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AARP slammed for not fighting Social Security cuts

AP reports WASHINGTON (AP) — AARP, the powerful lobby for older Americans, was hammered Friday by fellow activists for refusing to oppose any and all cuts to Social Security benefits, a position the group says it has long held as a way to extend the life of the massive retirement and …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 17, 2011

U.S. Weighs War Crimes For Syria

The AFP reports : The United States is studying whether war crimes charges can be brought against Syria to pressure its regime to end a bloody crackdown on dissent, a senior administration official said Friday. The official said other measures, including sanctions targeting the country's …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 17, 2011

What "Moneyball" Misses About Baseball

The mammoth best seller Moneyball revolutionized baseball. Sheldon and Alan Hirsch have provided the first sensible rebuttal to the Moneyball approach. Over the last decade mathematicians have overrun the world of sports. Experts now scoff at conventional statistics like win-lose records, passer …

Written by Nat Frum on Friday June 17, 2011

Netroots To Obama: We've Moved On

Slate reports : The streets outside the spacious convention center and the massive downtown Hilton are filled with progressive bloggers, consultants, and hacks, walking from meetings and lunches, orange lanyards dangling around their necks. They occasionally walk past copies of Thursday's …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 17, 2011

Baby, I Won't Drive My Car

Not all Saudi women support lifting the ban against female drivers. A Westernized student who drives in the U.S. says she would not get behind the wheel in her native country. It's not only the imams who want Saudi Arabia to keep the brakes on women drivers. Even some Western-educated, …

Written by Nicole Glass on Friday June 17, 2011

Wall Street Set To Cut Spending, Staff Due To Regulations

The Huffington Post reports : Traditionally fat expense accounts on Wall Street are about to get slashed as major banks set out to cut spending and staffing due to weaker markets and new regulation that will cut in to their profits. Goldman Sachs plans to cut as much as $1 billion in …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 17, 2011

Israeli Standard Of Living Up 6.8%

Israel Hayom reports : Despite continued complaints about rising costs, figures released Thursday by the Central Bureau of Statistics show that the standard of living in Israel has actually risen at an annual rate of 6.8% since the beginning of the year. The data show that the …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 17, 2011

Barbour: Purity Loses In Politics

The New York Times reports : A presidential hopeful no more, Gov. Haley Barbour of Mississippi reprised his role as an elder statesman of the Republican Party and urged activists here Friday not to obsess over finding a perfect candidate, but focus on rallying around a contender who …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 17, 2011

Abedin Joins 'Wives of Unfaithful Politicians'

The Washington Post reports Never has the life of a politician’s wife been less glamorous. Behind the requisite pearls and neat sweater sets, example after example shows political wives are being sullied and cinched by their mates’ once-prestigious appointments. Just consider how …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 17, 2011

FEC Demands Donor Info Of Rove-backed Group

The Daily Caller reports : The Federal Election Commission is demanding that a political organization with ties to Karl Rove that came under attack by Democrats during the 2010 election release the names of certain donors. But the group, Crossroads GPS, said the FEC request is routine …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 17, 2011

Gaddafi Vows To Defeat NATO

Yahoo! News reports : Libyan TV aired an audio speech from leader Muammar Gaddafi on Friday in which he vowed to defeat the NATO alliance trying to dislodge him from Tripoli. "This is the first time they are facing an armed nation of a millions, " he said. "They will be defeated, the …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 17, 2011

Yemen's President Will Return In Days

The Huffington Post reports : Yemen's president plans to return home within days after treatment in Saudi Arabia for serious injuries in an attack on his palace, officials said, as hundreds of thousands of his opponents rallied in the streets Friday to say he would not be welcome back. …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 17, 2011

U.N. Condemns Gay Discrimination

The Huffington Post reports : The United Nations issued its first condemnation of discrimination against gays, lesbians and transgender people on Friday in a cautiously worded declaration hailed by supporters including the United States as a historic moment. Members of the U.N. Human …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 17, 2011

Police: Canucks Fans Didn't Start Riots

The Chicago Sun-Times reports : Vancouver is one of the most beautiful cities in the world, but that didn’t stop a bunch of brain-dead rioters from trying to ruin it Wednesday night. You saw the footage of people in the throes of herd mentality, one of the most powerful and …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 17, 2011

Daley: No Defending "Indefensible" Policies

The Daily Caller reports : White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley took heat from business executives Thursday for the Obama administration’s regulatory expansions. Daley also said he didn’t have any good answers for some of what President Obama is doing and expressed frustration about the …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 17, 2011

IMF Warns Countries Are "Playing With Fire"

Guardian reports : Politicians on both sides of the Atlantic are "playing with fire" by failing to resolve their debt disputes, the International Monetary Fund warned as it trimmed its forecast for world economic growth. In its latest assessment of the global economy , the IMF said that …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 17, 2011

Goldberg: Norquist Wrong On Ethanol

Jonah Goldberg writes at National Review Online : I’ve not paid proper attention to this ethanol brouhaha with Grover Norquist. I gather the topic’s rather moot now given yesterday’s vote, but if I can just chime in for a second. If I understand the Norquist-pledge-purist position, a …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 17, 2011

Ryan Open To Optional Medicare Plan

The Huffington Post reports : The news from Thursday that House Budget Committee Chair Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) was willing to make his proposal for privatizing Medicare optional was not really news at all. While his budget creates a voucher system for Medicare -- giving seniors a check to …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 17, 2011

Merkel Shifts On Greek Aid

The Wall Street Journal reports : German Chancellor Angela Merkel signaled a more-flexible German stance on how to involve bondholders in a new aid package for Greece, in a move that could help to break Europe's deadlock over how to prop up the crisis-hit Mediterranean country. Ms. Merkel …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 17, 2011

Feingold Slams Dem Super PACs

Politico reports : Former Democratic Wisconsin senator Russ Feingold stepped up his attacks Thursday night on party colleagues who accept unlimited and undisclosed outside money. In a 27-minute keynote speech at Netroots Nation here, Feingold pressured President Barack Obama to make …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 17, 2011