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Nicholas Mohr, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor, is to be congratulated for his recent successful grant application. Dr. Mohr received funding for his project entitled, "Prehospital Prevention of Ventilator-associated Pneumonia Trial." He was awarded $25,000 from the Injury Prevention Research Center within the College of Public Health at the University of Iowa for this one-year clinical pilot study.
Sinyoung Kang, M.D., Ph.D., Associate, is to be congratulated for her recent successful grant application. Dr. Kang was awarded a Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER) training grant in basic science for her grant entitled, "Afferent Mechanisms Mediating Reflex Inhibition of Phrenic Motor Output after Upper Abdominal Surgery." This is a two year award for $175,000.00.
Congratulations to Emine Bayman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, who was awarded an R03 NIH grant for her study entitled, "Predicting Chronic Pain after Thoracic Surgery: A Bayesian Approach." Dr. Bayman was awarded $151,000 over two years for this grant. Co-investigators will be Drs. Timothy Brennan (Samir D. Gergis Professor, Anesthesia), Mark Iannettoni (Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery), Kalpaj Parekh (Assistant Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery), and Lilian Dindo (Assistant Professor, Psychiatry).
The group will study to determine if they can predict which patients will develop chronic pain after thoracic surgery with a Bayesian approach.
The Department of Anesthesia has just been awarded a grant of $314,074 from Karl Storz Endoscopy America, Inc. for an investigator-initiated project entitled "Comparison of Video Laryngoscopy with the C-MAC® D Blade versus the Glidescope® in the Predicted Difficult Airway: A Multi-centered Randomized Controlled Noninferiority Trial." This will be a 1,000 patient, three-center trial involving the University of Iowa, Oregon Health Sciences University, and the University of Texas in Dallas. The coordinating center will be located at Oregon, headed by Dr. Michael Aziz, while the UI will serve as both a participating center (under the leadership of Drs. Ron Abrons and David Swanson) and as the Data Management Center (under the direction of Drs. Michael Todd and Emine Bayman). The two centers other than Iowa will receive a combined total of $330,064 (for a grant total of $644,538). Dr. Todd serves as the principal investigator for Iowa, Dr. Aziz at OHSU, and Dr. Davide Cattano at Texas.
Ron Abrons Emine Bayman David Swanson Mike Todd
Anna Riessen has been selected the 2013 recipient of the Stuart Cullen Award. This honor is voted upon by the anesthesia residents and awarded to a senior medical student extern who, by scholastic achievement and clinical performance, has demonstrated outstanding capabilities in the field of anesthesiology during the senior clerkship in the department. A monetary gift accompanies this award. Dr. Stuart C. Cullen, who attended medical school at the University of Wisconsin and completed a residency in anesthesia at Belleview Hospital in New York, was recruited to the University of Iowa in the fall of 1938 as the Chief of the Anesthesia Division. At that time, anesthesia services were a division of the Department of Surgery. Under Dr. Cullen, the program flourished by the late 1940s. While principally known as a clinician and educator, he understood the importance of research. Dr. Cullen left Iowa in 1958 to become Chair of the Department of Anesthesia at the University of California, San Francisco. His decision to depart was based to a great degree on his never being able to attain departmental status for anesthesia at Iowa.
Brent Hadder, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor, passed his national board examinations in Hospice and Palliative Care (HPC). He's the first individual in our department to seek out and accomplish this. The Palliative Care Program at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (UIHC) was established in 1999, and prior to this most recent testing session, there were three university physicians certified in palliative medicine. Along with Dr. Hadder, two additional physicians participated in this most recent examination. All three were successful in becoming certified, thus bringing the UIHC total number of certified palliative medicine physicians to six.
Of note is that this certification testing is administered through Internal Medicine, and the American Board of Anesthesiologists recognizes the results. Per the American Board of Anesthesiologists, "Hospice and palliative medicine (HPM) is based on expanding scientific knowledge about symptom control when cure is not possible and appropriate care during the last stages of life. Research, teaching, and practice efforts in this field have led to a vast increase in knowledge in the effort to relieve suffering of seriously ill patients and their families. Physicians who acquire subspecialist-level knowledge and skills in hospice and palliative medicine largely practice in one of two distinct professional roles: 1) hospice medical director, and 2) institution-based palliative care practice."
Dr. Hadder has been interested in this area for quite some time, devoting many hours and much work to this effort. For several years, he has devoted almost all of his nonclinical time and post-Surgical Intensive Care Unit weeks to the Palliative Care Consultation Service. He spent literally thousands of hours - and this board certification is the final step.
Iowa's Palliative Care team is made up of a number of disciplines, including doctors and nurses, a social worker, music therapist and chaplain. In the next issue of department's newsletter (Spring 2013), you will be provided the opportunity to read an article wherein Dr. Hadder provides more detail about our institution's Palliative Care Consultation Service, as well as his personal involvement.
Toshihiro Kitamoto, Ph.D. has been selected as the recipient of an R03 research grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism for his project entitled, "A Novel GPCR-mediated Steroid Signaling That Controls Alcohol-induced Behavior." Dr. Kitamoto will receive $151,000 over two years for his grant.
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism is a division of the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Kitamoto's project was selected because of its superior promise to rapidly produce novel findings for future projects using the R03 funding.
Congratulations to Emily Petruccelli, a third-year genetics graduate student in Dr. Toshihiro Kitamoto's research laboratory. Emily was awarded first place in a poster presentation contest at the 2012 Genetics Graduate Program Retreat held on Monday, November 26, 2012. She competed among more than 20 other individuals who submitted posters. In addition, Emily has also received a 3-year NIH F31 Predoctoral Fellowship for her project entitled, "GPCR-mediated Nongenomic Steroid Actions in Control of Alcohol-induced Behavior."
Congratulations to James Choi, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesia. Dr. Choi is featured on the home page of Carver College of Medicine's web site within their Faculty Focus section as a physician of interest. He states this, "....do your best without complaint, persevere even when things are not going your way and never give up." When asked his advice to the medical students, Dr. Choi says, "Work hard but be sure to enjoy the process because life is what you do when you are trying to achieve your goals."
The Department of Anesthesia at the University of Iowa is very proud to claim Dr. Jim Choi as one of our own. To view the poster on display throughout the hospital, click here. Read more about Dr. Choi online at www.medicine.uiowa.edu/
Ramprasad Sripada, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor, has assumed the medical directorship of the Department of Anesthesia Acute Pain Service. As many of you know, this was started by Timothy Brennan, M.D., Ph.D., Samir D. Gergis Professor, Vice-Chair for Research, Interim Director for Pain Medicine, and for a long time this service has been an integral part of the Pain Clinic. However, both Dr. Brennan and I feel that a greater degree of autonomy for acute pain is appropriate; hence, my appointment of Dr. Sripada. Dr. Sripada has substantial experience in this area, having managed the Acute Pain Service at Vanderbilt prior to moving to Iowa. His expertise with regional anesthesia will also enhance the capabilities of the service. This is a substantial step forward for our department.
