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Bachmann fires up RightOnline

Politico reports MINNEAPOLIS — Michele Bachmann used her Minnesota homecoming Saturday to focus on the economy. With her first appearance in the state since declaring her presidential candidacy Monday night in New Hampshire, the Republican congresswoman explained why she gives …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday June 18, 2011

Karzai Confirms U.S., Taliban Talks

Boston Globe reports KABUL — President Hamid Karzai acknowledged yesterday that the US and Afghan governments have held talks with Taliban emissaries in a bid to end the nation’s nearly 10-year war, even as suicide attackers launched a bold assault in the heart of the county’s capital, …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday June 18, 2011

Romney, Cain Opt Out of Pledge

ABC News reports Republican presidential hopefuls Mitt Romney and Herman Cain have announced that they won't sign the Susan B. Anthony's List Pro-Life Presidential Pledge, which five other Republican contenders --Michele Bachmann, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, Tim Pawlenty and Rick Santorum -- …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday June 18, 2011

Huntsman Surges In GOP Straw Poll

CBS reports: Ron Paul won the presidential straw poll at the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans Saturday, easily beating out his rivals for the GOP nomination. Second place went to Jon Huntsman, the little-known former Utah governor who missed the conference with a cold. With …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday June 18, 2011

NATO Strikes Libyan Rebel Column

The Associated Press reports: NATO said Saturday it mistakenly struck a column of Libyan rebel vehicles in an airstrike near an eastern oil town two days earlier and expressed regret for any casualties that might have resulted. The alliance has accidentally hit rebel forces before in its …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday June 18, 2011

Perry: GOP Should Stop Apologizing

CBS reports: Texas Republican Gov. Rick Perry - a highly-buzzed-about potential GOP presidential candidate - said at the Republican Leadership Conference Saturday that Republicans should "stop apologizing" for taking conservative positions on social and fiscal issues. "It saddens me when …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday June 18, 2011

U.S. Students Need History Lesson

The Wall Street Journal reports: "We're raising young people who are, by and large, historically illiterate," David McCullough tells me on a recent afternoon in a quiet meeting room at the Boston Public Library. Having lectured at more than 100 colleges and universities over the past 25 …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday June 18, 2011

Turks Urge Assad To Fire Brother

Ynetnews.com reports: An emissary on behalf of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected to arrive in Syria in the next 24 hours with a "warning message" to President Bashar Assad, al-Arabiya reported Saturday. According to the report, Ankara is demanding that Assad fire …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday June 18, 2011

Beirut Clashes Over Syria

Reuter reports: Lebanon's army clamped down on two sectarian districts of a northern city on Saturday after a rally in support of anti-government protestors in Syria triggered deadly clashes between rival gunmen. Troops manned checkpoints and searched cars and houses in Tripoli's Bab …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday June 18, 2011

Leaders Tee Off In 'Golf Summit'

The Associated Press reports: President Barack Obama drove the cart and House Speaker John Boehner celebrated a short putt during their much anticipated golf outing Saturday at a military base outside the nation's capital. Vice President Joe Biden earned the commander in chief's approval …

Written by Frum Forum Editors on Saturday June 18, 2011

Ending Mad Chimp Science Experiments

Europe has already banned invasive biomedical research on chimps and other apes. However, in the US any similar prohibition is vehemently opposed by the biomedical industry. Back in the late 1970s, I received a videotape from anonymous animal rights activists who had broken into a research lab and …

Written by Peter Worthington on Saturday June 18, 2011

Israel 'May End Palestinian Pacts'

The Press Trust of India reports: Israel has threatened to renounce all past agreements, including the crucial Oslo Accords, if the Palestinians continue their unilateral pursuit of statehood through the United Nations in September. "The unilateral move at the UN is the end of the Oslo …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday June 18, 2011

Kabul Police Station Attacked

The Los Angeles Times reports: Three suicide bombers attacked a police compound in Kabul's old city Saturday, killing four police officers and five civilians before they were overcome by police. The attack by militants disguised as Afghan soldiers -- a pattern that has become increasingly …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday June 18, 2011

Qaddafi Calls Up Novice Recruits

The New York Times reports: Refat, 26, was happily working in the information technology department of a British retailer here until just a few months ago when he was called to military service by the government of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi. Now Refat, who was not fully identified …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday June 18, 2011

Greeks March On Parliament

Reuter reports: Thousands of Greeks marched on parliament on Saturday in a show of unabated public anger after Prime Minister George Papandreou reshuffled his cabinet and vowed to push on with a belt-tightening campaign. In a move meant to stifle dissent in his Socialist Party, Papandreou …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday June 18, 2011

Parents Turn In Son For BC Looting

Vancouverite reports: Shocked parents who saw a picture of their son looting the high-fashion Louis Vuitton store decided to drive their boy to the police station. They handed in the 17-year-old after they saw a picture of him on the Internet. He was apparently pictured helping himself at …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday June 18, 2011

Grover Norquist, Alpha Male?

Guys like Tom Coburn didn't get second dates in high school, claims Grover Norquist. Sen. Coburn is married to a former Miss Oklahoma. Mr. Norquist is, well, Mr. Norquist. J.D. Hamel wrote a great piece here at FrumForum regarding the struggle between Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) and Americans …

Written by Mark R. Yzaguirre on Saturday June 18, 2011

Conservatives 'Tried To Entrap Weiner'

The New York Times reports: At least three months before the revelation that former Representative Anthony D. Weiner was sending lewd messages and photos to women online, a small group of self-described conservatives was monitoring his exchanges with women on Twitter. Now there is …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday June 18, 2011

U.S. Pursues Leak Crackdown

The New York Times reports: Stephen J. Kim, an arms expert who immigrated from South Korea as a child, spent a decade briefing top government officials on the dangers posed by North Korea. Then last August he was charged with violating the Espionage Act -- not by aiding some foreign …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday June 18, 2011

Tea Party Summer Camps For Kids

The Daily Telegraph reports: Their parents revolutionised American politics with the anti-government conservative movement that humbled Barack Obama and is now bent on ousting him in next year's presidential election. Now American children as young as eight are being raised as …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday June 18, 2011