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PrairiePundit: Egypt and Syria are basket case economies
David Goldman:
Syria and Egypt are dying. They were dying before the Syrian civil war broke out and before the Muslim Brotherhood took power in Cairo. Syria has an insoluble civil war and Egypt has an insoluble crisis because they are dying. They are d...
Dateline: 2013-06-19 5:34pm -07:00T (696 words)
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PrairiePundit: Energy will drive a new boom in the US
PBS:
Paul Solman: In 2005, Charles Morris became convinced that a debt crash was inevitable. In 2006, he began his 10th book to make and explain his prediction. In 2007, he delivered the manuscript, and at the beginning of 2008, Public Affairs Books pu...
Dateline: 2013-06-19 5:34pm -07:00T (405 words)
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PrairiePundit: Egypt tourism minister resigns over appointment of man from group that murdered tourist
Guardian:
Egypt's tourism minister has resigned in protest over the appointment as Luxor governor of a member of a hardline Islamist group associated with terrorists who killed at least 58 tourists in 1997.Hisham Zaazou, whose resignation has not yet b...
Dateline: 2013-06-19 5:34pm -07:00T (299 words)
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PrairiePundit: Gov. Perry was right about vaccine for young girls
NY Times:
Vaccine Credited in Fall of Teenagers’ HPV Infection Rate
The prevalence of dangerous strains of the human papillomavirus dropped by half among teenage girls in the last decade, a striking measure of success for the vaccine.
I alway...
Dateline: 2013-06-19 4:19pm -07:00T (87 words)
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PrairiePundit: Chemical engineers pulling down $140,000 a year in Texas
Fuel Fix:
Chemical engineers in the United States are pulling a median salary of $120,000, a 9 percent hike since 2011, according to the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. And unemployment in the field has dropped to 2.1 percent, from 3.8 percen...
Dateline: 2013-06-19 10:04am -07:00T (149 words)
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PrairiePundit: Many Americans not feeling better off this year
CNN:
They're still a minority, but an increasing number of Americans say economic conditions right now are good, according to a new national poll.But a CNN/ORC International survey released Wednesday morning also indicates that a plurality of the pub...
Dateline: 2013-06-19 10:04am -07:00T (266 words)
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PrairiePundit: The Texas presidential preference poll
Dallas Morning News:
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"Rand Paul and Ted Cruz present some problems for the Democrats," said Daron Shaw, co-director of the poll and a government professor at UT-Austin. "The prototypical Tea Party candidate is seen as a little crazy, a little...
Dateline: 2013-06-19 8:48am -07:00T (139 words)
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PrairiePundit: The CBO fantasy numbers on immigration reform
Daniel Horowitz:
Repealing Obamacare will increase the deficit by $109 billion over 10 years.That was a headline from a CBO report in May when Republicans voted on full repeal of Obamacare. Somehow, when it comes to ascertaining the costs of wronghead...
Dateline: 2013-06-19 8:48am -07:00T (423 words)
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PrairiePundit: Dempsey's Benghazi testimony questioned
CNSNews:
An attorney whose firm represents two Benghazi whistleblowers said Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, lied to the Senate when he said there was never a “stand down†order during the Benghazi attack on Sept. 11, 201...
Dateline: 2013-06-19 8:48am -07:00T (301 words)
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PrairiePundit: Al Qaeda threat grows
Bill Gertz:
The threat posed by al Qaeda terrorism around the world continues to increase despite President Barack Obama’s recent claim that the central group behind the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks is on the path to defeat, according to U.S. and foreign ...
Dateline: 2013-06-19 7:48am -07:00T (401 words)
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PrairiePundit: US farm bill has subsidies for Brazilian cotton farmers
Fox News:
Americans could be on the hook to send Brazilian cotton farmers millions of dollars if Congress passes the current version of the farm bill making its way through both chambers. The measure is just one of dozens of provisions and amendments t...
Dateline: 2013-06-18 5:33pm -07:00T (283 words)
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PrairiePundit: 60 % say border security most important immigration reform
CNN:
While a small majority of Americans are in favor of the immigration bill currently before the U.S. Senate, according to a new national poll the old and young don't see eye to eye on the issue.And a CNN/ORC International survey also indicates that ...
Dateline: 2013-06-18 12:49pm -07:00T (157 words)
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PrairiePundit: Obama phone corruption exposed
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Hidden camera catches wireless company employees passing out 'Obama phones' to people who say they'll SELL them for drugs, shoes, handbags and spending cash
The 'Lifeline' free-cell-phone scheme cost $2.2 BILLION last y...
Dateline: 2013-06-18 12:49pm -07:00T (158 words)
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PrairiePundit: Obama is losing his credibility
He has always had a credibility problem on certain issues, but he is now starting to lose personal credibility, which one pollster says puts him at a tipping point....
Dateline: 2013-06-18 7:48am -07:00T (29 words)
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PrairiePundit: The American oil rush
Telegraph:
Unconventional oil, such as the Canadian oil sands, shale oil deposits in North Dakota and Texas and deepwater drilling in Africa and South America have helped to bolster global energy supplies.However, the real revolution over the past five...
Dateline: 2013-06-18 7:48am -07:00T (449 words)
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