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Bannon to Tea Party: 'We Have Your Back' Breitbart News Executive Chairman Stephen K. Bannon fired up the "Audit the IRS" rally on Wednesday in Washington, D.C. with short yet powerful remarks. by Tony Lee
Cat Nurses Orphaned Pit Bull Puppy in Ohio A cat caring for four newborn kittens is nursing an orphaned week-old pit bull puppy in Cleveland. from AP 19 Jun 2013, 10:04 PM PDT
King for a Day In the past few weeks, conservative anxiety over the Schumer-Rubio immigration deal has grown as details of the legislation emerge. Despite assurances from Sen. Marco Rubio and other GOP negotiators that the deal would "fix" illegal immigration by finally providing real border security, the actual impact of the legislation is far less than that. On Wednesday, Rep. Steve King provided an important forum for conservative activists to voice their dissatisfaction with the Schumer-Rubio bill. By his initiative, King helped shape the national dialogue. by Mike Flynn 19 Jun 2013, 8:17 PM PDT
House Votes to Cut Food Stamps by $2 Billion The House voted on Wednesday to cut food stamps by $2 billion a year as part of a wide-ranging farm bill. from AP 19 Jun 2013, 6:16 PM PDT
Washington & Wall Street -- Steve Forbes: Bernanke Has 'Failed' Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke is having a bad week. The fun started on Monday on PBS with Charlie Rose, when President Barack Obama said Chairman Bernanke has stayed in his post "longer than he wanted," effectively firing the central bank chief on national television. by Christopher Whalen 19 Jun 2013, 5:18 PM PDT
Fox News: State Department Officials May Have Lied Under Oath A Fox News report indicates that top officials in the State Department's Diplomatic Security Service (DS) "gave sworn testimony that appears to be evasive at best, and untrue at worst." by AWR Hawkins 19 Jun 2013, 4:21 PM PDT
Senators Announce Pending Border Security Deal On Wednesday, senators and aides reported that the so-called Gang of Eight behind the immigration reform bill had cut a deal with Senators Bob Corker (R-TN) and John Hoeven (R-ND) to add some border security measures to the bill in an attempt to woo Republicans. The measures would not be nearly as strict as anything proposed by Senators John Cornyn (R-AZ) or Ted Cruz (R-TX) or Rand Paul (R-KY). Instead, it would add some border patrol agents, and create a "guarantee" on finishing the border fence at some unspecified point in the future. by Breitbart News 19 Jun 2013, 4:20 PM PDT
Obama Administration Wants New Regulations on Truckers' Hours Beginning July 1, the Obama administration's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) wants truckers limited to driving 70 hours a week with mandatory "restart" periods--which would "include the predawn hours of two consecutive days" for rest. by AWR Hawkins 19 Jun 2013, 3:51 PM PDT
Fed Announces Possible End to Quantitative Easing, Stocks Crash In a dramatic sign that the American economy is being largely propelled by Federal Reserve pumping of the dollar, the Dow Jones Industrial Average sold off 206 points on indications by Fed Chair Ben Bernanke that by the end of 2013, the Fed could begin reining in quantitative easing. While Bernanke maintained that interest rate hikes were "far in the future," he did indicate that the Fed's continuous and massive bond-buying spree could taper off if the economy improves. by Ben Shapiro 19 Jun 2013, 3:42 PM PDT
FBI: We Use Drones to Monitor Targets in the US On Wednesday, FBI Director Robert Mueller told the Senate Judiciary Committee that the agency was already using drones to monitor specific targets inside the United States. "Our footprint is very small," Mueller said. "We have very few and have limited use." by Breitbart News 19 Jun 2013, 3:32 PM PDT
Study: 70 Percent of Americans Taking Prescription Drugs A shocking new study from the Mayo Clinic suggests that seven in ten Americans are taking at least one prescription drug, and more than one in two takes multiple drugs. Those most common prescription drugs are antibiotics, antidepressents, and painkillers. One in four patients is taking at least five drugs. by Breitbart News 19 Jun 2013, 3:26 PM PDT
Obama: Catholic Schools 'Encourage Division' President Obama wasn't kidding in March of 2012 when he told then-Russian president Dmitry Medvedev that he would have "more flexibility after the election. We got a chilling look at what Obama meant during a speech in Northern Ireland for the G8 Summit when he declared religious schools divisive. by John Nolte 19 Jun 2013, 1:12 PM PDT
Tea Party Rally May Have Drawn Bigger Crowd than Obama Speech in Berlin When Barack Obama gave a speech in Berlin in 2008, he drew a crowd of 200,000. Wednesday's speech at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate was a little less popular. White House pool reporter Elmar Jakobs estimated the crowd at only 4,500. by Michael Patrick Leahy 19 Jun 2013, 12:52 PM PDT
Cruz Jokes: Abolish IRS, Send Agents to Southern Border Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said the IRS should be abolished and joked IRS agents should be sent to the Southern border to deter illegal immigrants from crossing the border. by Tony Lee 19 Jun 2013, 12:08 PM PDT
Bannon to Tea Party: 'We Have Your Back' Breitbart News Executive Chairman Stephen K. Bannon fired up the "Audit the IRS" rally on Wednesday in Washington, D.C. with short yet powerful remarks. by Tony Lee 19 Jun 2013, 12:04 PM PDT
Senate Immigration Bill Weakens Enforcement, National Security The Senate Gang of Eight's amnesty bill, S. 744, is an invitation to terrorists (and criminals) from around the world to come on in. The first thing that happens under the bill is that immigration enforcement is stopped dead in its tracks. by Rosemary Jenks 19 Jun 2013, 11:41 AM PDT
King Rails Against Big Money, Special Interests at Immigration Presser Rep. Steve King (R-IA) and Rep. Randy Weber (R-TX) railed against the special interests, big money, and crony capitalism behind the "Gang of Eight" Senate immigration bill in response to a question from Breitbart News at a press conference turned-anti-amnesty rally. by Matthew Boyle 19 Jun 2013, 11:19 AM PDT
LA Mayor Villaraigosa Wants to Run for Governor Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who will be leaving office at the end of this month after eight long years of not working for the city, said on Tuesday that he wants to take his talents to Sacramento. "I want to run for governor," said the mayor, who leaves office without a car or any assets. "In fact, I fully expect that I will." by Ben Shapiro 19 Jun 2013, 11:07 AM PDT
Schumer's Promise to End Illegal Immigration Already Broken The CBO predicts that the immigration reform bill will only decrease illegal immigration by 25%, because many new arrivals are expected to break the law by overstaying the work visas that the immigration bill creates. And yet Schumer, who is also one of the principal authors of the legislation, declared in the Senate last week that "Illegal immigration will be a thing of the past" as a result of the "Gang of Eight" immigration bill. by Joel B. Pollak 19 Jun 2013, 10:54 AM PDT
Chicago Teachers Union Head: 'Rich White People' to Blame for Failing Minority Schools On Wednesday, Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis placed the blame for Chicago's failing schools right where it belongs: on "rich white people." Speaking to a luncheon on education reform, Lewis said that Chicago is the most segregated city in America, and that the educational failures in certain areas of Chicago are attributable to the "fact that rich white people think they know what's in the best interest of children of African-Americans and Latinos, no matter what the parents' income or education level." by Ben Shapiro 19 Jun 2013, 10:43 AM PDT
Los Angeles Unified School District Drops $30M on iPads for Kids On Tuesday, the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education approved plans to spend $30 million to buy iPads for students. The teachers union is unhappy with the decision because they think the money would be best spent on rehiring furloughed union members. by Ben Shapiro 19 Jun 2013, 10:35 AM PDT
CT Governor Tries to Crash Rick Perry's Meeting with State Gun Manufacturers While Texas Governor Rick Perry (R) was meeting with gun manufacturers in Connecticut on June 17, Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy (D) dropped in to show some "Yankee hospitality." by AWR Hawkins 19 Jun 2013, 10:30 AM PDT
Los Angeles Bans Plastic Bags On Tuesday, the Los Angeles City Council voted 11-1 to fight the scourge of plastic bags at grocery stores. The new plastic bag ban will prohibit stores that sell perishable foods from handing out plastic grocery bags. Paper bags will bear a surcharge of ten cents, and customers are encouraged to use recyclable bags. by Ben Shapiro 19 Jun 2013, 10:26 AM PDT
Bachmann: 'Harry Reid Will Not Succeed' on Immigration Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) electrified the Tea Party crowd in attendance at the press conference denouncing the "Gang of Eight" immigration bill, and assured the American people that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will not win his push to enact amnesty. by Matthew Boyle 19 Jun 2013, 10:09 AM PDT
Massachusetts Senate: Debate Disaster for Democrat Markey In Tuesday night's final debate for John Kerry's U.S. Senate seat versus Republican Gabriel Gomez, Congressman Ed Markey (D-MA) made a number of significant gaffes. by John Nolte 19 Jun 2013, 9:57 AM PDT
Capitol Police Voice Message to Tea Party: 'You Can Not Join Other Groups in Other Areas' Significantly, the language of the Officer's message suggests that the Capitol Police own the Capitol Grounds ("our grounds.) We thought the Capitol Grounds belonged to the American people. by Michael Patrick Leahy 19 Jun 2013, 9:17 AM PDT
GAO Report Questions if Obamacare Will Be Implemented in Time With Obamacare's grand opening less than six months away, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported on Wednesday that the government has already blown numerous deadlines for setting up the health exchanges that are to provide insurance for nine million people. by Wynton Hall 19 Jun 2013, 9:08 AM PDT
Bloomberg's Gun Control Rally Names Boston Bomber as Victim of Gun Violence At a June 18 gun control rally in New Hampshire sponsored by New York mayor Michael Bloomberg's Mayors Against Illegal Guns group, the name of Boston bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev was read aloud as a recent victim of gun violence. by AWR Hawkins 19 Jun 2013, 8:40 AM PDT
