US Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), the chairman of the
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, tried to use his clout to secure a
bailout for a bank run by heavy-hitter political contributors to his campaign.
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Senator Prodded Fed to Aid Contributor's Ailing Bank Source: The Wall Street Journal
Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey urged the Federal Reserve last July to
approve an acquisition to save a struggling bank in his state. He didn't mention
that the bank's chairman and vice chairman were big contributors to his
political campaign. If the acquisition had been approved, it would have
prevented the two executives from losing what was left of their investments in
the bank.
New Errors
in IPCC Climate Change Report Source: The London Telegraph
The United Nations panel on climate change is facing fresh criticism today as
new factual errors and poor sources of evidence in its influential report to
government leaders are revealed. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s
report is supposed to be the world’s most authoritative scientific account of
the scale of global warming. But a series of new flaws have destroyed the
panel's credibility.
Top
British Scientist: UN's IPCC Losing Credibility Source: The Times of London
A leading British government scientist has warned the United Nations’ climate
panel to tackle its blunders or lose all credibility. Robert Watson, chief
scientist at Britain's environment ministry, who chaired the IPCC from 1997 to
2002, was speaking after inaccurate claims emerged that global warming could cut
rain-fed north African crop production by up to 50% by 2020. Professor Chris
Field, the new lead author of the IPCC’s climate impacts team, said he could
find nothing in the report to support the claim.
India
Forms New Climate Change Body, 'Cannot Rely' on IPCC Source: The London Telegraph
The Indian government has established its own body to monitor the effects of
global warming because it “cannot rely” on the United Nations’ Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change, the group headed by its own leading scientist Dr. R.K
Pachauri. The body and its chairman have faced growing criticism ever since as
questions have been raised on the credibility of their work and the rigor with
which climate change claims are assessed.
Moore
Seeks Million-Dollar Tax Credit to Cover Cost of Anti-Capitalist Film Source: CNS News
Filmmaker Michael Moore has been approved to receive a refundable tax credit of
up to $1 million from the State of Michigan Film Office for his 2009
documentary, “Capitalism: A Love Story,” and a Republican state senator in
Michigan wants her state's money back. Two years ago, Moore attacked the
movie-subsidizing program for giving "free money" to corporations.
Democrats
Pushing Back Against Carbon Regulations from the EPA Source: CNS News
Three House Democrats are now pushing legislation that would stop the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from regulating carbon emissions—a
decision the agency announced in December -- without express permission from the
Congress. One bill would amend the Clean Air Act to exclude regulations based on
global warming effects, while another would keep the EPA from regulating
greenhouse gases at all unless approved by Congress.
ACORN May
Be Eligible for Up to $4 Billion in Obama's 2011 Budget Source: The American Spectator
ACORN and other left-wing advocacy groups could be eligible for up to $3.99
billion in federal funding included in the $3.83 trillion fiscal 2011 budget
blueprint that President Obama unveiled yesterday. The $3.99 billion comes from
a congressional slush fund known as the Community Development Block Grant
program, which is part of the Department of Housing and Urban Development's
$48.5 billion fiscal 2011 budget. CDBG grants, which are awarded to states and
localities, pass indirectly to ACORN.
Soros
Funded Group Taking Aim at Secretary of State Offices Source: FOX News
In every major election since 2000 Secretaries of State have emerged as key,
often decisive, and partisan figures in the outcomes of those ballot battles.
According to Professor Robert Pastor of the Center for Democracy and Election
Management at American University, the situation has gotten so bad that the
partisan roles of the secretaries of states in the election process are
undermining the faith of Americans in the election process. And now there is a
quiet, below-the-radar but major effort to target secretary of state offices in
order to influence the outcome of upcoming elections.
House
Panel Seeks Probe of FBI Slaying of Radical Imam in Dearborn Source: The Detroit News
The US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee chairman is calling for an
independent federal investigation into the Oct. 28 fatal shooting of an Islamic
imam by FBI agents. FBI agents have said they were justified in shooting
Abdullah because he had opened fire on the agents during a raid on a
stolen-goods operation.
US
Attorney Considers Probe of SEIU Activities with White House Source: CNS News
Federal prosecutors are reviewing a request for an investigation into whether
Andy Stern, president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU),
violated the Lobbying Disclosure Act for his frequent visits to the White House
and with members of Congress in 2009. The key question is whether Stern or
Burger, no longer registered lobbyists, spent 20 percent of the work time in a
quarterly period lobbying lawmakers and whether they failed to report it.
Glacier
Scientist: I Knew Data Hadn't Been Verified Source: The Daily Mail
The scientist behind the bogus claim in a Nobel Prize-winning UN report that
Himalayan glaciers will have melted by 2035 last night admitted it was included
purely to put political pressure on world leaders. Dr Murari Lal also said he
was well aware the statement, in the 2007 report by the Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change, did not rest on peer-reviewed scientific research.
UN Climate
Chief Told of False Glacier Claims Before Copenhagen Source: The Times of London
The chairman of the leading climate change watchdog was informed that claims
about melting Himalayan glaciers were false before the Copenhagen summit.
Rajendra Pachauri was told that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
assessment that the glaciers would disappear by 2035 was wrong, but he waited
two months to correct it. He failed to act despite learning that the claim had
been refuted by several leading glaciologists.
