The Right Stuff In The Morning
Monday, January 12, 2014
Good morning! In the news today: Millions march in France, but not a senior Obama administration official in sight; Holder still learning to say "Islamist terrorist;" Obama amnesty to cost states billions; Cuban dissidents don't like Obama's new policy; Republicans united behind late-term abortion strategy; and the editor of the Paper of Record calls a fellow journalist an "asshole" for questioning the NYTs' refusal to publish the Muhammed cartoons.
Have a great day.
Keith
Millions rally in France . . . More than three million people have taken part in unity marches across France after 17 people died during three days of deadly attacks in Paris. Up to 1.6 million are estimated to have taken to the streets of the French capital. BBC
Obama's French Kiss-Off . . . Barack Obama n’est pas Charlie — or at least, he wasn’t this weekend. Don’t look for the president or vice president among the photos of 44 heads of state who locked arms and marched down Boulevard Voltaire in Paris. Nor did they join a companion march the French Embassy organized in Washington on Sunday afternoon. Politico
It will be fun to see how the White House explains this one. Luckily for Obama, it was too cold in DC for him to go golfing. But he was instead holed up in the White House, which looks almost as bad.
Kerry dismisses "quibbling," but will go to Paris . . . Secretary of State John Kerry called criticism that no top U.S. officials attended Sunday's massive march against terrorism in Paris "quibbling" Monday, even as he announced a trip to the French capital later this week for talks on countering Islamist violence. Fox News
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Obama amnesty to cost states billions . . . Obama’s new deportation amnesty will impose “billions of dollars in costs” on states — including more than $130 for each Texas driver’s license issued to illegal immigrants under the policy. Washington Times
Holder can't quite say we're at war with Islamists . . . "Well, I would say we are at war with terrorists who commit these heinous acts and who…use Islam," he said Sunday. The Blaze
Holder: No "stereotyping" terrorists . . . "We're not stereotyping anybody, but we're focused on those people who we have some reason to believe might engage in these kinds of activities." CNS News
Obama's Cuba move pulls rug out from dissidents . . . Dissidents in Cuba keen to get off the sidelines are reeling after the United States and the communist government said they will seek to end decades of Cold War bad blood. Following news of the historic shift, announced December 17, many members of illegal opposition groups were riled by what they see as a US failure to get Havana to make specific pledges on human rights before seeking a new relationship. AFP
Turns out the people Obama wants to "help" don't agree with the rapprochement.
Obama has little relationship with Congress . . . He hardly ever calls. When he does, it's all business. And that's Obama's vibe with top Democrats on Capitol Hill. With Republicans, there's even less chemistry. Associated Press
Obama: Everyone, "pitch in" . . . President Obama Friday called on everyone to “pitch in,” which as far as I can tell is code words for pay more taxes. White House Dossier
Obama proposes lots more free stuff . . . The White House Friday announced that Obama wants to make the first two years of community college free for all, a new bundle of free stuff that of course isn’t free and could cost taxpayers tens of billions of dollars. White House Dossier
HHS officials fly first class . . . HHS executives spent $31 million taking 7,000 first class and business class flights between 2009 and 2013, including 253 trips for which a one-way ticket cost more than $15,000. Washington Examiner
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Feinstein: Sleeper cells in United States . . . Former Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said Sunday she thinks terrorist sleeper cells are in the U.S. — a claim sure to spark even greater fears of a strike on the homeland as the White House launches new efforts to confront growing Islamist extremism around the globe. Washington Times
Iran eclipses U.S. as Iraq ally . . . In the eyes of most Iraqis, their country's best ally in the war against the Islamic State group is not the United States and the coalition air campaign against the militants. It's Iran, which is credited with stopping the extremists' march on Baghdad. Associated Press
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Republicans unite behind abortion strategy . . . Republicans are more united than they have been in years on a national strategy to combat abortion, using state legislatures and the new GOP Congress to push for banning the procedure after 20 weeks of pregnancy — a platform that also has the backing of the party’s presidential candidates. Politico
Big money actually looks blue . . . Democrats spent much of the 2014 campaign castigating Republican big money, but, it turns out, their side actually finished ahead among the biggest donors of 2014 – at least among those whose contributions were disclosed. Politico
GOP targets Harry Reid . . . Even in a year where many of the Senate's most vulnerable incumbents are Republicans, the National Republican Senatorial Committee thinks the minority leader faces the greatest risk. National Journal
Reid accident caught on video! . . . Harry’s injuries were in fact the result of an attempted coup d’etat by his Senate second in command, Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin of Illinois. Yes, it's satire. White House Dossier
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Boko Haram may have killed thousands in Nigeria . . . Musa Alhaji Bukar, a senior government official in the area, said that fleeing residents told him that Baga, which had a population of about 10,000, was now "virtually non-existent." BBC
Why so little attention to this? Because it's black people in Africa? Where are the marchers? An African official one lamented that if you kill a hundred elephants in Africa, its big news, but kill a thousand people, nobody cares.
Israeli analysts say France ignored anti-semitic terror . . . Columnist says French intelligence agencies “just didn’t want to deal with Islamic terror for political reasons, both because of France’s involvement in the Arab world and because 10 percent of its residents are Moslem. The French security services insisted on not touching Islamic terror professionally. As long as the Jews were the only ones getting killed, they didn‘t really care and could just go back to business as usual.” Washington Free Beacon
The Muslim who risked his life to save Jews . . . Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu personally thanked him. French politicians called for him to be awarded France’s highest honor. And now, just days after a deadly terrorist attack hit a Parisian kosher store, he was dubbed the “Malian Muslim,” the man who risked everything to save the lives of some Jews. Washington Post
Hungarian PM: Halt immigration . . . Immigration to Europe should be largely halted, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said late on Sunday, demanding a robust EU response to last week's killings in France. Reuters
Europe should recognize that if immigrants are not being assimilated, then immigrations should be limited. But watch, political correctness will prevail over self-preservation.
Attacks spur Muslim soul searching . . . The past year has seen increasing voices among Muslims saying their community must re-examine their faith to modernize its interpretations and sideline extremists. Associated Press
"I am Charlie." Now you tell us? . . . The world outpouring of sympathy after the deadly "Charlie Hebdo" attack has touched many in France but some either detect a note of hypocrisy or feel squeamish about supporting a satirical weekly that antagonized many. Reuters
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City removes sculpture of soldier kneeling at cross . . . Until a few days ago, a war memorial in a public park in North Carolina included a metal sculpture depicting a soldier kneeling in prayer before a cross. But city officials voted to remove the sculpture to settle a lawsuit claiming the artwork promoted Christianity. Fox News
Classy: NYTs editor calls journo an "asshole" . . . New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet called a journalism professor an “asshole” on Facebook, during an argument over the Times’ decision to not publish the Charlie Hebdo cartoons of Muhammad. Washington Free Beacon
Feds fund Syrian hamster research . . . The National Science Foundation (NSF) is giving an assistant professor nearly $20,000 to write a dissertation on the mating habits of Syrian hamsters. Washington Free Beacon
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