Reid: There Will Be 'Significant' Pressure on House on Immigration Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) told reporters Tuesday that he encouraged his Democratic cohorts in the Gang of Eight to push ahead with comprehensive immigration reform so that Speaker of the House John Boehner will be forced to play along. by William Bigelow 19 Jun 2013, 8:10 AM PDT
Boehner: No 'Comprehensive' Immigration Solution Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) told reporters on Tuesday that he is against a "comprehensive" solution for immigration reform. He also stated that he would follow the so-called "Hastert Rule," which is the unwritten procedural rule asserting that the Speaker of the House will not bring up a bill unless the majority of his party supports it. by William Bigelow 19 Jun 2013, 7:58 AM PDT
Cummings Transcripts: IRS Merely 'Admonished' Donor Leaker The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agent responsible for giving confidential conservative and Tea Party tax documents to the left-leaning journalism group ProPublica was never put on leave. Instead, she merely received "formal admonishment" for actions that Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration J. Russell George said could be illegal, according to interview transcripts released by Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD). by Wynton Hall 19 Jun 2013, 7:48 AM PDT
Pro-Life Women Lawmakers, Activists to Challenge Pelosi and Supporters A group of pro-life female lawmakers and activists are hastening efforts toward a political showdown with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and her larger group of pro-abortion women politicians. by Dr. Susan Berry 19 Jun 2013, 7:22 AM PDT
Capitol Hill Police Block Tea Party Activists from Immigration Rally Capitol Hill police are trying to block activists attending Wednesday's "Audit the IRS" rally from also attending a nearly day-long press conference on immigration, hosted by Reps. Steve King and Louie Gohmert. The IRS rally is on the west side of the Capitol, while the immigration event is on the east side. Organizers for the IRS event were told by Hill police that "your people" can only assemble on the west side. Organizers were told to remove the activists from the immigration event. by Mike Flynn 19 Jun 2013, 7:18 AM PDT
Senator Manchin Avoids Breitbart Debate, Goes After NRA Since the defeat of Senator Joe Manchin's gun control bill in the Senate on April 17, the Senator has avoided a debate with Breitbart News' AWR Hawkins and is now going after the NRA. by Breitbart News 19 Jun 2013, 6:52 AM PDT
Live Blog: Tea Party's IRS, Immigration Rallies Rep. Steve King is holding a six-hour press conference on immigration on the east lawn of the Capitol. Thousands of Americans will also arrive in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday for a mass "Audit the IRS" rally to protest the IRS's targeting of Tea Party and conservative groups. Breitbart News will live-blog all of the events. by Breitbart News 19 Jun 2013, 6:11 AM PDT
Anti-Gun Colorado Sen. Close to Recall In the aftermath of the crime at a Colorado movie theater where 12 people were murdered, the Colorado State legislature quickly moved to adopt stricter gun laws and Senate President John Morse led that effort. But now, after his anti-gun bills were successfully passed into law, Morse faces a recall election that could turn him out of office. by Warner Todd Huston 19 Jun 2013, 5:40 AM PDT
New Group, Evangelicals for Biblical Immigration, Opposes Gang of 8 Bill On Friday, Evangelicals for Biblical Immigration, an informal group of well-respected evangelical Christians announced its opposition to the Gang of Eight immigration bill. The group, recently organized by Kelly Monroe Kullberg, founder of the Veritas Forum and co-author and editor of Finding God at Harvard, featured a letter written to members of Congress by Kullberg outlining the Biblical principles on which opposition to the bill is based on its website and Facebook page. by Michael Patrick Leahy 19 Jun 2013, 5:39 AM PDT
TN IRS Victim: DC GOP Plays 'Tee Ball' While Dems Play 'Hardball' The president of the Chattanooga Tea Party, who was targeted by the IRS, said establishment Republicans in Washington, D.C. are playing "Tee Ball" while Democrats are playing "hardball." by Tony Lee 19 Jun 2013, 5:32 AM PDT
Ohio IRS Victim: 'No Way' Agents Went Rogue A day before the mass "Audit the IRS" rally in Washington, D.C., George Brunemann said the IRS specifically audited him in 2012 because he was associated with the Cincinnati Tea Party, and it was clear supervisors were ordering IRS agents to target Tea Partiers. by Tony Lee 19 Jun 2013, 5:29 AM PDT
Heritage: CBO Report on Immigration Bill Confirms Amnesty Concerns The Heritage Foundation issued a preliminary response to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) report on the costs of the Senate Immigration bill late Tuesday, noting that the CBO and JCT report confirms several financial concerns about an amnesty plan. by Matthew Boyle 18 Jun 2013
CBO: Immigration Bill Would Drive Down American Workers' Wages The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) report on the Senate's immigration bill predicts that the legislation would drive down the wages of American workers and make it difficult for Americans to find jobs in an already-damaged economy. by Matthew Boyle 18 Jun 2013
Protecting New York's Criminal Class Suppose those concerned with controlling crime came up with a plan to take guns away from criminals—the people who actually murder other people with guns. And suppose the system actually worked, and in places where the plan had actually become policy and was implemented, thousands of illegal guns were confiscated from criminals and the murder rate fell by over 80 percent over twenty years. And suppose most of the murder victims, meaning most of the people who as a result of this plan were not murdered, were minorities. You would think that the liberal establishment would be thrilled. by Alfred S. Regnery 18 Jun 2013
ObamaCare Rule: HHS, IRS Can Share Private Health Information Though millions of Americans sign forms in their doctors' offices which claim their personal health information is protected under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), a new ObamaCare rule requires federal and local agencies and health insurers to trade the personal health data of any person interested in signing up for the new state exchanges. by Dr. Susan Berry 18 Jun 2013
Rep. Labrador Supports Border Security Bill Rep. Raúl Labrador (R-ID) joined Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT), Chairman of the House Public Lands and Environment Regulation Subcommittee, and others to support the National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act. by Mary Chastain 18 Jun 2013
Fuzzy Math: CBO Says Immigration Bill Reduces Federal Deficit The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its long-awaited report on Tuesday detailing what it estimates the costs of the "Gang of Eight" immigration bill would if it were to become law. by Matthew Boyle 18 Jun 2013
Sessions: Immigration Bill 'Biggest Setback for Poor ... in Decades' On Tuesday, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, said that the immigration reform bill currently making its way through Congress is "the biggest setback for poor and middle-class Americans of any legislation Congress has considered in decades." by Ben Shapiro 18 Jun 2013
Rubio Flips Again, Helps Sink Biometric Visa Tracking Amendment The Senate voted down an amendment to the upper chamber's immigration bill proposed by Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) that would require a full biometric visa tracking system placed at every land, sea, and air port of entry in the United States before legalized immigrants could receive green cards. by Kerry Picket 18 Jun 2013
Gang of Eight Republicans Join Senate Dems to Kill Border Security Fence Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL), John McCain (R-AZ), Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Jeff Flake (R-AZ), the four "Gang of Eight" GOP senators, joined Senate Democrats on Tuesday to kill an amendment to their immigration bill that would have required a double-layered fence to be built along the U.S. border with Mexico. by Matthew Boyle 18 Jun 2013
Rubio Helps Kill Amendment Requiring Border Fence He Claims to Support Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) said late Tuesday that he supports securing the United States border with Mexico with a double-tiered fence but voted against an amendment to the "Gang of Eight" immigration bill that would have required exactly that. by Matthew Boyle 18 Jun 2013
Testimony: IRS Heads Behind Decision to Plant Question About Targeting Testimony from IRS officials revealed that the IRS's upper management actually decided in advance to plant the question about the targeting of conservatives at a May American Bar Association conference. by Tony Lee 18 Jun 2013
Sen. Vitter Fights to Protect Domestic Abuse Victims in Immigration Bill Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) introduced an amendment to the "Gang of Eight" immigration bill that would prevent illegal immigrants convicted of violent crimes against women and children from being given legalized status to stay in the United States. by Matthew Boyle 18 Jun 2013
Government Accountability Office: IRS Could Tax 'Virtual Currencies' A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) warns that the Internal Revenue Service should do more to warn taxpayers that they could have some tax liability over their holdings in Internet-based "virtual currencies" like Linden Dollars or Bitcoins. by Warner Todd Huston 18 Jun 2013
Bernie Sanders Rips Immigration Bill: 'Let Us Put Our Young People into Jobs Not into Jail' Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), a liberal independent, ripped the "Gang of Eight" immigration bill on Tuesday on the Senate floor, arguing it would give American jobs to foreigners in a time when Americans need those jobs more than ever. by Matthew Boyle 18 Jun 2013
As Federal Reserve Meets, Ordinary Folks Should Trim Spending On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve is expected to indicate when and how quickly it will pull back from its easy money policies. Americans can expect mortgage rates to climb, selling homes to get tougher, and interest rates to increase on credit cards, auto purchases, and home equity loans. by Peter Morici 18 Jun 2013
MADD Okay with Illegals with DUIs Staying on America's Roads Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is refusing to fight to prevent the Senate "Gang of Eight" from allowing illegal aliens convicted of drunk driving from being granted legalized status, or amnesty. by Matthew Boyle 18 Jun 2013
