Truth, Lies and In Between

…here’s today’s reading list.

Guns/Gun Rights/RKBA

• Obama’s Case for Gun Control: One Emotion-Laden Non Sequitur After Another

• Obama allies rally against gun-rights Democrat in Illinois special election

• NRA ad: Obama gun proposals would lead to ‘confiscation’

• MO Dems Introduce Bill to Confiscate Firearms — Give Gun Owners 90 Days to Turn in Weapons…

• Growing opposition among sheriff’s groups…

• CHICAGOLAND: Nat’l Guardsman Just Back From Afghanistan Shot Dead While Shielding Toddler Son…

Politics/Congress/Government

• Boehner Says No to Wage Hike, Four Loko Agrees to Label Changes, Delicious Fracking Fluid: P.M. Links

• The Rand Paul Rorschach Test

• Obama’s Misguided State of the Union

• Less red tape, improved speed on oil-and-gas permits? Ok, let’s see it

• Reid challenges GOP to filibuster Hagel

• Sen. Feinstein delays Brennan confirmation vote until after recess

• The Wall Street Journal: Preschool proposal faces uncertain future

• House approves bill forcing FEMA to allow churches to apply for aid

• House committees pledge to monitor Obama’s major legislation, with focus on Dodd-Frank

Government Scandals

• WATERGATE 2013…

• Paul Says He Will Block Brennan’s CIA Nomination Until He Gets Answers About Obama’s License to Kill

• Due Process Delivered by Drones

• Obama’s Executive Death Warrants

• Lew defends Cayman investment

• Arab-American Group Won’t Release Hagel Tape

• Embattled senator attempted to block merger that would have hurt major donor

• Former Obama spokesman: Menendez scandal now a ‘withered boob’…

• John Kerry May Have Made $670,000 On Today’s HEINZ Deal…

• REPORT: GOLDMAN SACHS advises clients to sell stock — then buys it…

• Senators turn tables on Caymans investor Jack Lew…

• Oversaw Up to 113 Island Investment Funds…

Economics

• Soaking the Rich

• GOP leaders waver on tax reform

• Democrats skirmish over sequester

• House Republicans tell the Senate: You must stop sequester

• White House opposes, but will not veto, bill to extend pay freeze

• The Hill: Experts dispute the value of a minimum-wage hike

• Lawmakers to renew push for online sales tax

• Austin, TX, seeing interest from CA companies ‘double or triple’…

ObamaCare

• Scott Walker rejects Medicaid expansion

Liberalism is a Mental Disorder

• NO MORE COFFEE: NYC mayor wants to ban Styrofoam…

Department of Homeland Stupidity (DHS)

• Napolitano at immigration hearing: US borders have ‘never been stronger’

Unions Suck

• Opinion: Reform CFPB to save it

Global Warming Scam/EPA

• GOP considering fight against new Obama green energy subsidies

• IG begins investigation of EPA actions against Texas company

Military/Defense

• Joint Chiefs Chairman warns Congress against Obama plan for solving sequester with mainly defense cuts

Police/Sheriff/Law Enforcement

• Subway stabbing shows police protection is a legal myth

• Dorner hid in plain sight near command center…

• Sheriff: Cabin not purposely burned in firefight…

• CNN PANEL: ‘Django Unchained in real life’…

• Will kidnapped couple get million-dollar reward?

Middle East/Muslim/Islam/Jihad/Douche bags

• Taking Terrorism and the Arab Spring Seriously

• Billions lost to waste, fraud, and possible purchase of Iranian oil

• GALLUP: 92% of Pakistanis now dislike America…

Media Bias/Hollywood Morons

• WATERGATE 2013…

• Six MORE journalists arrested over hacking in London…

Race/Race Baiting

• Principal bars white students from tutoring program…

Misc.

• Massive GOOGLE security flaw puts users’ details on display…

• Pair Of Pit Bulls Go Wild, Viciously Attack 4 People In 30-Minute Rampage …

…here’s today’s reading list.

Guns/Gun Rights/RKBA

• Montana sheriffs and peace officers issue statement on gun legislation

• Law allowing guns in churches signed by Arkansas governor

• Obama on gun control: ‘This time is different’

• Biden: Our Gun Control Plan Isn’t Going to Reduce Mass Shootings, and Isn’t Even Guaranteed to Reduce Shooting Deaths by a Thousand Per Year

Politics/Congress/Government

• In State of the Union, Obama fills out his progressive agenda

• State of the Union delivers laundry list for the left

• From taxes to guns, Obama’s call for action lands silently in Republicans’ laps

• Sen. Rubio hits Obama on economy during GOP response

• Bipartisan commission to examine national voting problems

• Akin says Republican bigwigs ‘kill grassroots heart’ of GOP

• Obama vows to flex executive muscle on multiple fronts

• Senate passes VAWA reauthorization

• House GOP lawmakers cool on Obama ‘Energy Trust’ proposal

• Ex-Marine hits the political trenches to help Senate Republicans in 2014

• Heritage Experts Analyze the State of the Union

• Tragedy and Comedy at the SOTU

Government Scandals

• Contentious secretary of defense nominee heads to the Senate floor after 14-11 vote

• Governor opposed to ‘dark money’ groups benefitted heavily from them

• Ethics attorneys question propriety of Obama dark money org

• Corporations that have evaded Iran sanctions financially support Hagel-chaired think tank

