecuted many priests after seizing power in 1948

$467K spent on failed Olympics bid

Obama Administration Spent $467,175 on Travel Expenses in Failed Bid to Bring Olympics to Chicago

Michelle pissed at being portrayed as 'angry black woman'

Michelle Obama has denied that she was “some angry black woman”, in an attempt to defuse a row over an explosive new book that alleges she clashed with her husband’s White House advisers.

The last moderate Democrat calls it quits

The announcement by Alabama Rep. Parker Griffith that he is switching to the Republican Party is just the latest warning sign that the Democratic Party -- my lifelong political home -- has a critical decision to make: Either we plot a more moderate, centrist course or risk electoral disaster not just in the upcoming midterms but in many elections to come. LINK

Top 5 'let them eat cake' moments of the Obama White House

From a sojourn to Spain to island vacations, Michelle Obama may be missing the point.

Savage to GOP candidates: Say this and you’ll win

"This is a primary issue … and none of them will talk about it"

Obama administration plans to create Internet ID for all Americans

President Obama is putting plans in motion to give the Commerce Department authority to create an Internet ID for all Americans, a White House official told CNET.com.

A Fine for Not Using a Biofuel That Doesn’t Exist

The Law of Perhaps Unintended Consequences

WASHINGTON — When the companies that supply motor fuel close the books on 2011, they will pay about $6.8 million in penalties to the Treasury because they failed to mix a special type of biofuel into their gasoline and diesel as required by law. But there was none to be had. Outside a handful of laboratories and workshops, the ingredient, cellulosic biofuel, does not exist.

In 2012, the oil companies expect to pay even higher penalties....

A SOCIETY DOES NOT SURVIVE, UNLESS IT HAS A REASON TO SURVIVE

Video of Dennis Prager telling University of Denver students, “I believe the greatest threat facing America – I’ve believed this my entire adult life — is that we have not passed on what it means to be an American to this generation.”

Larry Sinclair in shocking tell-all Obama interview

You might also want to Google: Larry Sinclair, Larry Bland, Nathan Spencer, Donald Young, Man's Country Club Chicago, Down Low Club, in conjunction with the word "Obama."

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Nuclear Option: Obama's naked thuggery

After all these years it took a great constitutional scholar who had spent a life cloistered in academia and street work to utterly rape our most cherished Constitution.

This business of bypassing the Senate to pick "recess" appointments to positions most Americans have never heard of may seem trivial. It is anything but. What Barack Obama has done has been to disembowel the U.S. Senate and shred the most carefully worded document in the history of civilized society.....

Obama to Congress: I’ll decide what’s constitutional

"I have advised Congress that I will not construe these provisions as preventing me from fulfilling my constitutional responsibility to recommend to the Congress’s consideration such measures as I shall judge necessary and expedient."

Van Jones Warns of 'Turbulent' Election Year

President Obama's surrogates, not giving up hope that the themes of the "occupy movement" will help his reelection and push Congress to back Democratic jobs ideas, are looking to the birthday and federally-sanctioned holiday of what Obama activist Van Jones calls the "original Occupier," Martin Luther King Jr., to spark action on the streets of America....

To All My Valued Employees

To All My Valued Employees,

There have been some rumblings around the office about the future of this company, and more specifically, your job. As you know, the economy has changed for the worse and presents many challenges. However, the good news is this: The economy doesn't pose a threat to your job.

What does threaten your job however, is.....

People for the American Way Identifies Photo of Westboro Baptist Church Demonstrators as Tea Party Members

It won't shock AT readers to learn that the Left is deceitful, but here's another piece of evidence: a fundraising letter from Ralph Neas's People for the American Way (PAW) arrived in the mail today..... Continued

SC Sources: Gingrich Could Endorse Santorum

Sources within the campaign of surging Rick Santorum indicate Newt Gingrich, should he drop out of the race, plans to support the former Pennsylvania senator.

U.S. ship rescues Iranians at sea — again

A U.S. Coast Guard cutter rescued six Iranian mariners from a vessel in distress in the Persian Gulf, the second such incident in a week of tension punctuated by the Islamic republic's death sentence to a young Iranian-American man and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's sharp criticism Tuesday of Tehran's uranium enrichment activity. STORY HERE

Obama's new chief profited from mortgage defaults

President Obama's first chief of staff Rahm Emanuel once sat on the board of troubled federal mortgage giant Freddie Mac. Bill Daley, the president's chief of staff whose departure was announced today, was previously a top executive at financial firm J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. So of course there should be little surprise that Obama's latest chief of staff, announced today by the president himself, also has deep ties to the financial industry himself. Keep Reading

U.K. gov't admits immigration keeps Britons out of jobs

Immigration meant 160,000 British workers missed out on jobs in the last five years, the Government’s migration expert revealed.