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Bloomberg Expects Big NYC Gay Wedding Business

The New York Daily News reports : Mayor Bloomberg is looking to cash in on a big fat gay wedding bonanza. "We'd love to have you come here," Hizzoner said yesterday of the two-bride and two-groom couples who can begin marrying in the Empire State next month. "Stay in a hotel. Buy …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday June 28, 2011

Nominee To Head US Afghan Force OKs Drawdown

The Associated Press reports : The man tapped to take over as the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan endorsed the size and pace of the more than 30,000-troop withdrawal laid out by President Barack Obama last week, despite other commanders' worries that it's too risky and aggressive. Marine …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday June 28, 2011

China Rejects Senate Criticism On Sea Dispute

The Associated Press reports : A U.S. Senate resolution critical of Beijing's actions in the South China Sea "doesn't hold water" and its sponsors should promote peace in other ways, China said Tuesday. Disputes over the South China Sea should be resolved peacefully through talks between …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday June 28, 2011

Obama is His Own Worst Enemy

The way to defeat Obama is to focus on his own weaknesses and failings, not to invent new ones. David Brooks wrote a perceptive column today about the deficiencies in President Obama's leadership style. He can expect a barrage of negative comment from conservatives who will reject Brooks' …

Written by David Frum on Tuesday June 28, 2011

Bachmann Admits Mistake About John Wayne

The Associated Press reports : Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann is acknowledging "misspeaking" occasionally, including wrongly claiming that actor John Wayne was from her Waterloo, Iowa hometown, but says she's "a substantive, serious person" who would be a good president. …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday June 28, 2011

Google Faces Antitrust Suit

The New York Times reports : An Internet company in France says it will seek heavy damages from Google in what it says is the largest claim of its kind in Europe against the American giant. The action, which the company, 1plusV, says it will bring on Tuesday at the Commercial …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday June 28, 2011

U.S. Backs Lagarde For IMF Head

Reuters reports : The United States supports French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde to take over as the new chief of the International Monetary Fund, Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner said in a statement Tuesday. The U.S. endorsement virtually seals a win for Ms. Lagarde over …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday June 28, 2011

2-Day Strike In Greece Before Budget Vote

The New York Times reports : Greeks walked off the job for 48 hours on Tuesday, a day before Parliament is to vote on unpopular austerity measures that are deemed critical to unlocking international financial support. The rare two-day strike, organized by the country’s two main labor …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday June 28, 2011

Bearing False Witness

British journalist Johann Hari has been credibly accused of falsifying his reporting. And Hari's self-defense is not exactly compelling. British journalist Johann Hari has been credibly accused of falsifying his reporting. First a left-wing blogger offered evidence that Hari had borrowed an …

Written by David Frum on Tuesday June 28, 2011

First Amendment Tour De Farce

If California thinks simulated beatings of women are obscene, who is Justice Scalia is to argue with them? Can kids now sue their parents for confiscating their video games? Two rulings from the Supreme Court before they get out of town have illuminated the broad, almost, unrestricted view the …

Written by John Vecchione on Monday June 27, 2011

Bush Rates Kept Safe in Debt-Limit Talks

The Hill reports : The White House, seeking an agreement to raise the nation’s $14.3 trillion debt ceiling by Aug. 2, on Monday said it would not insist that any deal include an end to former President George W. Bush’s controversial tax rates on the wealthy. President Obama’s tactics …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 27, 2011

SCOTUS to Hear FCC Challenge

The Washington Post reports : The Federal Communications Commission has been fighting for years to be television’s Miss Manners. Now, the Supreme Court may finally lay any question about its role to rest. The Supreme Court said Monday it would take up a case to determine whether the …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 27, 2011

War Crime Charges Brought Against Qaddafi

The New York Times reports : The International Criminal Court in The Hague issued arrest warrants on Monday for Libya ’s leader, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi , one of his sons and his intelligence chief, accusing them of crimes against humanity during the first two weeks of the …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 27, 2011

Money Was Key in NY Gay Marriage Bill

The Huffington Post reports : The passage of historic legislation legalizing same sex marriage in the state of New York last Friday was owed in large part to a compelling political motivator: money. Although New York's legislators were already disposed to approving gay marriage because …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 27, 2011

Hatch Takes Tea Party Heat

POLITICO reports : Despite his overtures to the tea party movement this year, the longest-serving Republican in the Senate, Orrin Hatch of Utah, still hasn’t won over voters like Darcy Van Orden, who hasn’t forgotten his moderate past and wants the National Republican Senatorial …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 27, 2011

Sanders: Don't 'Yield' on Debt Deal

The Huffington Post reports : It wasn't quite a " fili-Bernie ," but Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in a 10,000-word speech on the Senate floor launched a campaign Monday to call for eliminating tax breaks for the wealthy and protecting working people in a deficit-reduction deal. "Instead …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 27, 2011

McConnell: No Tax Hikes

POLITICO reports : President Barack Obama stepped back into deficit-reduction talks Monday, only to be greeted by a double-barrel blast from Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell , who peremptorily rejected any deal that would include the added revenues Obama wants together with …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 27, 2011

TX Votes to Defund Planned Parenthood

POLITICO reports : The Texas Legislature approved a bill Monday that would both compel the state to push the Obama administration to convert Texas’s Medicaid program into a block grant and defund abortion providers like Planned Parenthood. The omnibus health bill also includes a number …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 27, 2011

Low Tax States Don't Equal High Job States

As one explores the common threads among states with improving economies, current Republican rhetoric, with its heavy emphasis on tax policy, may cloud the issue. The Department of Labor has released its state-by-state labor numbers: joblessness had declined in 24 states, risen in 13 (and …

Written by Harry Graver on Monday June 27, 2011

Same-Sex Marriage: A Dissenting Opinion

Same-sex marriage is the equivalent of the government mandating that two plus two equals five. Those who continue to say it equals four will be punished. David Frum has now thrown in the towel on same sex “marriage” . In point of fact his original view was correct. This conjugal view of …

Written by John Vecchione on Monday June 27, 2011