Christie: Late in the 'Dating Game' for Obama's Charm Offensive Appearing on MSNBC's Morning Joe on Tuesday, Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) launched into President Obama's latest "charm offensive," stating that it is now Obama's fifth year as president. "It's a little bit late in the dating game to start to get to know somebody," said the governor, recently spotted playing games on the Atlantic City boardwalk with Obama. by Ben Shapiro 18 Jun 2013
Michelle and Girls Lunch with Bono in Ireland Clearly skimping on cost during a taxpayer-funded trip to Ireland, Michelle Obama and daughters Sasha and Malia lunched with Bono after visiting the ruins of an Irish monastery. The lunch menu included dish choices ranging from Dalkey Lobster and Crab Salad to Road Rack of Wicklow Spring Lamb, topped off with either warm chocolate fudge cake, strawberries and cream, or deep warm apple crumble. by Breitbart News 18 Jun 2013
Gomez Would Help GOP More Than Amnesty The DC GOP establishment has convinced itself that pandering to certain Hispanic voters by supporting immigration legislation drafted by Sen. Chuck Schumer is the path to electoral victory. Sen. Lindsey Graham has warned that the GOP is in a "demographic death spiral" unless it supports the comprehensive amnesty legislation. Meanwhile, an impressive Hispanic candidate with a real shot at winning a special Senate election next week gets almost no support from the national GOP. If the national party can't understand this paradox, passing 300 amnesty bills won't save it. by Mike Flynn 18 Jun 2013
Poll: Dems Like Christie More than Republicans Do A Gallup poll released Tuesday revealed that Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) is actually more popular among Democrats than Republicans. He scores a favorable/unfavorable rating of 53 percent to 25 percent among Republicans; he scores a 57 percent to 17 percent split among Democrats. by Ben Shapiro 18 Jun 2013
NSA Director Claims Surveillance Programs Foiled 50 Plots General Keith Alexander, the director of the National Security Agency, claimed before the House Intelligence Committee that the government's much-criticized surveillance of Americans have stopped almost 50 terrorist plots worldwide, including one which targeted the New York Stock Exchange. by William Bigelow 18 Jun 2013
Study: U.S. Teacher Training 'Dismal' A report released on Tuesday by the National Council on Teacher Quality finds that U.S. teacher training is "an industry of mediocrity" that produces teachers without a clue. by Wynton Hall 18 Jun 2013
McCaskill Endorses Hillary for 2016 Senator Claire McCaskill of Missouri (D), whose support for Barack Obama in the 2008 Missouri primary helped him barely win a bitter fight with Hillary Clinton, has suddenly thrown her support behind the super PAC Ready for Hillary. She is the first active member of Congress to publicly endorse Clinton. by William Bigelow 18 Jun 2013
Obama: Bernanke Has 'Stayed A Lot Longer Than He Wanted' In a Monday interview with Charlie Rose, President Barack Obama said Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has "already stayed a lot longer than he wanted or he was supposed to." by Wynton Hall 18 Jun 2013
Health Insurer Aetna to End Individual Coverage to Californians in 2014 Roughly 50,000 Californians insured by Aetna, Inc. will have to find new coverage by next January, because the insurance corporation says it will stop selling individual health insurance policies in California in July. by William Bigelow 18 Jun 2013
Sessions Chides Rubio: 'Marco, There's Somebody on the Television Pretending To Be You' Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) poked fun at the notion that Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) could be publicly saying the Senate immigration bill needs stronger security provisions, while saying in TV ads that the bill has the best border security provisions in history. Sessions has previously called on Rubio and his ally Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to withdraw the advertisements because of their inaccuracies. by Matthew Boyle 18 Jun 2013
Obama: False Choice Between Privacy and Security Speaking about NSA surveillance programs he called "transparent," President Barack Obama said it was a "false choice" to think that privacy must be sacrificed in order to achieve security. by Tony Lee 18 Jun 2013
Obama Ducks Question on Warrant Requests Denied by FISA Court In an interview with Charlie Rose Monday night, President Obama refused to answer a direct question about how many warrants the FISA court has turned down. This is why the president has a growing credibility problem. by John Nolte 18 Jun 2013
Glenn Beck Returns to DC for Tea Party Rallies Conservatives are getting the band back together. On Wednesday, Glenn Beck reprises a familiar role, taking the stage at a rally in DC to galvanize grass roots conservatives against an encroaching government. Only this time, he will headline two rallies that will thrust the Tea Party back to center-stage on two critical issues. by Mike Flynn 18 Jun 2013
Amnesty Mob Bused to Kansas Sec. of State's Home for Immigration Protest Proponents of the Senate "Gang of Eight" immigration bill and other pro-illegal immigrant measures reportedly protested on the front porch of Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach's private residence on Monday. by Matthew Boyle 18 Jun 2013
Sessions Calls on Zuckerberg, Rubio to Pull 'False' Immigration Ad On Monday, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) called on his colleague Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to withdraw an advertisement they collaborated on pushing the "Gang of Eight" immigration bill because it contains false statements. by Matthew Boyle 18 Jun 2013
Wednesday Marks the Return of the Tea Party On Wednesday, at two rallies bracketing the Capitol, Tea Party and conservative activists will again take center-stage on two issues dominating the national political dialogue. Reps. Steve King, Michele Bachmann and other members of the Tea Party Caucus will host a nearly day-long dialogue and discussion on immigration reform. On the other side of the Capitol, Tea Party grass roots organizations will hold a rally to "Audit the IRS," in response to the agency's efforts to intimidate conservative organizations. by Mike Flynn 18 Jun 2013
IRS Scandals Jeopardize Funding for Obamacare Implementation The IRS's spending scandals, in which officials spent millions of taxpayer dollars on lavish conferences from 2010-2012 and forgot to properly record the expenses, may jeopardize funding for the implementation of Obamacare. by Tony Lee 18 Jun 2013
CNN: Almost Half Believe White House Ordered IRS to Target Tea Party Monday, CNN released a poll showing that a full 50% of Americans no longer trust President Obama. Tuesday, CNN released another poll that helps to explain why. Last month only 37% believed the White House ordered the IRS to target conservative groups. Today, however, almost half the country -- 47% believe the same. Only 49% disagree. by John Nolte 18 Jun 2013
Apple, Facebook, Microsoft: Govt Has Made Thousands of Customer Inquiries Apple, Facebook, and Microsoft now say the government has requested data on tens of thousands of its customers. by Wynton Hall 18 Jun 2013
Jeb Bush Labels Critics 'Chirpers' Jeb Bush dismissed conservative critics who are not fond of a Bush 2016 presidential run as "chirpers." Bush, interviewed by the Christian Broadcasting Network, said, "If I decide to run for office again, it will be based on what I believe, and it will be based on my record. by William Bigelow 18 Jun 2013
Bankrupt USPS Looking at Direct Cuba Delivery The United States Postal Service, along with the U. S. Government and the communist government of Cuba resumed talks this week to negotiate USPS supplying direct mail service between the countries. The State Department hinted the move might help the failing government agency with its money problems. by Meredith Dake 18 Jun 2013
Fact Check: Durbin Assures 'Serious' Criminal Records Prevent Legalization Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) claimed Monday that if the pending Senate immigration bill becomes law, illegal immigrants who have committed serious crimes would not qualify for legalization, a statement that is partly true at best. by Matthew Boyle 17 Jun 2013
Father's Day Weekend Shootings Latest Chicago Gun Violence After a Father's Day weekend bloodbath in which 46 people were shot and eight were killed, including one by a police officer, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy have little to show for their claims of reduced crime across the city. by Rebel Pundit 17 Jun 2013
Obama Threatens to Veto Bill Banning Abortions After 20 Weeks As the House prepares to vote Tuesday on a bill that would ban abortions past 20 weeks of pregnancy, President Obama has issued a threat to veto the legislation. by Dr. Susan Berry 17 Jun 2013
Second Rubio Aide Argued Some Americans Not Cut Out for Workforce A second staffer for Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) disparaged American workers during an interview with Ryan Lizza, a partial transcript of the interview the New Yorker reporter released Monday afternoon shows. by Matthew Boyle 17 Jun 2013
Glenn Beck to Speak at Tea Party Patriots Rally on Wednesday Jenny Beth Martin, National coordinator of the Tea Party Patriots, told Breitbart News on Monday, "Glenn Beck will speak at the Tea Party Patriots 'Audit the IRS Rally' this Wednesday on Capitol Hill." by Michael Patrick Leahy 17 Jun 2013
Bloomberg Urges Stanford Graduates to Push for Immigration Reform New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg used his commencement address at Stanford University on Sunday to call on graduates to push for immigration reform. by Tony Lee 17 Jun 2013
SCOTUS: States Can't Require Proof of Citizenship to Vote Using Federal Form The Supreme Court ruled today in Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council that federal law does not allow states the option of requiring voters to prove they are American citizens when they register to vote. by Ken Klukowski 17 Jun 2013
IRS: 'Tea Party' Was Shorthand for Political Internal Revenue Service director of rulings and agreements Holly Paz explained that the IRS simply used "tea party" as shorthand for politically-involved groups in profiling non-profit applicants. She said that when tax agents in Cincinnati referred to tea party groups as requiring special scrutiny, they simply meant all groups with a political activity level. by Ben Shapiro 17 Jun 2013
