Truth, Lies and In Between

…here’s today’s reading list.

Guns/Gun Rights/RKBA

• ‘Smart gun’ releases in 2013 will pose threats to gun rights
• Democrats bypass checks and balances to halt open gun carry law in Mississippi
• Proposed bridge over gun divide built on shaky foundation

 
Politics/Congress/Government

• Conservative groups struggling to recruit candidates in key races
• Democrats land top recruit to challenge McConnell in Kentucky
• Lawmaker pushing to split farm bill finding ‘a lot of interest’ in GOP

 
Government Scandals

• Dem resolution would let ‘mobile Congress’ cast votes from home

 
NSA Wiretapping Scandal

• OBAMA SCRAMBLES TO LIMIT BUG FALLOUT…
• Europe Raises Heat Over Spying…
• FT: Obama has crumbled as fantasy hero…
• NSA Bugging of EU Offices Leaves Officials “Deeply Worried,” “Shocked”
• After NSA leaks Jihadists flock to federally funded Tor network to hide activities
• Allies turn on US over Snowden
• Snowden withdraws Russian asylum request
• Putin keeps Obama, Washington on edge over Snowden end game
• Snowden: Obama using ‘old, bad political tools of aggression’

 
Economics

• Demand for big pickup trucks fuels auto sales…
• GOP blames Senate Democrats as student loan rates spike
• New scheduling rules for truck drivers take effect
• Snowden’s Revelations Could Jeopardize EU-US Trade Deal

 
Constitutional Issues

• UPDATE: Jury Acquits Anti-Bank Chalk Protester…

 
Illegal Immigration/Shamnesty/Amnesty

• POLL: Rubio Inches Up 1% Among Hispanics…
• CA Officials Estimate White, Latino Population Now Equal…
• Is the Senate’s Immigration Bill a Civil Liberties Nightmare? Depends on Who You Ask.
• The New York Times: GOP groups offering cover for lawmakers on immigration

Arizona

• ‘Hotshot’ Firefighters Doomed by Sudden Turn in Flames…
• First pictures …
• Young, dedicated, beloved…
• ‘Our kids will remember them as heroes’…

International

• Russia loses satellites as launch ends in failure…
• Toxic fireball…
• Rep. Peter King: ‘KGB thug’ Putin outsmarting Obama over Snowden

 
China

• CHINARUSSIA HOLD LARGEST MILITARY DRILL EVER….

 
Obamacare/Healthcare/HHS

• Democrats trying to suppress confusion, hide cost of ObamaCare…
• UNITEDHEALTH to exit individual insurance market in CA…
• FLASHBACK: AETNA Exits…
• Limbaugh: Obamacare GOP’s ‘Golden Opportunity’…

 
Chicagoland/Obamaland

• Michelle Obama: Being First Lady is like living in a ‘really nice prison’
• TEXAS SHOWDOWN: Kids recruited to hold ‘pro-choice’ sign featuring wire hanger…

United Nations

• U.N. official under fire for appearing on truther’s radio show

 
Department of Injustice (DOJ)

• McCain Challenges DOJ’s Redefinition of Sexual Harassment

 
Department of Homeland Stupidity (DHS)

• Mica: TSA ‘cooked the books’ to inflate screening costs

 
Global Warming Scam/EPA

• Chemical, oil companies fear potential EPA rule will expose trade secrets
• Opinion: Stop Obama’s war on coal
• GOP seeks to tie McConnell foe to Obama climate policy

 
Police/Sheriff/Law Enforcement

• Police shoot dog defending owner as cops arrested him — for filming them…
• Police dept sparks controversy with fake drug checkpoints…

 
Military/Defense News/Veterans/DOD

• Hearing set for Fort Hood shooting suspect
• Pentagon wanted searchable database of people’s lives — in 2003…
• Prosecutors Near the End of Their Case Against Bradley Manning
• Report: Petraeus getting $200K from college

 
Middle East/Muslim/Islam/Jihad Douche Bags/Terrorism

• Morsi rejects ultimatum…
• Protesters mass before deadline…
• Muslim Bros prepare defense force…
• U.S. calls for early elections…
• Up to 6,000 jihadists now fighting with al Qaeda groups in Syria

 
Science/Tech/Computer

• Scientist Says Close to Human Head Transplant…

 
Misc.

• Vatican commission clears John Paul II sainthood…
• CA Utility Shuts Off Power To 50,000 Residents To Protect Firefighters…
• Do Traditional Marriage Supporters Deserve to Be Treated with Dignity?