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Assange Worried About Death Penalty

Assange's Lawyers Worried About Death Penalty The Guardian reports : Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, could be at "real risk" of the death penalty or detention in Guantánamo Bay if he is extradited to Sweden on accusations of rape and sexual assault, his lawyers claim. …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 12, 2011

Biden to Karzai: US Could Stay Beyond 2014

Biden: U.S. Could Stay in Afghanistan Beyond 2014 Reuters reports : The United States is not in Afghanistan to "govern," but will stay beyond a scheduled 2014 security handover if Afghans want, visiting U.S. Vice President Joe Biden told President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday. …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 12, 2011

Dad Chased Loughner Before Shooting

Dad Chased Loughner Just Before Shooting The AP reports: Mysterious black bag in hand, Jared Loughner ran into the desert, his angry father stopping pursuit in his truck. Hours after Randy Loughner's futile confrontation with his 22-year-old son Saturday morning, six people were …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 12, 2011

Boehner: No New Gun Control

Boehner: No New Gun Control The Hill reports : Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) is rejecting gun-control legislation offered by the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee in response to the weekend shootings of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and 19 others in Arizona. …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 12, 2011

Hospital Releases First Photos of Rep. Giffords

Hospital Releases First Photos of Rep. Giffords Los Angeles Times reports : Due to the overwhelming sympathetic response from the public following the near-fatal shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson on Saturday, her office tonight released two photos from her hospital …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 12, 2011

Frum and Kaus on Bloggingheads

I recently recorded a Bloggingheads with blogger Mickey Kaus. We discussed No Labels, healthcare, immigration, and looked ahead to the 2012 race. I recently recorded a Bloggingheads with journalist and blogger Mickey Kaus. We discussed my hopes for No Labels, the problems with the US healthcare …

Written by David Frum on Wednesday January 12, 2011

Limbaugh: Dems Support Arizona Shooter

Limbaugh: Dems Support Arizona Shooter Politico reports : Rush Limbaugh continued to push back against Democrats’ criticism of violent rhetoric in connection with the Tucson shootings, suggesting that the suspected shooter, Jared Loughner, was smirking in his latest photo for a …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 12, 2011

Tea Party Works to End School Integration

Tea Party Works to End School Integration The Washington Post reports : IN RALEIGH, N.C. The sprawling Wake County School District has long been a rarity. Some of its best, most diverse schools are in the poorest sections of this capital city. And its suburban schools, rather …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 12, 2011

Heated Rhetoric is not Coming from the Fringe

Heated Rhetoric is not Coming from the Fringe Andrew Sullivan writes : I was looking at our finalists in last year's Malkin Award category. The Dish collects examples of extreme rhetoric on both sides, and the simple fact of the matter is that there's far more on the right than left. …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 12, 2011

Police Visited Loughner's House Before Shooting

Police Visited Loughner's House Before Shooting The New York Times reports : TUCSON — The police were sent to the home where Jared L. Loughner lived with his family on more than one occasion before the attack here on Saturday that left a congresswoman fighting for her life …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 12, 2011

Gates: North Korea Can Strike US in Five Years

Gates: North Korea Can Strike US in Five Years The New York Times reports : BEIJING — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates warned Tuesday that North Korea was within five years of being able to strike the continental United States with an intercontinental ballistic missile, and …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 12, 2011

Giffords District Unable to Meet Mental Health Needs

AZ District Unable to Meet Mental Health Needs The Huffington Post reports : WASHINGTON -- In the past year, Pima County, Ariz., where Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 19 others were shot Saturday, has seen more than 45 percent of its mental health services recipients …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 12, 2011

Arizona Passes Anti-Westboro Protest Law

Arizona Passes Anti-Westboro Protest Law The LA Times reports : Reporting from Tucson — — Arizona lawmakers moved quickly Tuesday to try to block protesters from the funeral of 9-year-old shooting victim Christina Green, passing an emergency measure prohibiting protests within …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 12, 2011

Oil Spill Report Calls for Safety Overhaul

The commission investigating the Gulf oil spill released its final verdict Tuesday and there's plenty of blame to go around. Oil executives have been giving an earful to Bill Reilly, the Republican co-chairman of the federal commission investigating last year’s Gulf spill, about the panel’s …

Written by Jim DiPeso on Wednesday January 12, 2011

Why is Palin Always the Victim?

In her rush to come to Palin's defense, blogger Melissa Clouthier has accused me of jumping on the blame-Palin bandwagon. I suppose I should not be greatly surprised by this, but blogger Melissa Clouthier has some inaccurate reporting about me on her site today. Within moments of the …

Written by David Frum on Tuesday January 11, 2011

Westboro Church Plans Protests at Tucson Funerals

Westboro Church Plans Protests at Tucson Funerals ABC News reports : When Christin Gilmer learned that members of the Westboro Baptist Church planned to protest the funeral of Christina-Taylor Green, the youngest victim in the Tucson, Ariz., massacre, she took action, enlisting a …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday January 11, 2011

Giffords Able to Breathe on Her Own

Doctors: Giffords Able to Breathe on Her Own The New York Times reports : Gabrielle Giffords has shown no increase in brain swelling and is now able to breathe on her own, doctors said at a news conference Tuesday morning, but they said they planned to keep the wounded …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday January 11, 2011

Did CPAC Invite the Wrong Gay Group?

GOProud's sponsorship of CPAC may be grabbing headlines, but the rival Log Cabin Republicans seem to be doing the real work of advancing gay rights. The gay conservative group GOProud scored a big political win over its most dangerous rival last week. No, I'm not referring to their social …

Written by Jeb Golinkin on Tuesday January 11, 2011

King's Gun Ban Plan Won't Make You Safer

Rep. Peter King's gun ban proposal might be good politics for King, but its bad politics for the GOP. Fortunately, it has little chance of becoming law. The Daily Caller is reporting that Rep. Peter King (R-NY) "will introduce legislation to ban the carrying of any firearm within 1,000 feet of …

Written by John Guardiano on Tuesday January 11, 2011

CPAC Attacked for Inviting Daniels

CPAC Attacked for Inviting Daniels CNN reports : A growing number of outfits are planning to boycott this year's Conservative Political Action Conference, the annual gathering of right-leaning activists in Washington known as CPAC, in part because organizers are welcoming a …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday January 11, 2011