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North Korea Vows to Strike South

North Korea Vows to Strike South AFP reports : SEOUL — North Korea's military threatened Friday to strike back with deadly firepower if South Korea goes ahead with a live-fire drill on a border island which the communist state shelled last month. The North "will deal the …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday December 18, 2010

Dems and Obama Try to Make-Up

Dems and Obama Try to Make-Up Suzy Khimm reports : Just days ago, President Obama and liberal Democrats were practically at each other's throats, trading epithets and insults. But as the president's tax cut deal passed the Senate on Wednesday with overwhelming bipartisan support, …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday December 18, 2010

Palin Rejects START Treaty

Palin Rejects START Treaty Newser reports : (NEWSER) – Sarah Palin comes out swinging against New START, the nuclear arms reduction treaty currently being considered for ratification by the Senate, in a National Review op-ed. The treaty is not "in America's interest," the former …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday December 18, 2010

Palin Calls Tax Deal "Lousy"

Palin Calls Tax Deal "Lousy" CBS reports : In a rare interview with ABC's "Good Morning America," former vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin on Friday criticized the $858 billion tax cut bill that passed through Congress early this morning, calling the legislation "a lousy deal" …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday December 18, 2010

California Adopts Cap-and-Trade

California Adopts Cap-and-Trade The Wall Street Journal reports: California regulators late Thursday adopted the first large-scale cap-and-trade program in the U.S., in a move officials say will protect the environment without hurting the state's still-struggling economy. In a …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday December 17, 2010

Assange Expects U.S. Spying Charges

Assange Expects U.S. Spying Charges The Daily Telegraph reports: The 39-year-old Wikileaks founder was let out of prison on Thursday after a judge ruled he should be released ahead of Swedish extradition proceedings in the new year. 'We have heard from one of my US lawyers, …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday December 17, 2010

Prince Reaches Deal to Sell Blackwater

Prince Reaches Deal to Sell Blackwater The New York Times reports: Erik D. Prince, the founder of the private security firm formerly known as Blackwater Worldwide, has reached a deal to sell his embattled firm to a small group of investors based in Los Angeles who have close …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday December 17, 2010

Sunni Cop Gave Life to Save Iraqi Shiites

Sunni Cop Gave Life to Save Iraqi Shiites The New York Times reports: As the suicide bomber clutched the detonator to his explosive belt, preparing to spray fire and shrapnel into a religious procession here, an Iraqi police officer named Bilal Ali Muhammad faced a choice …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday December 17, 2010

Tax Cut Deal Heads to White House

Tax Cut Deal Heads to White House Politico reports : A tax-cut compromise between President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans – a harbinger of a new era of divided government in Washington – cleared the House around midnight Thursday, sending the $858 billion bill to …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday December 17, 2010

Reid Drops Omnibus Spending Bill

Reid Drops Omnibus Spending Bill Politico reports : Senate Democrats abruptly abandoned an omnibus budget bill for the coming year, pushing major spending decisions into the next Congress and giving Republicans immense new leverage to confront President Barack Obama priorities. …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday December 17, 2010

DADT Repeal Votes Set for Weekend

DADT Repeal Votes Set for Weekend Talking Points Memo reports : On the Senate floor just now, Majority Leader Harry Reid announced the Senate will begin to vote as soon as Saturday on a bill to repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell. That puts it ahead of the START treaty, as proponents of …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday December 17, 2010

DC Metro Beings Random Bag Searches

DC Metro Beings Random Bag Searches The AP reports : WASHINGTON — Authorities are going to start randomly inspecting bags entering D.C. subways in a program based on similar efforts in Boston and New York. Metro Transit Police Department Chief Michael Taborn said Thursday the …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday December 17, 2010

Senate Dems Talk up Filibuster Reform

Senate Dems Talk up Filibuster Reform The Huffington Post reports : WASHINGTON -- Some Senate Democrats leading the push for filibuster reform say they plan to discuss possible rule changes during a full caucus meeting, likely to be held on Friday, and will seek a final package …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday December 17, 2010

Did Jesse Jackson Get Money from Libya?

Did Jesse Jackson Get Money from Libya? Salon reports : ( UPDATED )As a civil defamation lawsuit pitting the American Israel Public Affairs Committee against one of its former executives continues to unfold, a new court filing in the case makes an intriguing reference to allegedly …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday December 17, 2010

Olbermann Suspends Twitter Account

Keith Olbermann Suspends Twitter Account The Huffington Post reports : Keith Olbermann announced Thursday that he is suspending his Twitter account in response to sustained and, in his opinion, unwarranted attacks over his handling of the rape allegations surrounding …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday December 17, 2010

Will US Change Afghan War Strategy?

Will US Change Afghan War Strategy? The Christian Science Monitor reports : The White House assessment of the war in Afghanistan released Thursday does not stray from the Pentagon's prediction that, by year's end, there would be notable progress on the ground there. A bit surprising…

Written by FrumForum News on Friday December 17, 2010

McDonnell: State Workers Should Pay into Pensions

McDonnell: State Workers Should Pay into Pensions Bloomberg reports : RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Gov. Bob McDonnell is asking Virginia government workers to pay into the state's underfunded pension system for the first time in 27 years. McDonnell will recommend to legislative …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday December 17, 2010

Wiki Cables: No Unrest if Castro Dies

Wiki Cables: no Unrest if Castro Dies The AP reports : HAVANA — Cuban-American exiles in Florida may be eagerly awaiting the death of Fidel Castro, but U.S. diplomats in Havana don't expect the revolutionary icon's passing to generate any immediate unrest on the communist-run …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday December 17, 2010

Sen. Wyden Diagnosed with Prostate Cancer

Wyden Diagnosed with Cancer ABC News reports: Sen. Ron Wyden, D-OR, announced today that he will undergo surgery on Monday for prostate cancer and will not return to the Senate until January, an absence that could complicate Democratic efforts to pass an array of key issues. …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday December 16, 2010

Reid Unsure of DADT Vote Schedule

Reid Unsure of DADT Vote Schedule Politico reports: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told his caucus at a closed-door meeting Thursday that he would try to hold another vote on the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy before the next Congress convenes. After the …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday December 16, 2010