Remember when ‘Sanctuary City’ Los Angeles was up in arms because of the Arizona “illegal immigration” laws? Their mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa led the charge to boycott Arizona because it sought to lawfully defend itself from illegals with, among other things, a wall. Remember? Well now consider this:  LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has asked for approval for a six-foot-wall around the Getty House, the mayor’s official residence in Windsor Square, according to city documents. (more…)

– By ZMalfoy
I must start by admitting that I don’t know exactly why I’m writing this. All I know it that since reading Dagny’s Women’s Voting piece, I’ve felt the need. Nagging, pressing, annoying. That usually means there’s some manner of Divine impetus behind it. Maybe somewhere in this story is something one of you needs to read. Maybe I just need to tell the tale to some people who haven’t actually met me personally. Maybe between the telling and the reading, some measure of clarity or understanding is offered. I really, really don’t know.  (more…)

For Today… May today there be peace within. May you trust your highest power that you are exactly where you are meant to be. May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith. May you use those gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you. May you be content knowing you are a child of God. Let this presence settle into our bones, and allow your soul the freedom to sing and dance. It is there for each and every one of you. For all of us. 
What is on your mind this glorious weekend ?

ohh too funny…..  (The Wrap) Kathleen Parker, the co-host of “Parker Spitzer,” CNN’s four-month-old, ratings-challenged primetime show, is being dropped from the program, according to sources inside the CNN newsroom. Eliot Spitzer, her co-host, will remain, and beginning on Monday the show will be called “In the Arena.”
“We have decided to take the show in a new direction,” Ken Jautz, CNN’s president, wrote in a memo to staffers Friday. “We will be adopting an ensemble format with several newsmakers, guests and contributors joining Eliot Spitzer each night.”  (more…)

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Republicans in the Wisconsin Assembly took the first significant action on their plan to strip collective bargaining rights from most public workers, abruptly passing the measure early Friday morning before sleep-deprived Democrats realized what was happening.   The vote ended three straight days of punishing debate in the Assembly. But the political standoff over the bill – and the monumental protests at the state Capitol against it – appear far from over.  (more…)

*Prayers Desperately needed* Tearing Down Walls — Egyptian Style  For the last three days the Egyptian army has been systematically destroying the protective fences that Coptic Christians recently built around three of their monasteries. Three ancient monasteries in Egypt are among the oldest continuously functioning Christian religious establishments in the world. Until the recent insurrection and the overthrow of the Mubarak regime, the monasteries could count on the police protection from marauding Muslim zealots and thieves looking for valuable icons.  (more…)

I’ll bet this guy can at least keep the party crashers out… 🙂 h/t Bijou – (Washington Post) – The White House is set to make news and history this afternoon when it announces the new social secretary. Jeremy Bernard, currently the chief of staff to the U.S. ambassador to France, will become the third person to hold the job in the Obama administration. But he will be the first man and the first openly gay person to be the first family’s and the executive mansion’s chief event planner and host.  (more…)

1.) REBELS SIEZE OIL FIELDS – BENGHAZI, Libya, Feb 25 (Reuters) – Rebels in eastern Libya said on Friday they now controlled most of the oil fields east of the town of Ras Lanuf, and said they would honour oil deals as long as they were in the interest of the people. The eastern Libyan town of Brega and its oil terminal are under rebel control, and soldiers who have defected are helping the rebels to secure the port, Reuters witnesses said on Friday. (more…)

Whoot Whoot….. Shaking it up…. (AP) — With each bill, newly elected tea party lawmakers are offering Montanans a vision of the future. . . .  Some residents, Democratic Gov. Brian Schweitzer and even some Republican lawmakers say the bills are making Montana [too conservative]. And, they say, the push to nullify federal laws could be dangerous.  “We are the United States of America,” said Schweitzer. “This talk of nullifying is pretty toxic talk. That led to the Civil War.”  (more…)

(CBS News)- A resident of the increasingly violent Libyan capital of Tripoli told CBS Radio News Thursday that armed supporters of Muammar Qaddafi, the country’s longtime leader, have stormed into hospitals to shoot wounded demonstrators and take dead bodies to an unknown location.  (more…)