Obama Watch Headlines & Features... 7/13/10

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Secretary Salazar issues new suspensions to guide safe pause on deepwater drilling - U.S. Department of the Interior -Update-
Source  <http://www.briefing.com/Platinum/InDepth/InPlay.htm>
Obama administration issuing new deepwater drilling ban
<http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/07/12/gulf.oil.disaster/index.html?section=cnn_latest>
Obama Administration Uses New ‘Restore the Gulf’ Web Site to Spin Its ‘Quick’ Response to the Oil Spill <http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/69316>
BP Oil Spill: Containment Cap Installed on Leak, As Anger Surges Over Slow Claims Payouts <http://abcnews.go.com/WN/bp-oil-spill-containment-cap-reaches-leak-anger/story?id=11145052>
Donald Berwick vs. Adam Smith
<http://www.verumserum.com/?p=15722>
LA Times Calls Republicans “Irrational” for Opposing Socialist Dr. Berwick
<http://www.verumserum.com/?p=15722>
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Suspected Spies Disappear After Swap
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703580104575361001079323076.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLTopStories>
Barefoot Bandit's' 2-Year Run From Law Is Over
  <http://www.newsmax.com/US/CB-Bahamas-Teen-Fugitive/2010/07/11/id/364311>
Domestic ...
Administration
Robert Gibbs Misleads on Iran on 'Meet the Press'
  <http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/robert-gibbs-iran-meet/2010/07/12/id/364364>
Obama to Attend Groundbreaking for LG Chem Plant in U.S.
<http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/07/12/2010071200717.html>
Experts to Obama: You Can’t Ignore the Islamic Ideology Behind Terrorism
<http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/69300>
U.S. Spent $410,624 on Project to Teach Chinese Meditation to Cocaine Addicts
<http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/69160>
U.S. Fails to Punish Sudan, Despite Threatened Clampdown
<http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/69311>
US Media Mogul Zuckerman Admits Writing Obama’s Speech
<http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/>
Mort Zuckerman: Obama Is Barely Treading Water
The president's problem is simple: the economy and jobs
<http://politics.usnews.com/opinion/mzuckerman/articles/2010/07/02/mort-zuckerman-obama-is-barely-treading-water.html>
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Confidence in Obama reaches new low, Washington Post-ABC News poll finds
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/12/AR2010071205453_pf.html>
Rasmussen: Half Rate Obama’s Economic Performance Poor
<http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/HalfRateObama%E2%80%99sEconomicPerformancePoor/2010/07/12/id/364347>
Michelle Obama Rouses NAACP Before Vote Condemning 'Racist' Elements of Tea Party
<http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/naacp-tea-party-civil-rights-group-considers-resolution/story?id=11144640>
Michelle Obama to NAACP: “America Is Still Unequal” (Video)
<http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/>
NASA Administrator Bolden thrown under the bus
<http://www.wizbangblog.com/>
No White House Words On Reid's Criticism of Obama
<http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/US-Obama-Reid/2010/07/12/id/364425>
Obama: Relief Work in Haiti Must Continue
<http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/US-US-Haiti/2010/07/12/id/364422>
Economy
More Americans' Credit Scores Sink to New Lows
<http://www.newsmax.com/US/US-Credit-Scores-New/2010/07/12/id/364322>
Secret gold swap has spooked the market
It takes a lot to spook the solid old gold market. But when it emerged last week that one or more banks had lent 380 tonnes of gold to the Bank of International Settlements in return for foreign currencies, there was widespread surprise and confusion
   <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/markets/7884272/Secret-gold-swap-has-spooked-the-market.html>
Diamond Offshore Drilling announces relocation of Deepwater Ocean confidence to the Congo  -Update-
Source  <http://www.briefing.com/Platinum/InDepth/InPlay.htm>
Abortion, Life & Family Issues
Government’s New $25-Million Fund to Help Pregnant Teens May Benefit Abortion Providers, Pro-Family Advocates Say
  <http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/69257>
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Dad Throws Toddler Into Traffic: Cops
<http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local-beat/Man-Throws-Toddler-Into-Traffic-Cops-98235489.html>
Congress
Senate Committee That Failed to Hold Confirmation Hearing for Obama's Medicare Czar Held Only 12 Hearings of Any Kind Between Obama's Nomination and Recess Appointment
  <http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/69213>
White House: ‘Vitally Important’ for Berwick to Assume Medicare Job, Given Health Care Challenges  <http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/69294>
GOP's Barrasso: Healthcare Rationing on the Horizon
<http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/barrasso-gop-healthcare-obama/2010/07/12/id/364434>
Democrats battle anti-business charges with a $30B credit fund
  <http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/108335-democrats-battle-anti-business-charges-with-a-30b-credit-fund>
Lieberman, Kerry make last-ditch appeal on scaled-back climate bill
  <http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/677-e2-wire/108331-lieberman-kerry-make-last-ditch-scaled-back-climate-push>
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Brown Says He Will Vote for Regulation Overhaul
<http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/US-Financial-Overhaul/2010/07/12/id/364399>
Two New England Republican Senators Say They’ll Support Financial Regulations Bill
<http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/69318>
Another Democrat Congressman Loses Temper on Camera
<http://www.breitbart.tv/another-democrat-congressman-loses-temper-on-camera/>
Issa wants answers on White House’s Google ties
<http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/108183-issa-wants-answers-connected-to-white-houses-google-ties>
Democrats and AARP want to make IRA enrollment automatic
<http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/108319-dems-aarp-want-to-make-ira-enrollment-automatic>
Senate candidates avoid giving views on Kagan nomination
<http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/108277-gop-dem-senate-candidates-avoid-giving-views-on-kagan-nomination>
Dems push teleworking bill after February’s monster snowfall
<http://thehill.com/homenews/house/108291-dems-push-teleworking-cite-februarys-monster-snowfall>
Defense
Taranis: The £143million unmanned stealth jet that will hit targets in another continent
  <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1294037/Taranis-The-143million-unmanned-stealth-jet-hit-targets-continent.html>
IRS
Too Rich to Live?
