Democrats could not even muster 40 votes in support…. not.even.close.

WASHINGTON DC – Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said on Monday that a controversial assault weapons ban will not be part of a Democratic gun bill that was expected to reach the Senate floor next month.

After a meeting with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Monday, a frustrated Feinstein said she learned that the bill she sponsored — which bans 157 different models of assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines — wouldn’t be part of a Democratic gun bill to be offered on the Senate floor. Instead, it can be offered as an amendment. But its exclusion from the package makes what was already an uphill battle an almost certain defeat. (more…)

Predictable in the extreme….

WASHINGTON DC – Democrats are defending President Barack Obama’s provocative March 18 pick to head the Department of Labor, Tom Perez, by highlighting his Hispanic heritage.

“This morning: RNC autopsy warned GOP to improve Hispanic outreach. This afternoon: Senate Rs fight Hispanic nominee,” said a tweet from Sen. Harry Reid’s digital media advisor, Faiz Shakir.

Brad Woodhouse, the spokesman for the Democratic National Committee, broadcast a tweet from teachers’ union leader, saying “This is why GOP does so poorly with Latinos. Perez deserves better.” (more…)

PHILADELPHIA – The Philadelphia Human Relations Commission has launched an investigation at the request of the mayor after a well-known magazine published an essay that explored perspectives of white citizens on the issue of race relations.

Mayor Michael Nutter called on the commission to consider rebuking both Philadelphia Magazine and writer Bob Huber noting that “the First Amendment, like other constitutional rights, is not an unfettered right.”:

While I fully recognize that constitutional protections afforded the press are intended to protect the media from censorship by the government, the First Amendment, like other constitutional rights, is not an unfettered right, and notwithstanding the First Amendment, a publisher has a duty to the public to exercise its role in a responsible way. I ask the Commission to evaluate whether the “speech” employed in this essay is not the reckless equivalent of “shouting ‘fire!’ in a crowded theater,” its prejudiced, fact-challenged generalizations an incitement to extreme reaction.

Nutter’s fury was directed at a cover story titled, “Being White in Philly.” The story included conversations with mostly anonymous residents who detailed race relations in the City of Brotherly Love. (more…)

On Tuesday 19th of March the day the  Church remembers Saint Joseph, less than a week after his election as 265^th Successor of Peter , Pope Francis  was back in Saint Peter’s  Square.

It was 9:30 on the dot and a glorious sunny day and this first Jesuit and first Latin American Pope was there amid crowds, thousand strong, to celebrate the liturgical rite of inauguration of his Petrine Ministry.The Sacred College of Cardinals to elect him to the papacy – formed a crown around him – eager to present him to the Universal Church as the Chief Shepherd;   And was with them in procession – to the sound of the singing of the Litany of the Saints – that  Pope Francis emerged from the great door of Saint  Peter’s Basilica.

Wearing white vestments he made his way to the altar – removing  the  two pointed mitre symbolising the old and new testaments and  putting down the pastoral staff he was carrying.

Despite the crowds there was prayerful silence in Saint Peter’s Square; Christians and non-Christians alike had come  eager to witness the rite in which the Bishop of Rome was to receive  the two liturgical symbols of his  Petrine Ministry: the fisherman’s ring in gold-plated silver representing the Apostle Peter and the keys;  And the pallium, a narrow stole of white wool made out of lamb’s wool and sheep wool and embroidered with five red silk crosses symbolizing the five wounds of  Christ – held in place by  three pins representing the three nails of Christ.

The celebration  began with the pallium being placed on the pope’s shoulders by the proto-deacon  Cardinal Jean Louis Tauran, representing the culminating moment of this inauguration. It had been symbolically laid out over the tomb of Saint Peter overnight – as a sign of the continuity of the papacy. Continue reading.

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.

For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †

(Daily Mail) Sunday evening’s episode of the History Channel’s hit series ‘The Bible’ threw up an awkward coincidence when viewers noticed that Satan bore a remarkable resemblance to President Obama.

Twitter exploded into life during the airing of the latest edition of the Mark Burnett-produced series with most noting the striking similarities between the 44th President and the devil played by actor Mehdi Ouzaani.

The show has been a surprise hit in the ratings, with the religious mini-series attracting 13.1 million viewers on Wednesday – topping television leviathan American Idol’s 12.8 million viewers on Wednesday.  (continue reading)

Those of you who follow events know the program.   Today the institutional liberal legacy media is following the progressive script.   They have a few agenda items for today.

1.)  Dismiss the positive effect from the recent CPAC convention for conservatives by highlighting the “division within the Republican party”.

Not wanting to afford any actual substantive discussion surrounding the CPAC convention the media will highlight any and all negative opportunities with panelists and pundits proclaiming how the GOP has lost its way. (more…)

Today President Obama officially announced his selection for Labor Secretary, Tom Perez.

To call Perez a radical is to do an injustice to the term itself.  Tom Perez is a racial radical, a specific and intentional race based politico of the highest order.

Much of the information you will read about Perez will outline his warm affection to Islam in general, and to Sharia Law specifically.    That alone should be alarming to the casually interested.   But his ideological perspectives and his previous institutional activity within the Dept Of Justice should raise alarm levels to infinity. (more…)

Mark O’Mara has filed a motion with the court for reconsideration of Judge Nelson’s prior ruling regarding Benjamin Crump’s ineligibility for deposition.  (pdf here)

Update:  We’ve loaded the pdf to another hosting site because O’Mara’s servers are overloaded:   You can also read motion HERE  (we’ll also tweet the link)

This motion will affectionately be called “Tara’s Motion“, because the diligence of Treeper Tara appears to have given the defense a key tool in its position. Specifically the ABC audio tape which was mysteriously uploaded onto the ABC website on February 28th, which Tara discovered.

There are multiple substantive arguments in the motion filed by O’Mara outlining the defense position that Trayvon Martin family attorney, Benjamin Crump, is specifically a key witness for deposition surrounding all of the elements regarding discovery of Witness #8, Dee Dee; Who, coincidently was deposed last Friday. (more…)