Tenn. governor vetoes college discrimination bill | Fox News

Tenn. governor vetoes college discrimination bill | Fox News: "The Republican governor said Wednesday that he disagrees with Vanderbilt's policy, but it's "inappropriate for government to mandate the policies of a private institution.""

Congressional Quarterly: Panel Votes to Boost NASA Funding in Fiscal 2013 Spending Bill - In the News - Newsroom - Ron Johnson, United States Senator for Wisconsin

Congressional Quarterly: Panel Votes to Boost NASA Funding in Fiscal 2013 Spending Bill - In the News - Newsroom - Ron Johnson, United States Senator for Wisconsin: "The Commerce-Justice-Science Subcommittee approved a draft fiscal 2013 spending bill 17-1, with Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., voting against it.

Overall, the panel’s Democratic leaders stayed mostly in line with President Obama’s budget request in shaping the bill. The measure would provide $51.9 billion in discretionary budget authority for the Commerce and Justice Departments, NASA and other agencies. The total represents a $1 billion cut from the fiscal 2012 enacted level, according the panel."

California college student forgotten in jail cell says he drank urine to survive | Fox News

California college student forgotten in jail cell says he drank urine to survive | Fox News: "A college student who federal drug agents forgot and left in a holding cell for five days without food, water or access to a toilet said Tuesday that he drank his own urine to survive."

NYTimes Realizes That The FBI Keeps Celebrating Breaking Up Its Own Terrorist Plots | Techdirt

NYTimes Realizes That The FBI Keeps Celebrating Breaking Up Its Own Terrorist Plots | Techdirt: "Over the last few years, we've noticed that nearly every victory the FBI celebrates against terrorism is actually about stopping its own terrorist plots that it feeds to hapless individuals, often nudging them and pushing them down the road to "become" terrorists, despite commonly displaying little to no aptitude for actual terrorism."

"In one case, the judge -- even as she was sentencing the guy to decades in prison -- admitted that the guy wouldn't be a "terrorist" if it weren't for the FBI:"

Obama Worse than Bush on Civil Liberties - Romney No Different From Obama | Ron Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign CommitteeRon Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign Committee

Obama Worse than Bush on Civil Liberties - Romney No Different From Obama | Ron Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign CommitteeRon Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign Committee: "When Obama signed NDAA he said ”My administration will not authorize the indefinite military detention without trial of American citizens.”

This pretty much cemented the conservative consensus on NDAA–no president, and especially Obama, should be able to throw American citizens in jail indefinitely without trial or due process.

Mitt Romney disagrees. Not only would he sign NDAA without hesitation, his position is essentially no different from Obama’s.

Said Romney: “There are a lot of things that I think this president does wrong. Lots of them. But I don’t think he’s going to abuse this power. I know that if I were president I wouldn’t abuse this power.”"