Progressives demanding their trough be kept full of taxpayer funds are alarmed at the GOP considerations for spending reductions.   (ABC News) — As Congress prepares to make deep spending cuts, an army of lobbyists is gearing up to fight back. In an e-mail obtained by ABC News, a top staffer for the key Senate Appropriations subcommittee called for a meeting of lobbyists and interest groups that would be affected by expected cuts to the Labor and Heath and Human Services budget. The Jan. 24 meeting was attended by approximately 400 people, sources told ABC, and served as a “call to arms” for those determined to fight Republican budget cuts.  (more…)

It’s Official.  “Obamanomics exists in a parallel universe”! Consider this from the Economic Poicy Institute, and Heidi Shierholz.   Huh?… 
Jobs are heading up and down at the same time?   The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced the morning of Feb. 4 that only 36,000 jobs were added in the month of January, but the unemployment rate dropped from 9.4 percent to 9.0 percent. The mainstream news media will likely latch on to the dropping unemployment rate, despite job gains that were less than one-fourth of the consensus estimate of 148,000 jobs added. One of the CNBC panelists noted that the increase was “way below consensus.”  (more…)

Good Morning Everyone.  Much to be thankful for this week.  Another beautiful Sunrise.  Despite our challenges we have the grace and comfort of abiding fellowship.  Everyone is safe;  and we have a treat in store for tomorrow.  Stella will be leading off the day with her very first Thread Post.  It will be the Open Thread for Saturday.  I’m gonna tell you right now to expect something great.  I have read it, and it is frilliant.  Just like Sharon’s wonderful Mailbox and Old Barns posts on Sunday;  Stella has drawn upon the same beautiful frilliance and it is really, really, special.  You might even need a kleenex or ten.    Now what’s going on in your neck of the woods?

From the land of the progressively absurd….  We don’t just report the news, we create it.(Fox Nation) ABC and reporter John Quinones on Thursday stretched the bounds of journalism, hiring an actor to play a racist security guard as a way of testing how the people of Arizona would react to the state’s “anti-immigration law.” Previewing the network’s “What Would You Do?” segment for Friday’s 20/20, Quinones explained the undercover concept: “So, I go undercover, pretending to be someone who is about to be arrested and deported, simply by the way I look.”   (more…)

Hey, I know everyone is dealing with this horrid weather in their own way, but this morning when I read Gracies post about ice-roads, and I keep reading really bad stories all over the web about all the states where people are getting hurt in accidents etc. etc.  Then I see this sign.  Yikes
I have a genuine sense of worry for our troop.   I pray that everyone stays safe, and all our journeys bring us back home safely.  Everyone is busy, that’s good, but  please check in from time to time so we know all are ok.  I’ve never had that thought before and it just makes me jittery.   God please watch over everyone during their travels and keep them safe.  Amen.

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Said before it ain’t happenchance when something like this is going on.  I wonder how many clinics this group actually visited before they went public. (Daily Caller)- Less than a week after releasing an undercover video exposing a New Jersey Planned Parenthood clinic aiding a sex trafficking ring, Live Action has put out another video from a Richmond, Va. Planned Parenthood clinic showing the center agreeing to help a pimp get secret abortions and birth control for underage sex workers.  (more…)

I just read an article about the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.  First the article then my thoughts: 
Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood Says it Will Scrap Peace Treaty With Israel if it Comes to Power…  Egypt’s banned Muslim Brotherhood movement has unveiled its plans to scrap a peace treaty with Israel if it comes to power, a deputy leader said in an interview with NHK TV. (more…)

h/t JenniferH  — Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) – – The Obama Administration acted in contempt by continuing its deepwater drilling moratorium after the policy was struck down, a New Orleans judge ruled.  Interior Department regulators acted with “determined disregard” by lifting and reinstituting a series of policy changes that restricted offshore drilling, following the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history, U.S. District Judge, Martin Feldman of New Orleans ruled yesterday. “Each step the government took following the court’s imposition of a preliminary injunction showcases its defiance,” Feldman said in the ruling.   (more…)

…or as the Norse would say, “Thor’s Day”. What better way to begin the second entire day of our new blog than to pick up a hammer and start whacking things into shape.
If you’d prefer the Roman slant on Thursday…we’ll just say, “By Jupiter”, it’s good to be back together again!
Now, let’s get back to work and continue building this blog.
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