Truth, Lies and In Between

…here’s today’s reading list.

Guns/Gun Rights/RKBA

• Does Gun Ownership Promote Suicide?

• We’re Not Going to Have an “Adult Conversation” About State Violence, Are We?

• NRA chief: ‘Charade’ on guns was revealed in State of the Union

• NYC Teachers’ Pension Fund Sells All of Its Gun Stock

• MN Democrats Abandon National Conversation On Guns–Literally

 

Politics/Congress/Government

• Boehner challenges Senate Dems to take lead, pass Obama second-term agenda

• Lautenberg to retire from Senate, opening a path for Cory Booker

• Senate GOP blocks Hagel nomination in 58-40 vote

• VA AG: States are the last battleground for federalism and individual liberty

• Obama waging an ‘endless campaign’

• Cuccinelli presses Republicans to ‘pivot’ back to conservative principles

• Pelosi: Congressional pay cut undermines dignity of the job

• State of the Union is ratings flop; fewest viewers since 2000

• Rep. Wolf criticizes Obama for ignoring mental health, media violence in State of the Union

 

Government Scandals

• Napolitano: Obama’s Secret Court for Killing

• Contemporaneous account by Hagel supporter of 2007 speech

• Embattled senator criticized by New Jersey pols, residents

• Obama Claims Administration ‘Most Transparent in History’

• Lawmakers file bill to limit US drones, citing privacy concerns

• Generational Theft Needs To Be Arrested

 

Economics

• Senate Dems unveil $110 billion sequester-replacement package

• With 2 weeks until deadline, $85B sequester is looking inevitable

• White House endorses Senate sequester plan, urges House Republicans to act

• Lawmakers claim momentum in push for Internet sales tax

• Why Should I Care About the U.S. Debt?

• From Abba to Zeppelin

 

ObamaCare

• GOP senators introduce bill to repeal Medicare cost-cutting panel

• The Stoning of Dr. Ben Carson

 

Benghazi

• Official: Obama didn’t call Libya’s president on night of attack

 

Global Warming Scam/EPA

• Boxer, Sanders call for $1.2 trillion carbon tax

• Government includes climate change in biennial list of at-risk areas within the federal government

• GOP bills target ‘overreaching’ EPA

• Germany, Spain Set To Pull The Plug On Green Energy

 

Military/Defense News

• Obama’s sequestration plan appears DOA in Congress

• Congressman shames colleagues over defense cuts

• White House warns of sequestration damage across government

• Enlistees indicate readiness to leave corps if women ‘involuntarily’ posted in combat positions

• Purple Heart group: New medal ‘insulting’

 

Police/Sheriff/Law Enforcement

• We’re Not Going to Have an “Adult Conversation” About State Violence, Are We?

• Police Officer Frees Two Tangled Deer By Shooting Their Antlers

 

Media Bias/Hollywood Morons

• Column: Conservatives report, liberals whine

• Almost Like Reporting At The NYT

• Actors Who Turned Down Die Hard

 

Race/Race Baiting

• Apparently Shelia Jackson Lee Is A Freed Slave

• Jonah Goldberg: A Message To Obama, Served Cold

 

Misc.

• Twitter: Free Speech in 140 Characters

• Reuters: Meteorite hits central Russia, more than 500 people hurt