Poll: Obama Worse than Bush on Civil Liberties A new CNN poll released Monday generated a lot of attention on the dramatic drop in President Obama's approval ratings. The top-line approval numbers were not the most troubling news for the White House, however. Obama now polls much worse than President Bush did on handling government surveillance and protecting civil liberties. by Mike Flynn 17 Jun 2013
Bloomberg Calls Same-Sex Marriage the 'Civil Rights Issue of Our Time' Speaking at Stanford University's commencement on Sunday, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg not only compared push to legalize same-sex marriage to Martin Luther King's civil rights movement but said he believed all 50 states will eventually legalize gay marriage. by Tony Lee 17 Jun 2013
70% Oppose Obama Arming Syrian Rebels A Pew poll released Monday shows that our politically divided country is fairly unified on one big issue. A huge majority of 70% oppose President Obama's announced plan to arm the rebels in Syria currently waging a war to unseat that country's sitting president, Bashar Assad. Only 20% favor the plan. by John Nolte 17 Jun 2013
Fellow Patriots: Rally for Freedom--and Against the IRS The time has come for men and women of integrity, with an unwavering commitment to freedom and the Constitution in their hearts, to come together once again, en masse, to show the ruling class in DC that their long train of abuses has come to an end. by Jenny Beth Martin 17 Jun 2013
Source: Boehner Says No to Immigration Bill Without House GOP Support House Speaker John Boehner appears to have put to rest rumors that he may break what is informally called the "Hastert Rule," an unwritten guideline that a majority of the majority party should be needed to bring a bill to the House floor, in order to pass a version of amnesty like the "Gang of Eight" bill currently moving through the Senate. by Matthew Boyle 17 Jun 2013
Glenn Beck to Speak at Steve King's Immigration Event at Capitol Wednesday On Friday Congressman Steve King (R-IA) announced he will be hosting a day long press conference/Lincoln-Douglas style debate on the "Gang of 8" immigration bill this Wednesday on the East Lawn of the Capitol grounds. King's event will begin at 9 am, break at noon so participants can walk to the West Lawn to join the two hour "Audit the IRS" rally hosted by the Tea Party Patriots at noon that day, then will resume at 2 pm and continue until 5 pm. by Michael Patrick Leahy 17 Jun 2013
Sessions: Immigration Bill 'Surrender to Illegality' and Amnesty Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) said the Senate's "dangerous" immigration bill will devastate America's working class and "guarantee" the country will again have to grant "another amnesty" in the future. by Tony Lee 17 Jun 2013
Cruz: Obama Admin Scandals Make It Difficult to Trust NSA Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said though he did not want to "rush to judgment" on the NSA's phone and Internet surveillance programs, there was still "cause for concern." He emphasized the Obama administration's actions have made it difficult to trust the National Security Agency when it says, "trust us." by Tony Lee 17 Jun 2013
Cruz to Palin: You Made Conservatives Discover 'Backbone' While being interviewed by Gov. Sarah Palin on Monday on Fox and Friends, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) credited and thanked her for helping conservatives find their backbones and conservative principles. by Tony Lee 17 Jun 2013
Tea Party Group Announces Alternative Reform Plan to Senate Immigration Bill Yet another Tea Party group has come out publicly against the "Gang of Eight" immigration bill, as TheTeaParty.net has announced its opposition to the legislation and published online an alternative plan for immigration reform. by Matthew Boyle 17 Jun 2013
Palin: 'Nanny' Bloomberg Thinks New Yorkers 'Bunch of Little Babies' Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin slammed "nanny" New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Monday for suggesting that he ultimately wanted to make food composting programs mandatory in New York. by Tony Lee 17 Jun 2013
Shocking DHS Illegal Immigration Secret: Background Checks Suspended Last week the "Gang of Eight's" immigration reform bill, which provides instant legal status and a path to citizenship for tens of millions of illegal aliens, passed a procedural hurdle in the United States Senate. by Tom Fitton 17 Jun 2013
Massive San Antonio NSA Data Center Raises Eyebrows Even as reports break about the size and scope of the National Security Agency's vast data storage center in Utah, new details are emerging about a second massive NSA center in San Antonio, Texas. According to the Houston Chronicle, "Satellite and aerial imagery show that massive air conditioning units and backup generators have been added to the facility, which is now ringed by barbed-wire fencing. City permits and property tax records show that the complex has been dramatically expanded." According to sources, the plant will supposedly translate intercepted communications from the NSA; the communications are then forwarded to Maryland for processing. by Ben Shapiro 17 Jun 2013
NSA Leaker: Feds Have Made Fair Trial Impossible NSA leaker told The Guardian (UK) on Monday that the federal government had destroyed any possibility of a fair trial for him in the country. Edward Snowden stated that he had not revealed "any US operations against legitimate military targets." He said he had merely handed over information of NSA hacking of "civilian infrastructure such as universities, hospitals, and private businesses because it is dangerous. These nakedly, aggressively criminal acts are wrong no matter the target." by Breitbart News 17 Jun 2013
NSA Leaker: Analysts Receive Your Emails On Monday, NSA leaker Edward Snowden suggested in an online interview with The Guardian (UK) that someone at the National Security Agency does indeed receive the content of your emails. "If I target for example an email address, for example under FAA 702, and that email address sent something to you, Joe America, the analyst gets it. All of it. IPs, raw data, content, headers, attachments, everything. And it gets saved for a very long time – and can be extended further with waivers rather than warrants." by Breitbart News 17 Jun 2013
NSA Leaker: Being Called Traitor by Cheney 'Highest Honor You Can Give an American' On Monday, National Security Agency surveillance leaker Edward Snowden blasted former Vice President Dick Cheney while claiming that the government's blanket surveillance has achieved little in terms of stopping terrorism. "It's important to bear in mind I'm being called a traitor by men like former Vice President Dick Cheney," Snowden wrote. by Ben Shapiro 17 Jun 2013
Pressure on Rubio to Reveal Staffer Who Disparaged U.S. Workers Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) is facing pressure to identify and hold accountable an aide of his who disparaged American workers in comments to The New Yorker's Ryan Lizza over the weekend. by Matthew Boyle 17 Jun 2013
Rubio Hasn't Appeared Publicly with Gang of Eight in Two Months While Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) is leading the Republican fight for immigration reform, he is gradually pulling away from the so-called Gang of Eight, the bipartisan group behind the current draft of the immigration bill. Critics of the bill have pointed out that it is soft on border security and immediately legalizes millions of illegal aliens, including some with criminal backgrounds. by Ben Shapiro 17 Jun 2013
NSA Leaker: Feds Subverting Democracy NSA leaker Edward Snowden blasted Congress' willingness to sign off on massive federal surveillance of American citizens in an online interview with The Guardian (UK) on Monday. He said "there was no single moment" that made him want to leak news of the surveillance to the press. by Ben Shapiro 17 Jun 2013
NSA Leaker: I Am Not a Chinese Spy On Monday, NSA leaker Edward Snowden told The Guardian (UK) that he was not a spy for the Chinese government. "Ask yourself: if I were a Chinese spy, why wouldn't I have flown directly into Beijing?" Snowden wrote on The Guardian's website. "I could now be living in a palace petting a phoenix by now." The Chinese government has also denied that Snowden works for them, saying that such speculation is "completely groundless." by Ben Shapiro 17 Jun 2013
Snowden Defends Bradley Manning, Wikileaks "Wikileaks is a legitimate journalistic outlet and they carefully redacted all of their releases in accordance with a judgment of public interest." by John Nolte 17 Jun 2013
Democrats Tell Newtown Families They Will 'Never' Give Up on Gun Control During a June 13 press conference with Newtown, Connecticut families, Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) said he and gun control advocates were never going to give up on passing more gun control. by AWR Hawkins 17 Jun 2013
Snowden Rips Obama for Not Closing Gitmo "Unfortunately, shortly after assuming power, [Obama] closed the door on investigating systemic violations of law, deepened and expanded several abusive programs, and refused to spend the political capital to end the kind of human rights violations like we see in Guantanamo, where men still sit without charge." by John Nolte 17 Jun 2013
SCOTUS: Ariz. Citizenship Proof Law Illegal The Supreme Court says states cannot require would-be voters to prove they are U.S. citizens before using a federal registration system designed to make signing up easier. from AP 17 Jun 2013
CNN: Majority No Longer Trust Obama Over the course of just one month, President Obama's approval rating in the CNN/ORC poll has dropped a full eight points to 45%–his lowest rating in eighteen months. His disapproval rating climbed to 54%. On the all-important issue of trust, the president took a nine point hit. Only 49% of those surveyed believe Obama is honest. This is the first time he has been rated under 50% on this question and the lowest level of his presidency. by John Nolte 17 Jun 2013
Poll: Obama Approval Collapses A new poll from CNN finds President Obama's approval dropping eight points since May. Today, just 45% of voters approve of his handling of the Presidency. Last month, 53% of voters approved of his performance. The dramatic drop is a clear sign that the scandals engulfing the Administration are taking a serious toll, just as his second term begins. by Mike Flynn 17 Jun 2013
