What’s interesting in the news today?
1. Looks like the President is once again going to ignore the will of the American people.
From FoxNews “President Obama is planning to unveil a 10-part plan for overhauling U.S. immigration policy via executive action — including suspending deportations for millions — as early as next Friday, a source close to the White House told Fox News.
The president’s plans were contained in a draft proposal from a U.S. government agency. The source said the plan could be announced as early as Nov. 21, though the date might slip a few days pending final White House approval.
Obama was briefed at the White House by Homeland Security officials before leaving on his Asia-Pacific trip last week, Fox News has learned.”
“The plan calls for expanding deferred action for illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children — but also for the parents of U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents. The latter could allow upwards of 4.5 million illegal immigrant adults with U.S.-born children to stay, according to estimates.”
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2. Add another to the list of Democrat losses.
From TheWashingtonExaminer “Dan Sullivan has defeated Democratic incumbent Mark Begich in the Alaska Senate race, the Associated Press reported late Tuesday evening.
The Republican challenger led by more than 8,000 votes with 100 percent of precincts reporting the day after last week’s midterm elections. The AP had been waiting on Alaska to begin counting more than 53,000 absentee, early-voting and questioned ballots.”
“But Alaska officials counted roughly 20,000 votes on Tuesday, and Sullivan’s lead remained at about 7,900 votes.”
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3. Oh look, ACORN is back (again) and instigating in Ferguson.
From AmericanThinker “Ferguson’s Don’t Shoot Coalition members are supplemented by professional social activists, from in, and outside, Missouri.
Two such groups are profiled below – one that is a member of the coalition, and one from outside Missouri that saw the crisis in Ferguson as an opportunity to “accelerated the quest for social justice.”
“But Hands Up United has a vision that “means an end to state sponsored violence, including the excessive use of force by law enforcement. We are committed to an America that comes to terms with the trauma of its painful history and finds true reconciliation for it. Mass incarceration and the criminalization of black and brown people must forever end, leaving in its place a culture that embraces our histories and stories. This means an end to racial bias and white supremacy in all its forms.”
“MORE’s Form 990’s for 2010-2012 list annual gross revenues for those three years as $90,943, $127,308 and $333,896. On the 2012 Form 990, Jeffery Ordower is listed as the unpaid Executive Director and Secretary. A phone call to MORE confirms Ordower is still the group’s Executive Director.
On September 28, 2009, a 24thstate.com article, entitled “‘Show Me’ The ACORN CEO’s Rolodex,” identified Ordower as the Midwest Regional Director for ACORN, based in St Louis.”
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4. Why college isn’t for everyone.
“The funny thing is: Every time the federal government increases the amount of money that college students can borrow, college tuition goes up. But teaching isn’t a commodity like oil or wheat or steel whose actual value goes up and down due to market forces.
Standing in front of kids and twice a week and teaching them that America is responsible for everything bad that’s ever happened in the world—and anyone who has the audacity to disagree with a college professor is completely evil—pretty much costs the same year in and year out.”
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Wandering Views 
From Drudge:
By Rowan Scarborough – The Washington Times – Wednesday, November 12, 2014
The Army is moving to discharge a decorated combat pilot who intervened to stop two lesbian officers from showing excessive affection on the dance floor at an official ball at Fort Drum, N.Y.
Lt. Col. Christopher Downey ended up being convicted administratively of assaulting a soldier trying to film the kissing and grabbing. Col. Downey’s lawyer, Richard Thompson, says his client merely pushed down the camera to prevent photos that could end up on social media.
Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/nov/12/discharge-pending-combat-pilot-who-tried-halt-lesb/#ixzz3IxE8kuDZ
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I have a son who wants to be a carpenter. That is good. One who wants to be a diesel mechanic. That is good. One who wants to be a body repair shop guy. That is good. We encourage them to do what they enjoy and helps others.
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I suspect this will continue to happen as media outlets polarize (reflecting the country, I suppose):
From Howard Kurtz:
“I’ve been trying to figure out why the mainstream media has all but decided to ignore one of ObamaCare’s chief architects saying the administration played on the public’s stupidity in passing the law.
After all, the press usually loves when hidden video surfaces, as it did this week with MIT professor Jonathan Gruber, and we get unvarnished comments showing what someone really and truly believes. …
This is utterly inexplicable, except as a matter of bias. No matter what you think of ObamaCare, on what planet is this not news? … All this would seem to be a ripe subject for public debate. But in much of the mainstream media, it’s been blacked out. And that’s downright embarrassing.”
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/11/13/media-blackout-shields-obamacare-architect-who-bet-on-public-stupidity/
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-2833129/Germany-warns-anti-semitism-rising-Middle-East-violence.html
Anti-semitism rising
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My wife: The good news is that I found someone who agrees with you that pro football is like dog-fighting; that Michael Vick was imitating how the owners treated him. The bad news is that the guy looks like a complete weirdo.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-11-13/malcolm-gladwell-football-is-a-moral-abomination-.html
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