Truth, Lies and In Between

…here’s today’s reading list.

Government/Politics

• Obama claims constitutional power to override the limits on detainee transfers…

• CRUZ UNLEASHED ON SENATE…

• Failed coup effort against Boehner highlights House GOP divisions

• Biden gets frisky with senator’s wife…

• Poll Shows Dem Support for Israel Fading

• NJ gov slams House GOP for failing to pass Sandy bill stuffed with pork barrel spending

• White House fails to represent women in latest Flickr photo

• Boehner reelected as Speaker; nine Republicans defect in vote

• Cochran ousts Roberts as top Republican on Agriculture Committee

• The Washington Post: White House pushes forward on immigration ahead of bigger reform fight

• Durbin urges Illinois legislature to legalize gay marriage

• Tea Party Express head predicts Sen. Chambliss will be ‘primaried’

• Will the Senate Minority Be Silenced?

• The Death of Privacy

• States serve as conservative beacon of hope

• Brown Plans Education Funding Shift in Calif.

• Already European

• What Are the 10 Worst Regulations of 2012?

Economics

• RAW DEAL: Workers making $30,000 to take bigger hit than those earning $500,000…

• Furniture company hailed by Obama closes…

• Boehner vows to reduce debt after narrow reelection as House Speaker

• The right’s unwitting Obama apologists

• December jobs report: 155K jobs added, jobless rate stays at 7.8%

• Norquist: GOP Must Insist on ‘Dollar-for-Dollar’ Spending Cuts

• Rep. Steve Scalise: President Obama Risks Turning America Into Greece

• Rand Paul: Republicans Must Hold Firm on Debt Limit

• Tax Policy Center: Middle Class to Take Substantial Tax Hit

• CNNMoney: 3 Million Workers Are Beyond Discouraged

• Take the Hostage

• What Is Really in the Bloated Sandy Aid Package?

Guns/Gun Rights/Self Defense

• FBI: More People Killed with Hammers, Clubs Each Year Than Rifles…

• Illinois Dems advance gun control bills; handguns, pump shotguns in ban…

• Lawmaker Proposes Publicizing Gun Owners’ Names…

• Liberals Who Cling to Their Guns

• New Year Stampede

Military

• Potential SecDef nominee tried to shut down USO port in Israeli city of Haifa, sources say

 

Middle East/Islam/Muslim/Jihad

• Egypt’s Morsi: No Peace With Descendants of ‘Apes and Pigs’

• Egypt: US-Made Missiles Seized Near Gaza

 

Media Bias/Hollyweird

• Pro-fracking filmmaker calls Matt Damon ‘liar’…

• Column: Tax deal is a victory for Hollywood cronyism

• MSM Gives Us the Mushroom Treatment on HHS Mandate

• MSNBC Guest Draws Parallel Between Gun Owners And Child Molesters

Global Warming Scam/EPA

• Green Gore sells to one of world’s biggest oil exporters!

• Virginia scores an important victory against the EPA

 

Misc.

• Potheads could soon get weed from vending machines…

• World’s former fattest man loses 630lbs!

• Connecticut town to burn violent video games…

• The Most Persecuted Religion