Washington & Wall Street: Volcker Challenges Bernanke on Inflation Americans forget that for much of the first half of the 20th Century we lived under wage and price controls made necessary by two world wars. Today, however, in peace time the Fed is bailing out Wall Street speculators, zombie banks and most of all, the profligate national Congress with zero interest rates. Do Ben Bernanke and his colleagues on the FOMC have the courage to do the right thing and end the Fed's extraordinary policy efforts before inflation becomes a serious national problem? by Christopher Whalen 17 Jun 2013
Attack on Gomez's Business Career by Democrats Backfires Last Thursday, the Boston Globe published a critical article about Republican Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez's business career that was immediately picked up and repeated by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. But the central claim of the charge--that Advent International, the company that Gomez worked for, had shipped jobs from one Massachusetts company to China--backfired. by Michael Patrick Leahy 17 Jun 2013
AFP Blasts Boehner over Farm Bill On Thursday, Tim Phillips, President of Americans for Prosperity, blasted Boehner's support for the farm bill. "It is disappointing to see Speaker Boehner express support for the 2013 Farm Bill, which has become little more than a bloated spending bill stuffed with $940 billion in welfare and corporate cronyism," Phillips said in a released statement. by Michael Patrick Leahy 17 Jun 2013
IRS Supervisor Admits Personally Handling Dozens of Tea Party Cases An IRS supervisor in Washington, D.C. who oversaw over 200 agents in the Cincinnati office admitted that she personally reviewed applications from conservative and Tea Party groups for tax-exempt status. Her statements contradict assertions by other IRS officials that "rogue" agents in Cincinnati were solely responsible for the targeting. by Tony Lee 16 Jun 2013
Leaked Docs: US Grabbed Medvedev's Phone Calls at G20 in 2009 According to new details leaked to The Guardian (UK) by NSA leaker Edward Snowden, American and British intelligence directed snooping efforts against internet and phone data from foreign officials at the G20 in 2009. by Breitbart News 16 Jun 2013
Rush Limbaugh: Abortion at The Root of U.S. Cultural Decay During his radio show on Friday, Rush Limbaugh told his listeners, "I think abortion is at the root of so much that has and is going wrong in this country." by Dr. Susan Berry 16 Jun 2013
8th Grader Suspended Over NRA T-Shirt Could Get Jail Time In April Breitbart News reported that West Virginia 8th grader Jared Marcum was suspended for refusing to take off an NRA t-shirt he wore to school. And details now indicate the 8th grader could face a $500 fine and up to a year in jail for obstruction charges. by AWR Hawkins 16 Jun 2013
Nadler Backtracks: NSA Does Need Court Order It turns out that the surveillance of Americans may be even more dangerous and unsupervised than had been heretofore acknowledged- but the powers that be aren't willing to admit it. The National Security Agency (NSA) admitted in a secret briefing that its analysts can decide to listen to Americans' phone calls without legal authorization. by William Bigelow 16 Jun 2013
Bill Clinton Props Up Lackluster Markey; Gomez within Striking Distance On Saturday Bill Clinton appeared at a campaign rally in Worcester, Massachusetts to prop up the lackluster campaign of Congressman Ed Markey (D-MA), the Democratic nominee in next Tuesday's special election to replace John Kerry in the Senate. Recent polls show that Markey's Republican opponent, former Navy Seal Gabriel Gomez, is within striking distance. Democratic party officials, concerned that Gomez could pull off a Scott Brown style upset victory, have called in all the big names of the party and revved up their attack ads on Gomez in recent weeks. by Michael Patrick Leahy 16 Jun 2013
Fed Chair Bernanke to Princeton Grads: Meritocracy Doesn't 'Pass Ethical Muster' Speaking at the Princeton University graduation in June, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke spelled out his political philosophy: from each according to his luck, to each according to his need. He explained that meritocracies were inherently unfair, and that those who were the luckiest needed to give back to society to make the concept of meritocracy work ethically. by Ben Shapiro 16 Jun 2013
Graham: Amnesty Only Way to Prevent GOP 'Demographic Death Spiral' Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) says that immigration reform will pass the Senate with flying colors – more than 70 votes. He said that without passing the bill, the Republican Party would enter a "demographic death spiral." "I'm going to leave you on a positive note," he said on NBC's Meet the Press. "I think we're going to have a political breakthrough that Congress is going to pass immigration reform. I think we're going to get plus-70 votes. I've never been more optimistic about it." by Breitbart News 16 Jun 2013
Rubio: Senate Bill Needs More Border Security Appearing on ABC's This Week on Sunday, Sen. Marco Rubio conceded that the border security provisions in the Gang of 8 Senate bill aren't sufficient to win passage for the bill. He sidestepped a question on whether he would support the current bill without tightened border security, arguing he was optimistic a deal could be reached. by Mike Flynn 16 Jun 2013
Sen. Menendez (D-NJ): 'There Will Never Be a Road to the WH for GOP' Without Amnesty On Sunday, Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) gave a little unsolicited advice to the Republican Party: pass immigration reform, or face an era of Democratic dominance. "What I cannot support, and what I believe the community cannot support at the end of the day is that we're going to have triggers that can never be achieved in terms of border security as an impediment to the pathway to legalization and citizenship," Menendez said, trying to downplay any notion of border security as an integral part of immigration reform. by Breitbart News 16 Jun 2013
WH: We Don't Know Where Snowden Is Appearing on CBS' Face the Nation, White House chief of staff Denis McDonough said that the White House had no clue where National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden was. "I don't know where he is," McDonough said. by Breitbart News 16 Jun 2013
Cheney: Snowden a 'Traitor' Former Vice President Dick Cheney, appearing on Fox News Sunday, said that he believed National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden was a "traitor" and perhaps a spy for the Chinese government. "I think he has committed crimes in effect by violating agreements given the position he had. He was a contractor employee, but he obviously was granted top secret clearance," Cheney said. "I think it's one of the worst occasions in my memory of somebody with access to classified information doing enormous damage to the national security interests of the United States." by Ben Shapiro 16 Jun 2013
Rubio on Whether Schumer's 'Playing Him': 'I Don't Even Know What That Means' On ABC's This Week, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) said he didn't understand why so many conservatives were worried he was "being played" by Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY), the Democratic leader of the more liberal half of the immigration bill Gang of Eight. "I quite frankly, I don't even know what that means," Rubio said. by Ben Shapiro 16 Jun 2013
Rubio: '96 Percent' of Immigration Bill 'in Perfect Shape' On ABC's This Week, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), said of the Senate's immigration bill, "I think 95, 96 percent of the bill is in perfect shape and ready to go." by Breitbart News 16 Jun 2013
Obama's Father's Day Message: It's Hard Being a Single Mom or Gay Dad On Father's Day weekend, President Obama issued his usual radio and internet address, in which he talked about his own father's absence, talked about the heroism of single parents, and lamented the plight of put-upon gay dads. by Ben Shapiro 16 Jun 2013
Sen. Sessions: Credibility of Immigration Bill Sponsors Is in Question Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) said Sunday morning that the credibility of the "Gang of Eight" immigration bill sponsors is in question as the truth about the bill continues to come out. by Matthew Boyle 16 Jun 2013
Grassley Asks Weiner's Wife About Clinton Consulting Gigs One of Hillary Rodham Clinton's most trusted advisers and former deputy chief of staff, Huma Abedin--the wife of disgraced former Congressman Anthony Weiner--is under fire from Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) for possible influence peddling as part of a six-figure crony consulting contract she secured while serving as a top official at the State Department. by Wynton Hall 16 Jun 2013
Survey: Perceptions of Role of Fathers in Families Has Changed A new telephone survey published by the Pew Research Center finds that Americans expect fathers to be more of a "moral teacher and emotional comforter" rather than a "breadwinner or disciplinarian." by Dr. Susan Berry 16 Jun 2013
California High School Hosts Laser Tag Event for Seniors While the atmosphere in some California schools is against anything even remotely associated with guns, Rio Vista High just hosted a 3 hour laser tag event for its senior class. by AWR Hawkins 16 Jun 2013
Mark Kirk Kept Campaign Promise by Voting Against Cloture on Immigration Arguably one of the most liberal Republican senators in Washington, D.C., Mark Kirk of Illinois, voted against bringing the "Gang of Eight" immigration bill to debate last week. Kirk is now facing a backlash from the Chicago media for his failure to comply with the left's agenda. However, Kirk's position on this issue has remained consistent since he was a candidate for office in 2010. by Rebel Pundit 16 Jun 2013
Obama Funder Raising Money for al-Qaeda Families in Yemen? Jodie Evans, 2008 Obama bundler and co-founder of the leftist anti-American group Code Pink, is in Yemen this week campaigning against the United States' efforts in fighting the war on terror. by Kristinn Taylor 16 Jun 2013
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Connecticut gun maker moving to South Carolina, in wake of tighter state gun laws19 Jun 2013, 1:05 PM PDT
Cage-fight: Rep scrambles to stop California from imposing its egg laws on other states19 Jun 2013, 12:40 PM PDT
AP boss blasts Justice over records grab, says move gives cover to dictatorships19 Jun 2013, 1:36 PM PDT
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You're freakin' me out, Teague. You're the second person to mention Red Letter Media in conversation to me today, and I'm ashamed to admit I've never heard those words before. Seems like I've got some googlin' to do.
