Federal government spent nearly $70 billion on "climate change activities" since 2008
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The Congressional Research Service estimates that since 2008 the federal government has spent nearly $70 billion on “climate change activities.” Oklahoma Republican Sen. James Inhofe presented the new CRS report on the Senate Floor Thursday to make the point that the Obama administration has been focused on “green” defense projects to the detriment of the military. The report revealed that from fiscal years 2008 through 2012 the federal government spent $68.4 billion to combat climate change. The Department of Defense also spent $4 billion of its budget, the report adds, on climate change and energy efficiency activities in that same...
Published on Friday 18th of May 2012 03:18:48 AM
House Burglaries Baffle Staff, Police (House of Representatives)
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Puzzling break-ins over the last month at the offices of at least three House members and several committees have U.S. Capitol Police gumshoes working to find a pattern and the culprits, with missing items ranging from cash and expensive computer equipment to autographed baseballs and alcohol. In at least four of the cases, thieves broke into the offices at night when doors were locked, leading some staffers to believe they were victims of an inside job. (MAP: Where the House Office Break-Ins Happened) “The evidence points to someone with access to my office, and other offices in the Capitol complex,...
Published on Friday 18th of May 2012 03:18:48 AM
Obamacare's Medicare Scam
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America's senior citizens deserve to enjoy their golden years in security rather than be faced with the uncertainty of having their beloved Medicare benefits yanked away thanks to provisions within the Democratic Party's darling, Obamacare. Mathematicians Congressional Democrats are not. Democrats failed to inform seniors nearly half of Obamacare's cost would be funded initially by taking more than $500 billion from Medicare. When this information was made public, Democrats promised the cost-shifting would not in any way lead to benefit cuts. In addition, they were told Obamacare would reduce the deficit and were told everyone could keep their doctors. If...
Published on Friday 18th of May 2012 03:18:48 AM
The Fire Burns
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The circle of men whirls around the fire, hand in hand, hand catching hand, drawing in newcomers into the ring that races around and around in the growing darkness. A melody thumps through the speakers teetering unevenly with the bass, the sound is both old and new, a mix of the past and the present, like the participants in the dance, the traditional garments mixing with jeans and t-shirts until it is all a blur. It is Lag BaOmer, an obscure holiday to most, even to those who come to the fires. The remnants of the Jewish Revolt against the...
Published on Friday 18th of May 2012 03:18:48 AM
Ruby Ridge Survivor: 'Not the Legacy I Wanted to Leave My Son'
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One of the darkest times in our region's history ended with the deaths of a U.S. Marshal, a 14-year-old boy and a mother. In August 1992, a white separatist family in northern Idaho ended up in a days-long siege with federal agents that would ultimately end in bloodshed. | Read more about the siege from Tru TV Now almost 20 years later, Sara Weaver, who lived through it as a teenager is sharing her memories of Ruby Ridge. The devoutly religious Weaver family had come to Ruby Ridge prepared for the End Times and they were armed. Federal agents believed...
Published on Friday 18th of May 2012 03:18:48 AM
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