• Questions raised over corporate donations to N.J. Dem Party committees

• Obama cites Menendez bill in address

Economics

• Cruz: Obama Did Not Propose a Single Spending Cut

• President calls for $1.5T deficit bargain

• Obama: Raise the minimum wage to $9 an hour

• Obama Wants 29 New Govt Programs

• Spending Beyond Our Means: How We Are Bankrupting Future Generations

Illegal Immigration/Shamnesty/Amnesty

• Immigration-reform critics fear rush to cross US border

• Obama looks to boost high-skill immigration, education

• Napolitano: Borders ‘Never Been Stronger’

International

• Chief Greek Statistician Charged For Revealing True Size Of Debt

ObamaCare

• Cut Coverage or Hours? Firms Grapple With Obamacare

Department of Homeland Stupidity (DHS)

• FEDS PROMISE NO ARMED DRONES IN US…

• DHS says it couldn’t find a single immigrant on welfare last year…

Unions Suck

• Union Blues

Global Warming Scam/EPA

• Let’s Hope The Republicans Aren’t This Stupid

• In address, a pledge to fight global warming

Military/Defense

• Pentagon conducting urgent assessment of North Korean mobile ICBM threat

• Obama officially announces massive troop cut in Afghanistan

• War veteran to be buried 62 years after disappearance- Tuskegee Airman dies at 91 in Massachusetts

• Pentagon creates medal for cyber, drone wars

Police/Sheriff/Law Enforcement

• More on Police Lies

• Police Trainee In Grave Condition After Being Shot By Instructor During Training Exercise…

Israel/Middle East/Muslim/Islam/Jihad/Douche bags

• Diesel Shortage Pushes Egypt to the Brink

Media Bias/Hollywood Morons

• Noted Drunk Didn’t Like Rubio’s Response To His God King

• Democrat War On Women

• CBS Affiliate Gets Pranked During Dorner Standoff

• NBC Ratings Down

Misc.

• Topps reportedly strips Pete Rose of all-time hit record

• Teen sues parents to stop them from forcing abortion

• Best, Worst Car Brands Named

• Yoko Ono Holding Up Fracking In New York

• Remember That Hot Dancing Track Star? Well She’s In The SI Swimsuit Issue

• Well This Doesn’t Make Me Feel Better About Getting A CT Scan

…here’s today’s reading list.

Guns/Gun Rights/RKBA

• Video: Sheriff Joe And Steven Seagal Train Posse To Protect Schools

• Lawmakers invite shooting victims’ families to Obama’s annual address

• Bloomberg: Gun buyer background check best chance for new limits

• Manchin opposes assault weapons ban

• LaPierre: Why ‘universal’ checks won’t work

• Gun companies urged to join with rights activists against oppressive states (Write to these companies. I did).

• 65.4M Gun Purchases Since Obama Took Office

Politics/Congress/Government

• Declarations of Impotence

• Obama’s Own Drug Czar Is Now Publicly Criticizing Him for Not Responding to Legal Pot in Colorado and Washington

• Obama to make case against spending cuts in State of the Union

• Sens. Levin, Inhofe wrangle over Hagel

• Pro-regulation groups urge Obama to call for additional rules

• Tea Party super-PAC girds for coming primary clashes with Karl Rove group

• Obama’s Bogus State of the Union Promises

• Reid pushing away from normal order?

• Gallup: Obama only gets positive marks on national defense

• White House weighing how many executive orders President Obama can reasonably get away with

Government Scandals

• Chuck Hagel Runs from His Own Record

• Shouldn’t Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell Pay Full Price for Their Goddamned Lousy Haircuts?

• Sen. Feinstein Understates Deaths Due to Drone Strikes

• Menendez Intervened in Port Security Plan that Involved Donor

• Defense nominee Chuck Hagel’s ties to Kazakhstan, Chevron, Atlantic Council under fire

• Menendez Watch: The latest developments in the Menendez-Melgen scandal

• Video: Obama E-Verify: Court Overbilled $10K For Fighting Obama’s Identity Fraud

• Video: Rand Paul: Can Obama Kill Americans In America With Drones?

• Watchdogs pressuring Menendez

Economics

• Spending Denialists and the Fiscal Illusion

• GOP pressures Obama to build pipeline with new ‘Keystone Clock’

• GOP wants to avoid sequester through spending cuts; Obama wants tax hikes

• Lincoln’s Good Advice

International

• China firms sanctioned for missile proliferation

• North Korea conducts third underground nuclear test on eve of Obama speech

• Society and State in Modern Britain

ObamaCare

• The Costs and Consequences of Obamacare

• Health law rule on ‘essential benefits’ sent to White House for final review

Liberalism is a Mental Disorder

• Obama Acts Like Bush, Liberals Suffer “Cognitive Dissonance”

• City Outlaws Roommates

Benghazi

• More Security for Kerry’s Arlington Trip Than in Benghazi

Unions Suck

• Unions want big transportation push in State of the Union

• Capital Research Center: Taxpayers Paying for Union Work Is a Scam

Global Warming Scam/EPA

• Green energy grant recipient fined for paying employees in pesos

• Executive action expected on climate

• House Rules Committee to explore biennial budget process

Military/Defense

• Video: Staff Sgt. Clint Romesha receives the Medal of Honor

• M.O.H. recipient dedicates medal to fallen comrades

• Cuts to a Huge Defense Budget Are Not a Threat to National Security and Should Be Made

Middle East/Muslim/Islam/Jihad/Douche bags

• Israel appears to be readying for conflict with Lebanon

Misc.

• Endgame: Maker’s Mark to meet increasing demand by … reducing its alcohol content (Personally, I don’t like Maker’s Mark. I prefer Gentleman Jack, it’s much smoother and tastes better).

• Larry Bird’s son arrested for allegedly trying to run over ex-girlfriend