...oh my god. You're about to fall madly in love with life.
Well in response to Jefferys rant of epic proportions, I bow sir. That was a thing of beauty.
I can honestly say that I hadn't really ever sat down and thought about the plot in those terms. But I definitely agree on most of your points, there's a few I'm a little iffy on. But that can just be pinned down to how far I'm willing to let a movie stretch the bounds of logic.
But in the end it still remains on of my favorite movies of late, for all the reasons you listed and more (Namely Abrams dedication to using as much real stuff during production as possible).
A lot of listeners will recall that I don't have much experience with Star Trek, and that when I saw Undiscovered Country for Down in Front, it was literally my very first exposure to Trek at all. Immediately afterward I saw the Abrams movie.
I really liked the Abrams movie. I was talking over Undiscovered Country, so I can't say I didn't like it, but I don't recall being distracted by how cool it seemed.
At some point after, I watched some episodes of TNG and found it to be stunningly boring. In recent months, I've seen some episodes of the original series, and have enjoyed it more than TNG, but less than the new movie.
In conclusion, I clearly know more about Star Trek than Brian and think he's being ridiculous by saying the new Trek is anything but the best of the series.
I think one of things that happened with the whole Star Trek franchise (This coming from a guy who grew up watching Voyager and DS9 (In reruns obviously)and has some basic peripheral knowledge about TOS, TNG (And I havn't even seen Enterprise) is that each series was trying to emulate the style, at least somewhat of the previous series. While not really adding much in the way of anything new, DS9 got pretty close, and that's probably why it's my favorite of the series'. But the whole Star Trek thing just got stale and old. People didn't want to sit around and watch people discuss the anti matter containment field.
And I'm perfectly willing to nail that down to the whole MTV generation thing, or whatever you want to call it. The audience was different, but Star Trek tried to stay the same.
So, at least in my opinion, the new Star Trek movie is exactly what each of the new series SHOULD have been doing in the first place. Updating the style, tone and technology to match the current audience.
So while I can easily say that the new one is my favorite Star Trek anything, it's also the only film that has been made with me in mind. (Me being a child of the 21st century effectively)
Thanks for the link, Teague. I'm for bed at the moment, but I'll watch it tomorrow for sure.
I think I'm one of the few people who's pretty meh on Star Trek overall. "The Wrath of Khan" is one of my all-time favorite films, but I have indifferent or low opinions of the other movies — most recent one excepted, obviously. I grew up watching "The Next Generation" as a teenager, and yes, Teague, while a lot of it is either boring or really crappy, there were a few high points.
My personal threshold for silly is very low, though, and getting lower as I stare middle age uneasily in the face. So much of Star Trek is just plain silly, and I have a hard time with that. Of course, silly plus time equals camp, so it's sometimes hard to know just where to draw the line.
I guess one of the reasons I enjoyed "Star Trek" is 'cause it seemed to actively want to minimize the silly. The villain wasn't a megalomaniac; he wanted revenge for the death of his wife. And it wasn't even an unjust death, just an unfair one. She was killed in a natural disaster, one nobody could have prevented, but he went crazy and blamed a person in power for not doing more to stop it. (A lesser man would point out the obvious parallel to a certain recent president and a certain recent hurricane, but I don't wanna get political here.) For all of the film's implausbilities — yes, that's a word now, shut up — it was deeply grounded in real people with real motivations. And I liked that.
It was breakfast cereal for grown-ups, in a way. It indulged without insulting. Michael Bay wishes he could make a movie that's half as much fun.
It's damn peculiar, is what it is! It's a mass of contradictions and paradoxes. The movie is profoundly stupid, yet clever. It's fantasy, but grounded. It's lightweight popcorn, but it's got the highest on-screen death count of all time and deals with themes of predestination and free will. About the only aspect of the film that's not in some way self-contradictory is the fact that there were just too goddamn many lens flares. I think we can all agree on that.
(Someday I'm going to learn how to write a short post here, I promise. I'm really sorry I'm so wordy. I guess I just don't bother posting at all unless I feel like I have a lot to say.)
Clearly Teague doesn't understand the intricacies of the Andorian political system, otherwise he would understand his statement is so far out of the realm of the possible, it might as well have come from a parallel universe!
Oh merciful GOD, Teague. I've only made it through part one (of freakin' seven!) of that Red Letter Media bit so far, and you're right. It's amazing. When he put up the four-way split-screen of the hero getting the girl at the end of the movie, and the bottom-right was Charlie hugging Willy Wonka, I near abouts fell out of my chair.
This is awesome.
O.O is all I can really say at this point. When I read the rant (may I call it a rant?) I was blown away not in the fact that you addressed more things then I would have even began to think off, but my mind started to slowly slip to "what would he say if I post Star Wars greater then Star Trek". But I realized that with posting that I would be posting that in response to a guy who pretty much just did a show right here on the forums! Although im sure we could have a really good conversation on the pros and cons of Star Trek vs. Star Wars but that is for a later time and im sure we don't need this to be switched into another forum.
All in all for the shorter version of what im trying to say great speal kept me reading it all the way thru and hope that we can have a discussion later on all of it
If you're talking to me, then yes, you can call it a rant. It's more along the lines of the ravings of that creepy homeless guy who stands outside the Starbucks and smells like mushy peas for some reason, but "rant" is just fine.
If you mean that "Star Wars" the 1977 movie is greater than "Star Trek" the 2009 movie, then heck yeah, I definitely agree. Both are fun films, but "Star Wars" was better paced (to my liking, anyway) and had a more cohesive story.
If we're comparing the whole Star Wars and Star Trek, like, oeurvres, then it's tough to say. They're trying to do such different things, you know? Star Wars is intended to be one long story with mythological inspirations, in the same way that "The Lord of the Rings" was so intended. Star Trek seems to have been meant to be a framework in which socially conscious allegorical stories (as well as just-for-fun stories) could be told.
I think when Star Trek is at its very best, it tells better, more moving, more personal stories than those found in Star Wars — at least in my experience with Star Wars; I haven't read all the, like, novels and whatever. The trouble with generalizing that, though, is that (again in my experience) Star Trek spends so little of its time living up to that standard of the-very-best. It's often entertaining, but only rarely transcendent.
Obviously there's "The Wrath of Khan," which I've already gushed about. I mentioned elsewhere that I grew up watching "The Next Generation," as a teenager and into my early 20s. It was my regular Thursday night (or whatever it was) show, but I didn't go nuts over it or anything. I can think of three episodes of that series — I even remember their names — that really typified the at-its-very-best thing I'm talking about.
First, as I mentioned before, there was "Family," the episode where Picard goes back to the family vineyard. I think it had a B-plot, but all I remember of it is the A-plot, of Picard's reflectiveness and the conflict-and-resolution with his brother. It was a hell of a character piece.
Similarly, there was one called "The Inner Light." Picard gets zapped off the Enterprise during the teaser, and doesn't return until the last act, if I remember correctly. During that time, he lives for decades as an inhabitant on an alien planet, eventually coming to believe that his memories of his other life were just a fever dream brought on by serious illness. In the end, it turns out he never left the ship, but merely had a lifetime's worth of memories downloaded into his head by an alien memorial. Amusing enough premise, but it's told as a character piece, and after Picard "returns" to the Enterprise, he grieves deeply for the "family" he thought he'd had and lost.
