According to Lisette (and numerous press reports), the marathon 13-hour arraignment was a bizarre scene, to say the least. How bizarre? Throughout the proceeding, the terrorist suspects engaged in a wide variety of disruptive behaviors...
The so-called Bush tax cuts are scheduled to expire at the end of this year. While you may already know that, you may not fully understand what's in store for you and your family. Here's what to expect.
Obama's budget suffered a second embarrassing defeat Wednesday, when senators voted 99-0 to reject it. Coupled with the House's rejection in March, 414-0, that meansObama's budget has failed to win a single vote in support this year.
The wheels are coming off the wind energy gravy train, and subsidy-dependent wind energy supporters are running scared. It’s because hard-working citizens made a difference in this scam. Isn’t it about time?
We offer abject apologies to Robert Short and his great 1965 work , ‘The Gospel According to Peanuts’, but if Washington’s antics are any indication of just how 'bad' democracy can be, then we have an analogy, don't we?
The body count of Muslim terrorists’ victims has translated directly into a quantum increase in Muslim political influence, now at the helm of foreign and domestic policy. Should we react this way?
When you think about all the advantages Iran has, you see why Iran believes it owns the future. Unfortunately, the West dismisses the regime’s goals as meaningless bravado that, even if true, could never come to pass. Really?
"President Obama and members of his team criticized severely a number of aspects of the Bush administration's war on terrorism that they have since found it necessary and useful to embrace," said Douglas Feith, the Pentagon's top policymaker in those early war years.
Former President George W. Bush said that the Arab Spring is "the broadest challenge to authoritarian rule since the collapse of Soviet Communism." "These are extraordinary times in the history of freedom..."
Bad start in life: Little Bob, was just eight weeks old, and weighed less than a kilo when he was found dumped in the car park of a veterinary practice suffering from the extreme cold and a ruptured eyeball
Veteran CIA official Jose A. Rodriguez, Jr., who led all U.S. counterterrorism operations after 9/11, tells Newsmax that under President Barack Obama the agency has been forced to give up interrogation "capabilities" that it may need to protect American lives.
"Rewarding terrorists with greater rights for making it to the United States would actually incentivize them to come to our shores, or to recruit from within the United States, where they pose the greatest risk to the American people..."
Franciscan University appears to be the first casualty of the new ObamaCare HHS mandate that requires Catholic colleges, groups and businesses to pay for drugs that may cause abortions and birth control for their employees.

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MILLER: Jumping off the fiscal cliff
by times247.com | May 16, 2012 10:07 PM
President Obama on Wednesday found out what congressional leaders thought of his gimmicky 'to-do' list. The country is headed over a fiscal cliff, and House Speaker John A. Boehner said the only list worth discussing would address the troubles that are going to hit by year's end.
EDITORIAL: Time running out for Greece
by times247.com | May 16, 2012 09:46 PM
Though protesters scream about draconian cuts and enforced austerity, actual government spending in Greece has declined by a mere 3 percent. Such a small slice only counts as 'draconian' in profligate places like Brussels, Athens and Washington. The Greek economy, on the other hand, has shrunk by 20 percent over the last four years.
LYONS: Budget crisis drives defense strategy
by times247.com | May 16, 2012 08:53 PM
Maintaining our freedom and way of life requires that we retain our global leadership with a national strategy for military superiority that determines our military budget. What's happening today is the reverse, and it will fail.
by cnbc.com | May 16, 2012 07:55 PM
CNBC's Larry Kudlow discusses whether deflation could be on the horizon. Rebecca Patterson, JP Morgan Asset Management; Zane Brown, Lord Abbett; and Ben Steil, Council on Foreign Relations, also weigh in on the markets.
White House Rewriting History?
by cnbc.com | May 16, 2012 07:45 PM
The White House has revised the official biographies of America's presidents on its Web site. Robert Costa, CNBC contributor and National Review, weighs in.
by cnbc.com | May 16, 2012 07:41 PM
Discussing the politics of class warfare, with T.J. Rodgers, Cypress Semiconductor CEO; and Robert Reich, CNBC contributor and former labor secretary.
Wife of Robert Kennedy, Jr., Found Dead
by cnbc.com | May 16, 2012 07:30 PM
CNBC's Brian Shactman discusses the major headlines.
Sen. Coburn: There will be a Compromise
by cnbc.com | May 16, 2012 07:15 PM
The Senate rejected President Obama's budget in a 99-0 vote. Sen. Tom Coburn, (R-OK), weighs in.
by cnbc.com | May 16, 2012 07:00 PM
CNBC's John Harwood discusses DC's budget battle. Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post; Matt K. Lewis, Daily Caller; and David Goodfriend, Sirius/XM Radio, weigh in.
Auto union slams Obama budget as ‘attack on the middle class'
by dailycaller.com | May 16, 2012 05:01 PM
Obama budget voted down 99-0 in the Democratic Senate

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