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Swedish Court Rejects Assange Appeal

Court Rejects Assange Appeal CNN reports: The Swedish Supreme Court refused Thursday to hear an appeal by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange of an arrest warrant for suspicion of rape and sexual molestation. "After studying the material, the court does not find reason to hear the …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday December 2, 2010

House GOP Scraps Climate Change Committee

House GOP Scraps Climate Panel Nick Wing at the Huffington Post reports: The new soon-to-be Republican Congress is so unconcerned with global warming that their leader, Speaker-in-waiting John Boehner, has announced that they're throwing an entire House committee dedicated to the …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday December 2, 2010

Watch Putin: 'Don't Interfere' with Russia

Watch: Putin Responds to WikiLeaks Docs CNN reports: The United States scrambled to contain the fallout from the slow-motion leak of cables from its embassies worldwide Wednesday as new documents showed American diplomats casting a jaundiced eye toward corruption's grip on Russia. …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday December 2, 2010

U.S. Pays $4.2M for Afghan Official's NYC Pad

US Pays for Afghan Official's NYC Pad The Kabul Press reports: Among the billions of dollars being spent propping up the Karzai government are some choice bits of New York City real estate. Number 1 is a 2, 400 sq. ft. 3-bedroom corner apartment in the Trump World Tower , one …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday December 2, 2010

Food Safety Bill May Not be Constitutional

Food Safety Bill May Not be Constitutional Talking Points Memo reports : In what amounts to an epic constitutionality #fail, Senate Democrats may have blown their chances to see their food safety bill signed into law. The U.S. constitution requires that any revenue-raising …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday December 2, 2010

GOP Lawmaker Claims TSA Part of "Gay Agenda"

GOP Lawmaker Claims TSA Part of "Gay Agenda" wtop.com reports : WASHINGTON - A conservative Loudoun County lawmaker says controversial airport pat-downs by the Transportation Security Administration are part of a "wide-scale homosexual agenda." Eugene Delgaudio, a Republican …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday December 2, 2010

Illinois Moves Forward on Civil Unions

Illinois Moves Forward on Civil Unions The New York Times reports : CHICAGO — Illinois lawmakers on Wednesday approved legislation allowing civil unions in this state, and the governor has indicated he will sign it, making Illinois one of only a handful of states to grant …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday December 2, 2010

Israel Approves New East Jerusalem Construction

Israel Approves New Settlement Construction Haaretz reports : The Jerusalem District Planning and Building Committee announced Wednesday its plan to build 625 new housing units in the Pisgat Ze'ev neighborhood of East Jerusalem. The move comes despite wide international …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday December 2, 2010

Cables Reveal Tense Relationship with Canada

Cables Reveal Tense Relationship with Canada The New York Times reports : WASHINGTON — In early 2008, American diplomats stationed in Ottawa turned on their television sets and were aghast: there was an “onslaught” of Canadian shows depicting “nefarious American officials …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday December 2, 2010

Face to Face with a Serial Killer

Clifford Olson murdered 11 boys and girls in Canada in the early 1980s. Last Tuesday, he requested that I join him at his latest parole hearing. A week before serial killer Clifford Olson’s parole hearing last Tuesday, I was phoned from the federal prison at Ste.-Anne-des-Plaines, 30 minutes …

Written by Peter Worthington on Wednesday December 1, 2010

Newt Gets Religion

Has Gingrich turned into Alan Keyes? On Wednesday, he claimed the mention of God in the Declaration of Independence as the source of "American exceptionalism." Newt Gingrich has turned into Alan Keyes. This afternoon, the former House speaker gave a speech to the American Legislative Exchange …

Written by FF Washington Insider on Wednesday December 1, 2010

WH: No East Coast Drilling

WH: No Drilling off East Coast The AP reports: In a reversal, the Obama administration said Wednesday it will not pursue offshore drilling off the East Coast of the U.S. and the eastern Gulf of Mexico. A senior administration official told The Associated Press that because of …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday December 1, 2010

Lieberman: Senate Has the Votes to End DADT

Lieberman: Senate Has the Votes to End DADT Talking Points Memo reports : On the heels of Defense Secretary Robert Gates and the Pentagon calling for a repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) told MSNBC today that he's "convinced" the Senate has more than the 60 …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday December 1, 2010

Erdogan May Sue U.S. Ambassador

Erdogan May Sue U.S. Ambassador CNN reports: As the fallout continues from the release of thousands of diplomatic cables on the WikiLeaks website, Turkey's prime minister is threatening to file a lawsuit over comments made about him in one of the messages by the U.S. ambassador to …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday December 1, 2010

House Votes on Rangel Censure Thursday

Rangel Censure Vote on Thursday The Hill reports: The House on Thursday will consider whether to censure Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) for a series of ethics violations, a top Democrat revealed Wednesday. Democratic leaders were leaning toward a Wednesday vote, but Rangel on …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday December 1, 2010

Kyl: No START Vote Until Tax Deal

Kyl: No START Vote Until Tax Deal The Hill reports: Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) said Wednesday that President Obama must reach a deal on extending the Bush tax cuts by Monday if a nuclear arms treaty has a chance of passing the Senate by the end of the year. “The deal on taxes has to …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday December 1, 2010

Dems Plan House Vote on Middle Class Tax Cuts

House Dems Plan Vote on Middle Class Tax Cuts The Hill reports: Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said Wednesday a House vote on extending only middle-class income tax cuts would not undermine bipartisan negotiations on a broader compromise for the most contentious issue of the …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday December 1, 2010

Amazon Boots WikiLeaks Off Servers

Amazon Servers Drop Wikileaks The AP reports: The website of WikiLeaks, the organization that just released a trove of sensitive U.S. State Department documents, appears to have lost or left its main Web host, Amazon.com. The main website and a sub-site devoted to the …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday December 1, 2010

Krikorian: DREAM Act? Dream On

Krikorian: DREAM Act? Dream On Mark Krikorian writes at National Review : Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi have pledged a vote as early as this week on the DREAM Act (Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors), a bill that would legalize illegal aliens who arrived here before …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday December 1, 2010

Watch: Bush Aide Rips Palin as 'Prickly, Cynical'

Bush Aide: Palin's 'Prickly, Cynical' Visit msnbc.com for breaking news , world news , and news about the economy Click here for more .

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday December 1, 2010