Finally, there's "Darmok," which is just a truly classic science-fiction story. Picard and an alien can't communicate because the alien's language is entirely steeped in cultural allusion, and they have to find a way to get along in a survival situation. It's more than a little reminiscent of "Enemy Mine," but really it's just a sublime story about breaking through barriers of miscommunication and misunderstanding.
For every one of those, you've got like a hundred "Spock's Brain" episodes.
Star Wars is a really long book with a couple great chapters, a couple pretty good ones and a couple truly lousy ones. Star Trek is more like a vast collection of short stories, some of which truly stink and nearly all of which are just okay at best, but it's worth slogging through them to get to the real gems buried deep inside.
So: Different. Hard to say which is better, since pretty much the only thing they have in common is spaceships, and even then only sometimes.
I will agree completely on the fact that when you watch Star Wars you can see the mythological references as well as historical references (cant remember if you said that but anyways) as with comparing that to LOTR, it isnt really fair for that on the the terms of refrences.
LOTR was pretty much ripped straight from (and I will need to check this) norse mythology. Where as Star Wars combines multiple mytho with historical events like hitler and what not to create such a great story.
But enough about mytho and that this is a Star Trec forum haha
Now Recently I did sit down and watch all the Star Trec Series and when I say everything I do mean everything.... and my god. Now sitting aside all the time I spent the episodes that you pick out that you remember, I agree 100% on them they where fantastic! But like you said the down side is pretty much all the random episodes that come for every one of them episodes which kinda stinks but it was someones childhood.
Now for all the Trek movies Khan was by far the best in my opinion. Now this doesn't include the newly released Trek only because well I point it towards your previous "ravings of that creepy homeless guy who stands outside the Starbucks and smells like mushy peas for some reason" .
As with the final point of your post of Star Wars being a book a long one that i refuse to count the first three chapters, where as Star Trek is a collection of stories. I can agree with both points of that and this is what makes it so hard to figure out which one is better, on one hand you have a Book that people that connect to because of all the ties into history and mytho, where as Trek has them really great episodes and movies and characters but its much harder to connect to for some because it really does kind of walk that line of sci fi or fantasy. ( I think it was you who said that in a previous post not sure thou)
When it comes down to it, im sure that this debockle will come down to ryan and dork doing some spoof of lightsaber vs phaser.
You know, I never quite understood the "I refuse to acknowledge" point of view. I saw your recent post in the "Episode III" thread, where you basically said that as far as you're concerned the prequel trilogy never happened, or words to that effect.
I don't get this.
I'm not going out of my way to challenge you here; we're just talking friendly-like. But to me, I can broadly put movies into categories of "I like this" or "I didn't like this." (Not always. A movie like Lars Von Trier's "Antichrist" is gorgeous and thought provoking and so deeply unpleasant that I really don't know how to say I liked or disliked it. It broke my value system.)
I can totally understand saying "I disliked this movie and do not wish to see it again," or "This movie failed so spectacularly to meet my expectations that I dislike it more than I really should," or whatever.
Maybe "This never happened" is just a figure of speech, hyperbole to express the whole "I didn't care for it" sentiment more succinctly. And maybe I'm just overthinking it.
I do that.
Well yes and no.
With the " This never happened" to me its more of a joking tone to say and it pretty much means what you said I didn't care for it. Now don't get me wrong I still watch them because there are some good spots like the gladiator arena in ep. 2.
But where as some people Have read all the books and hooplah that is Star Wars and to them the story didn't follow there expectations and so the refuse that it happened.
So really it comes down to is this person being serious about this or is the person just saying, me being me I have a knack for just saying things but if we were to discuss lets say the mytho behind LOTR and SW then I would include Ep. 1-3, where as the hard core Fans will be like " nu-uh, X happened this way but instead Y made it so they had to shoot it like this". now given that sure its cool of a movie to follow the original story of books and such but what I think that most Fans forget is that SW ep. 1-6 is based on what Lucas vision of what SW is and he allowed writers to come in and expand upon this universe, and with that the fans believe that that is how things are suppose to happen because Lucas allowed them to write it that way which is not true.
now to somewhat get back on topic, tend to veer off into randomness if you can tell, but yes most of the time I just like yourself i but movies under "I like them" or "Why the hell did I spend 10$ to see this Aka Don't like them", and then of course there always movies that fall in between.
So when I posted that, it was just me saying it just to say it. My ratings of it it would fall in the between slot.
So yea i suppose that both of us are kinda just over thinking both things....hmm this could be entertaining or random rant of randomness
Sure, that makes sense. I guess I just get tripped up specifically by the "that never happened" language. Every time I hear that, without fail, I want to stop and say, "Wait. You understand that this is fiction we're talking about, right? You understand that all of this was made up, that none of it ever actually occurred?"
I really do think of myself as being a fairly laid-back guy. But on that one point, I just reflexively rush to the nearest phone booth and emerge in my Captain Literal Nofunsypants costume and rush off to save the day.
I kind of annoy myself sometimes.
hey if your wearing the cape only you can make the woosh noises.
But its understandable to come to that conclusion when someone says that, but with the people who say it they dont think like we do so where we would look at lucas Ep. 1-6 or or the ST series compared more to the newer Trek movie comparing them based on that some go and use other info that I guess doesn't really have any significant value other then maybe make most people go "the hell O.O"
As with annoying yourself, well at least you know that your never bored and if you are then you must be doing something wrong haha.
Why is it not fair to compare Star Wars and LOTR because they're so different and yet it is fair to compare Star Trek and Star Wars?
How are Star Trek and Star Wars in any way similar except for half of their titles?
They're really completely and wholly different entities doing entirely different things. Different stories, different genres, different universes, different styles, different values, everything.
They only get compared because on the most obvious and superficial level - their titles and the fact that there are spaceships - are they similar and that's as deep as most people can be bothered to investigate.
I'm sorry, but this has bugged me as a meaningless and pointless waste of time ever since I was a kid.
To clear some things up he mentioned LOTR in a previous post and i used it in an example of comparing the different mythology behind SW and LOTR, but being it as just a thread about ST i only just mentioned it and more or less left it at that. And well with ST you cant really compare mythology with it because they where creating there own thing really.
As in how they are similar you know it is how people look at it. Like you said in pretty much the last paragraph people see ships and the name and that is far as it goes but when it comes to the people that Live and breath these movies they get into random debates like who is a better pilot? or phaser or lightsaber.
So when it comes down to it its all opinion. I liked SW and I liked ST but both had there pros and cons.
I'm pretty sure I agree, Brian. To be honest, I've lost track of who brought up "Lord of the Rings" or in what context.
Comparing things for superficial reasons is always tricky. Me? I have a totally irrational tendency to like stories set in outer space. I have no idea why; I guess I just decided as I kid that space was cool. I'll watch pretty much anything if it's set in outer space.
"Star Wars" and "Star Trek" have that in common … and to be honest, that's probably what motivated me to watch both of them when I was a little kid. I watched "2001" for the same reason, and we all know how that turned out.
On the other side of the coin, I tend to be prejudiced against magic and sorcery and wizards and stuff. I don't have a grudge against it; it just tends not to work for me, for whatever reason. I like broccoli but not cauliflower, and I put soy milk in my coffee even though I don't like to drink it; people have preferences they can't always explain. I enjoyed "Lord of the Rings" despite that prejudice … though that might be a bad example, because there's precious little actual sorcery in the thing. Oh, "Harry Potter" is a better example. I devoured those books despite the fact that I should have been prejudiced against them.
I don't think it's unreasonable to say "This is superficially like that, so if you liked this you might enjoy that." But have you guys ever heard of the "Napoleon Dynamite" problem? I read an article in the New York Times or something a couple years ago about how Netflix was really working hard to improve their recommendation algorithm. It turns out they hit a brick wall when it came to "Napoleon Dynamite." The average rating seemed to be a three out of five, because everybody either rated it 1 or 5 stars. And there seemed to be no logical way to predict, based on your movie likes and dislikes, whether you'd like that film. Which makes sense to me: I really liked it and I don't know why!
Which I guess is even farther off topic than we already were, but hey, whatever.
yea I will say its my fault with the LOTR example it was really the first thing that came to mind when i was writing the post and how it spawned well that is a question even i want to know
As for Napoleon dynamite im gonna list that as one of them movies where it had its moments the first time I seen it then after that I felt like my brain was mush, Almost like the filler episodes in Star Trek ( see what I did there )
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