Truth, Lies and In Between

…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