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State Department Issues Revised Travel Warning for Mexico

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By Rachel Pulaski On Wednesday the State Department issued a revised travel warning for Mexico: According to the most recent homicide figures published by the Mexican government, 47,515 people were killed in narcotics-related violence in Mexico between December 1, 2006 and September 30, 2011, with 12,903 narcotics-related homicides in the first nine months of 2011 alone.  While most of those killed in narcotics-related violence have been members of TCOs, innocent persons have also been killed.  The number of U.S.

Report: Gov. Gary Johnson (R-NM) May Announce Switch to Libertarian Party

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guest post by Mike LaRoche I suppose that like James Taranto, I should classify this as a “Bottom Story of the Day” or a “Question No One is Asking”, but reports are surfacing that current GOP presidential candidate Gary Johnson, governor of New Mexico from 1995 to 2003, is planning to switch his allegiance to the Libertarian Party and seek that party’s nomination.

Her Name Was Ruth

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And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Let me go to the fields and pick up the leftover grain behind anyone in whose eyes I find favor.” Ruth 2:2 Ruth Ann Owens December 29, 1956 – October 7, 2011 Lady Liberty After several years of blogging my friend Midwest Engineer told me in 2009 that a reader and commenter had volunteered to help out at Gateway Pundit.

Team Obama Funds Oil Drilling Project in Brazil… Nixes Offshore Drilling In US …Update: Soros Invested Heavily in Petrobras

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Team Obama approved a nuclear energy program for the UAE in May.But, Obama and the Pelosi-Reid Democrats will not allow nuclear energy expansion in the United States.Already this year democrats banned offshore drilling, scrapped oil and gas leases in Utah and opened the 111th Congress by introducing a bill to permanently prohibit drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).

RNC Ad Highlights Dems Record-Setting Spending & Debt (Updated)

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The RNC launched a new web video on Thursday that does a good job highlighting Obama’s reckless and dangerous spending as the president held a town hall meeting in New Mexico on credit card debt:RNC Chairman Michael Steele said this about the record-breaking Obama debt:“President Obama has decided to take credit card companies to task when his own administration and Congressional Democrats are responsible for the record breaking $1.84 trillion federal budget deficit.

Energy Expert Tim Sampson: Less Than 1/1000th of 1% of Oil Is Spilled Off US Shores

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Tim Sampson, an energy expert with American Petroleum Institute, gave a terrific interview on the oil and gas industry at the OTC Conference in Houston, Texas.Here Tim discussed a few little known facts about the oil and gas industry:Tim discussed several topics including:–Less Than 1/1000th of 1% of oil production is spilled off US waters- outer continental shelf– 100 times more oil is spilled from natural seaps than from oil and gas production–It would take thousands of windmills to produce the energy of just one oil and gas production platform in the Gulf of Mexico–During the hurricanes that devastated the Gulf coast there was no oil significant spillage from the oil rigs and platforms according to the US Coast Guard.

Texas Infant Is First US Swine Flu Death

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A 23 month-old child in Texas was the first person to die from the Swine Flu in the US.This was the first reported swine flu death outside of Mexico.H1N1 Swine Flu Google Map- Wednesday, April 29, 2009:The media is not disclosing much information on the child’s identity.

Swine Flu Spreads- 100 Dead… 1,600 Infected …Update: Obama- Swine flu not a reason for 'alarm'

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H1N1 Swine Flu Google Map- Monday April 27, 2009Click to EnlargePink markers are suspectPurple markers are confirmedDeaths lack a dot in markerDrudge Report has the latest on the swine flu outbreak.The US is still not screening passengers coming from Mexico.The AP reported that: More than 100 people in Mexico are believed to have died from the new flu and more than 1,600 sickened, prompting widespread school closures and other measures…

Hillary Clinton Says US Cuba Policy Has Failed… For Whom?

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Hillary said the US policy towards Cuba has failed.For whom?We don’t see any Americans driving trucks across the Gulf of Mexico to escape the US.We don’t hear about any American rock stars drowning in the Gulf trying to escape the US.The BBC reported:US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that US policy towards Cuba has failed, welcoming an offer to talk from the Cuban president.

Shots Fired At McCain-Palin Bus

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This didn’t seem to get any press for some reason.Shots were fired at the McCain-Palin Straight Talk Express in New Mexico this weekend.Mark Williams who is traveling with the bus reported:(Sunday, October 19 – Filed by Mark Williams in Raton, New Mexico with the Stop Obama Tour) We learned at this morning’s Stop Obama Rally here that the McCain/Palin Straight Talk Express came through town yesterday.