  <http://finance.yahoo.com/taxes/article/110047/too-rich-to-live?mod=taxes-advice_strategy&sec=topStories&pos=5&asset=&ccode=>
Politics
Republican Senator Says He Backs Birther Lawsuits
<http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/US-Republican-Senator-Birthers/2010/07/12/id/364417>
Radical NAACP Leftists Propose Resolution Condemning “Tea Party Racism” …Update: NAACP Leader Goes Off Message; Says NAACP Needs to Be Like Tea Party
  <http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/>
We Will Not Be Silenced! St. Louis Tea Party Passes Resolution Condemning NAACP Racism  <http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/>
NAACP Leftists Claim “Hardcore White Supremists” Are Behind Tea Party Movement
<http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/>
NAACP will vote today on whether you are a racist
<http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/naacp-will-vote-today-on-whether-you-are-a-racist-98309109.html>
DNC to Dems: BP is the New Halliburton
  <http://www.verumserum.com/>
Tea Party and the Path to Power
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703283004575362950960543866.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsThird>
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Gingrich Says He's Considering a Presidential Run
<http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/US-Gingrich-2012/2010/07/12/id/364395>
Dick Morris: Palin Still 2012 GOP Front-runner
<http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/frontrunner-gop-palin-gingrich/2010/07/12/id/364429>
Felons Voting Illegally May Have Put Franken Over the Top in Minnesota, Study Finds
<http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/07/12/felons-voting-illegally-franken-minnesota-study-finds/>
New Opera Focuses on Bill Clinton's Life
[Note:   Perhaps it's really meant to be used as the latest tool for breaking terrorists.   However, might it be considered torture? - hm]
<http://politics.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2010/7/12/bill-clinton-the-opera.html?s_cid=rss:washington-whispers:bill-clinton-the-opera>
Paul Draws Backlash to Comments About Poverty
<http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/US-Kentucky-Senate/2010/07/12/id/364431>
Media
Bill O’Reilly: Media Networks Are Not Honest & Their Agenda Is to Protect Obama (Video)
  <http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/>
International …
World Economy
European banks mull 20-bln-euro private bailout fund: report
<http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.52aaecd5163193d157ceda171921ca51.d1&show_article=1>
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Greece successfully sells $1.625 bln euros of 6 month t-bills - CNBC
Source <http://www.briefing.com/Platinum/InDepth/InPlay.htm>
Middle East
Report: Israel's Military, Intelligence Failed in Flotilla Raid
<http://www.newsmaxworld.com/global_talk/Israel_Flotilla_Raid/2010/07/12/330516.html>
Cuba
Fidel Castro to appear on Cuban television and radio
  <http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66B1OP20100712>
Opinion …
Giving Effect to the Natural Law
By Patrick McKinley Brennan   
  <http://www.thecatholicthing.org/>
San Francisco Heretic
By John Batchelor on July 12, 2010 6:46 PM 
  <http://johnbatchelorshow.com/jb/2010/07/speaking-san-francisco-public-defender/>
The October Surprise Is Coming
By Pamela Geller
<http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/07/the_october_surprise_is_coming.html>
The First Special Interest
By Russell Nagelkirk
  <http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/07/the_first_special_interest.html>
Sex and State Power
By Bookworm
<http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/07/sex_and_state_power.html>
Conservative and Latino
By Gil Dominguez
<http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/07/conservative_and_latino.html>
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