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Malkin: Dude Where's My Obamacare Waiver?

Michelle Malkin

From Townhall.com - More than one million Americans have escaped the clutches of the Democrats' destructive federal health care law. Lucky them. Their employers and labor representatives wisely applied for Obamacare waivers earlier this fall and got out while the getting was good. Now, it's time for Congress to create a permanent escape hatch for the rest of us. Repeal is the ultimate waiver. As you'll recall, President Obama promised repeatedly that if Americans liked their health insurance plan, they could keep it. "Nobody is talking about taking that away from you," the cajoler-in-chief assured. What he failed to communicate to low-wage and part-time workers across the country is that they could keep their plans -- only if their companies begged hard enough for exemptions from Obamacare's private insurance-killing regulations. Read here:

Larry Elder: The "White" vote

Larry Elder

From Townhall.com - "White America does not like having a black president." Thus pronounced Michael Moore in an appearance on "Real Time with Bill Maher." And Maher agreed, "That is the truth." "The statistics don't lie," Moore plowed ahead. "I'm not talking about polls. I'm talking about that the young people in '08 was the only -- do you know this? -- it's the only demographic -- white demographic -- that Obama won, 18- to 29-year-olds. Every other demographic, over 29, Obama lost the white vote. Every single one." Crime solved. Case closed. Book 'em, Danno. Except for one minor detail: No Democratic presidential candidate has won the "white vote" since 1964. Read here:

Government Motors Goes Back to Well

News New Mexico Note - We recall the idea of allowing individuals to make private investments in their Social Security accounts being shot down as a terrible idea. The same naysayers were all for using taxpayer dollars to prop up GM.......curious. From Bloomberg -- General Motors Co., which went bankrupt last year after almost a century on the New York Stock Exchange, returns to public trading today following an initial public offering that raised more than $20 billion. GM’s owners, including the U.S. Treasury, sold $15.8 billion of common shares at $33 each yesterday in the second- largest U.S. IPO on record, according to a statement. The company’s offering of $4.35 billion of preferred shares and an overallotment option may boost the total to $23.1 billion, more than the $22.1 billion raised by Beijing-based Agricultural Bank of China Ltd. in the biggest IPO of common stock in history. Read here:

Egg on Face of Eric Holder

1998 Embassy Bombing in Tanzania

From Bloomberg - The Obama administration may want to seek other ways to prosecute Guantanamo Bay inmates following a New York jury conviction of an alleged al-Qaeda bomber on only one of 285 counts in the 1998 attacks on U.S. embassies in Africa that killed 224 people. Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, 36, a Tanzanian citizen and the first detainee to face civilian trial, was found guilty yesterday in Manhattan federal court of conspiracy and cleared of all other charges, including 224 counts of murder stemming from the bombing of the embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya. Twelve U.S. citizens were among the dead in the near-simultaneous terrorist attacks. Read here:

GOP Writes Letter of Concern to Fed Chairman

John Boehner

From Bloomberg - The four top Republicans in Congress wrote to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke today expressing “deep concerns” over the central bank’s second- round of Treasury bond purchases. “While intended to improve the short-term growth of the U.S. economy and help maintain a stable price level, such a measure introduces significant uncertainty regarding the future strength of the dollar,” the letter said. The purchases could “result both in hard-to-control, long-term inflation and potentially generate artificial asset bubbles.” Read here:

Irish Look to E.U. for Bailout Funds

Patrick Hoohan

From Bloomberg - Irish central bank Governor Patrick Honohan said he expects the country to ask for a bailout from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund worth “tens of billions” of euros to rescue its battered banks. Ireland will probably pay an interest rate close to 5 percent, he said in an interview with Irish state broadcaster RTE today. A final decision hasn’t been reached, he said. A 5 percent rate would be similar to that offered to Greece when it requested a bailout in April. Read here:

Bernanke Briefs Senate Banking Committee on QE2

Ben Bernanke

From Bloomberg - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke met with Senate Banking Committee members on Capitol Hill today, in what two congressional aides said was a briefing on the Fed’s latest round of monetary stimulus. The meeting started around noon and 10 senators, including Republicans Richard Shelby of Alabama and Bob Corker of Tennessee, were seen entering the committee room. The session was held behind closed doors. Read here:

Aggie Women's Defeats UTEP 80-75 In Overtime

bleedCrimson.net Report
A late three by Erica Sanchez in regulation and perfect free throw shooting by Camila Rosen and Tabytha Wampler in overtime helped lead the Aggies to their fourth victory in a row over I-10 rival UTEP. Madison Spence led the Aggies with 18 points, six rebounds, seven assists and six steals in 38 minutes.

Erica Sanchez hit a three pointer with nine seconds left in regulation as the Aggies erased a nine-point deficit in the final two and a half minutes.

In overtime the Aggies took the first lead on a layup by Camila Rosen. After UTEP answered with a three pointer on the next possession, the Aggies would get a layup from Tabytha Wampler to go back in front 74-73. Green would answer with a layup to put UTEP back up by one 75-74 but Rosen would give the Aggies the lead back on a jumper with 1:16 left to play. The Miners would miss two shots and the Aggies would get the ball back with 17 seconds left. The Miners would foul Camila Rosen who calmly hit both free throws to give the Aggies a 78-75 lead. Green would miss a three point attempt and the Aggies would grab the rebound. UTEP would foul Tabytha Wampler with 1.4 seconds left and Wampler would hit both free throws to seal the game for the Aggies as they'd go on to win 80-75. Click here to read more.

Giddens Sets Kills Record; Aggie Swept By Utah State

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The Aggies bid farewell to their seniors on Wednesday night and Kayleigh Giddens recorded 14 kills to become the Aggies' all-time single season kills leader with 513 kills but the Aggies were swept by Utah State 3-0 losing 25-21, 19-25 and 20-25 to fall to 18-12 and 12-4 in WAC play as they head to Las Vegas, NV for the WAC Tournament.

Fellow senior Whitney Woods finished with nine kills and seven digs in her final home match. The Aggies hit just .040 in the match committing 31 errors and were blocked 15 times.

Liz McArthur finished with 10 kills and 12 digs while Shantell Durrant finished with 10 kills and eight block assists and hit .444 in the match.

The Aggies head to Las Vegas for the WAC Tournament where they have a bye into the semifinal round where they will face the winner of the 3 vs. 6 seed match on Monday night. Click here to read more.

New Mexico Independent shuts down

From NM Politics.com - by Heath Haussamen - The entire staff of The New Mexico Independent was laid off today and the site is largely shutting down because of a lack of funding. The organization plans to hire one freelance blogger from New Mexico to keep a minimal amount of content on the site, which will also stay online to preserve its archives, the president of The American Independent News Network, which publishes The Independent, said in an interview. But a news website that has had a massive impact on the Roundhouse in recent years is effectively done with that work – at least for now. “I’m devastated, and I am tremendously proud of my team and everything that we accomplished over the past 2.5 years,” Gwyneth Doland, The Independent’s editor, said in an interview. “We really changed the media landscape, and that will have a lasting effect in New Mexico even if the site ceases to exist.” David Bennahum, the president and CEO of The American Independent News Network, said the site’s annual funding from New Mexico-specific donors had declined from $187,000 in 2008 to $32,500 this year. “I just think those two numbers tell the story,” he said. “We can’t afford to cover that difference because our own national fundraising has been hit like everyone else in the world. It’s with a really heavy heart that we had to make this decision.” Read more

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