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Bartlett: GOP Has No Logic on Taxes

Bruce Bartlett writes in The Fiscal Times : The main sticking point in negotiations between Republicans and Democrats on deficit reduction measures to accompany a rise in the debt limit is whether higher revenues should make any contribution. A key Republican concern is that any tax increase …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 24, 2011

Gingrich: Good Punditry, Bad Politics

Conservatives cannot recognize that non-conservatives do not share their disdain for President Obama. They are not impressed by the right's overblown criticisms. You know what? That sounds like an interesting speech that Newt Gingrich gave the Maryland Republican party last night. "No …

Written by David Frum on Friday June 24, 2011

Iran Nuke Designers Killed

Haaretz reports: The five nuclear experts killed in a plane crash in northern Russia earlier this week had assisted in the design of an Iranian atomic facility, security sources in Russia said on Thursday. The five Russian experts were among the 44 passengers killed when the Tupolev-134 …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 24, 2011

Romney Dominates GOP Fundraising

Politico reports: Everyone knows Mitt Romney is going to outpace the GOP presidential field when next month’s fundraising reports come out. But the scale of his money advantage is finally coming into shape: the rest of the field is going to be eating his dust. Romney is so confident in …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 24, 2011

Debt Deal Down To Obama, Boehner

The Hill reports: Negotiations over cutting Washington’s debt plunged into crisis Thursday, as the top Republican negotiator walked out of talks over his Democratic counterparts’ demand that taxes be raised. The walkout, by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.), means talks to …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 24, 2011

Syria Braces For New Protests

The BBC reports: Activists have appealed to Syrians to stage a new round of protests after Friday prayers to increase pressure on President Bashar al-Assad. In the north, Turkey said more than 1,500 people had crossed the border after Syrian troops and tanks moved into the village of …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 24, 2011

Activists: Iran's Gov. Encourages Rape

The Guardian reports: Prison guards in Iran are giving condoms to criminals and encouraging them to systematically rape young opposition activists locked up with them, according to accounts from inside the country's jail system. A series of dramatic letters written by prisoners and …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 24, 2011

Bin Laden Hoped "To Rebrand Al Qaeda"

Th e Daily Telegraph reports: Osama bin Laden lamented that al-Qaeda was suffering from a marketing problem and wanted to change the organisation's name because the West was winning the public relations fight. In his final writings, he was concerned the group was killing to many Muslims, …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 24, 2011

Delingpole: Naivete of U.S. Liberals

James Delingpole writes in The Daily Telegraph: Today I am in New York on my publicity tour for Watermelons and as I sat at breakfast this morning, chomping on an Ess-a-bagel and reading Thomas Sowell’s Basic Economics I found myself wondering – not for the first time – why it is that …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 24, 2011

Pakistan Militants Deny Bin Laden Tie

CNN reports: A member of a Pakistani-based militant group is denying a New York Times report that stated that a cellphone found during the raid of Osama bin Laden's compound contains information that links the group to bin Laden. The member of Harakat-ul-Mujahedeen said he was not aware of …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 24, 2011

Bomb Spree Rocks Myanmar Cities

The Associated Press reports: Bombs exploded almost simultaneously in three Myanmar cities Friday, wounding at least two people, the government and residents said. It was not immediately clear who carried out the attacks, but bombings have become increasingly frequent in Myanmar, where …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 24, 2011

Embattled Qaddafi "May Flee Tripoli"

The Wall Street Journal reports: New U.S. intelligence shows Col. Muammar al-Qaddafi is "seriously considering" fleeing Tripoli for a more secure location outside the capital, according to U.S. officials, raising the prospect Friday that the Libyan leader's hold on power is increasingly …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 24, 2011

Baghdad Bomb Attacks Kill 40

The Associated Press reports: Four bombs ripped through Shiite neighborhoods in Baghdad Thursday evening, killing at least 40 people in the worst violence the capital has seen in months, Iraqi officials said. An American civilian aid specialist working to improve education in Iraq was …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 24, 2011

Seattle Terror Plot Foiled

The Associated Press reports: Two ex-convicts planned an attack on a Seattle military recruiting station hoping that it would get attention from the media, authorities say, and even imagined the headlines: "Three Muslim Males Walk Into MEPS Building, Seattle, Washington, And Gun Down …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 24, 2011

Greece And Lenders Agree On Debt Plan

The New York Times reports : Greece and its foreign lenders reached an agreement on Thursday on a five-year austerity plan that Prime Minister George Papandreou must now push through Parliament in order for Greece to stave off default. Last week, the European Union, European Central …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 24, 2011

NY Senate Fails To Take Up Gay Marriage

The Associated Press reports : New York's Republican Senate again failed to take up Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo's bill to legalize gay marriage after another marathon session Thursday and protests by hundreds of demonstrators. Negotiations have dragged on for two weeks over what could be a …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 24, 2011

Ryan Plan Is Litmus Test in GOP Senate Primaries

Politico reports : Republicans are already on notice that Democrats plan to use Paul Ryan’s Medicare proposal as a key 2012 wedge issue. What they didn’t expect, however, was that Ryan’s blueprint would also turn out to be a polarizing force within GOP primaries. Across the Senate …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 24, 2011

Newt Slams Obama On Foreign Policy

Politico reports : Newt Gingrich on Thursday ripped President Barack Obama’s assertion that “the tide of war is receding, ” arguing instead that the country is facing a “tsunami of violence building offshore.” “This administration is crippling the United States and every country in the …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday June 24, 2011

Obama Doesn't Back Gay Marriage At LGBT Fundraiser

Politico reports: President Barack Obama called for equal rights for gay couples Thursday, but stopped short of voicing support for legalizing same-sex marriage at a gala LGBT fundraiser held in the heart of a state whose legislature is on the verge of taking a vote on the issue. The …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday June 23, 2011

House Passes Patent Overhaul

Reuters reports : Patent legislation that aims to clear a years-long backlog of applications and allows the patent office set its own fees was approved by the House of Representatives on Thursday. Supporters say the bill will help the patent office hire more examiners and clear out more …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday June 23, 2011