Thomas R. Eddlem -- The New American    UN Arms Transfer Treaty on Small Arms: Gun grab gradualism   The United Nations is polishing up a global Arms Transfer Treaty (ATT) this month in a New York convention that would create a global registry of private ownership of firearms. This treaty --- which would also mandate creation of a national collection agency for those guns and is contrary to the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment --- has the long-standing and enthusiastic backing of the Obama State Department...

Alex Pappas -- Daily Caller     TSA hasn't complied with order to start public discussion on body scanners    It's been one year since a federal court ordered the Transportation Security Administration to open up its new body scanner system to a process that includes taking comments from the public and justifying the policy, yet the TSA has not yet followed through with the order yet. -- Because the agency hasn't complied, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) organization plans to file a motion...

WND.com    Arpaio Obama probe finds 'national security threat   After determining earlier this year there is probable cause to suspect the document released by the White House as Barack Obama's birth certificate is a forgery, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said today he believes his Cold Case Posse's investigation should be advanced to the federal government, based on further information released today at a press conference...

NAFBPO   Disturbing photos       Latest NAFBPO update from south of the border    Monterey, NL, Mex. -- Violence has closed down many bars, cafes, restaurants and nightclubs which served 10,000 customers every weekend. With the arrival of Los Zetas in 2010, extortion, kidnapping and drug-related crime increased against these businesses. The American owners simply closed down and moved back into the U.S. when they were threatened. Many of the owners say the criminals operate with impunity through consent of the local police...

Jim Kouri, CPP -- The Examiner   Obama, Napolitano playing a Mexican border shell game, say cops   Following what President Barack Obama's critics call his "amnesty announcement," instead of hiring more Border Patrol agents to cover the U.S-Mexico border, several stations are being shut down, which Border Patrol agents, through their union, claim will make it easier for illegal aliens to enter and remain in the country. In addition, it is a reckless move that makes the U.S. more vulnerable to terrorists entering the U.S... [Related]

Dave Gibson -- The Examiner    Wouldn't those deported simply take their children with them?   On Saturday, Univision aired an interview with First lady Michelle Obama in which she defended the Obama administration's policy of cancelling deportations and granting outright amnesty for millions of illegal aliens. -- While the First Lady's argument was not a new one, it is hardly based upon reality. -- Obama was asked by Univision's Maria Elena Salinas: "Some of these mothers are actually losing the custody of their children..."

CNN    In Mexico, Central American immigrants under fire   Tultitlan, Mex., Mex. -- Neighbors on this tiny, sun-soaked street know each other's names. They pray together at a church with stained-glass windows that they can see from their front steps. -- But for years, they say, immigrants have been pushing their community apart. -- Residents here say they stopped feeling safe when strangers started lingering on street corners and leering at locals. They created neighborhood watch patrols...

WND.com     DeMint: Law of the Sea Treaty now dead   The Law of the Sea Treaty now has 34 senators opposed and thus will not have the Senate votes for ratification, a key opponent of the treaty announced Monday. -- Critics of the treaty had argued that LOST would require the U.S. to subject its sovereignty to an international body, require U.S. businesses to pay royalties for resource exploitation, and subject the U.S. to unwieldy environmental regulations...

Seattle Times    Dogs, dead people get voter forms from nonprofit    Olympia, Wash. -- The voter registration form arrived in the mail last month with some key information already filled in: Rosie Charlston's name was complete, as was her Seattle address. -- Problem is, Rosie was a black lab who died in 1998. == A group called the Voter Participation Center has touted the distribution of some 5 million registration forms in recent weeks, targeting Democratic-leaning voting blocs such as unmarried women...

Patrick J. Buchanan -- VDare.com     Is Mitt serious about Condi?   The first criterion in choosing a vice president, it is said, is that he or she must be qualified to be president. -- Yet there is another yardstick by which candidates measure running mates. Do they bring something to the table? Can they help with a critical voting bloc? Can they bring a crucial state? -- Lyndon Johnson is regarded as a brilliant choice by JFK, though his brother Bobby, among others in the Kennedy camp, loathed LBJ...

Reuters    Network selling Mexican meth busted in Oklahoma   Police arrested 17 people on Monday and were looking for 21 more in a crackdown on what they described as a major operation smuggling Mexican-made methamphetamine across the border for sale in central Oklahoma. -- Mark Woodward, spokesman for the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics, said the drug ring distributed 10 to 12 pounds of methamphetamine valued at up to $200,000 each week in central Oklahoma...

Lawrence Sellin, Ph. D.    Winning elections requires throwing the Constitution under the bus   In a video recently posted on the internet, Congressman Paul Gosar (R-AZ) states that fifty percent of the American people do not believe in the Constitution and individual rights and if you principally fight to defend the Constitution, you will lose. -- Rep. Gosar has seemingly forgotten that he takes an oath to "support and defend" the Constitution. Apparently he thinks that adhering to the Constitution is an impediment...

KRGV-TV -- Weslaco, Texas    Leaders evaluating use of troops along border   Washington leaders are evaluating their decision to send troops to the U.S.-Mexico border. If you go by the numbers, it looks like having the National Guard on the border has made little impact. -- About six percent of all arrests came from their help; Guardsmen and women caught less than three percent of drugs. Some say those numbers are misleading, because the guardsmen's job is limited...

USA Today     Drug smugglers use private roads to bypass border guards    The roads were built on private lands and ranches to transport heavy drilling and related equipment used to develop the massive Eagle Ford Shale formation, which stretches from Mexico to east Texas. -- Because they are on private land, the roads penetrate deep into Texas well past the U.S. Border Patrol checkpoints set up on public highways. -- The newspaper quotes Dimmitt County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Albert DeLeon...

New York Research     Suspect in hit-and-run nun death has likely fled country   The hit-and-run driver who killed a beloved Catholic nun in Long Island has likely already fled the country and won't be found again, the suspect's former roommate told The Post yesterday. -- Cops continue to seek the unnamed 28-year-old driver who allegedly mowed down Sister Jacqueline Walsh, 59, as she went for an evening walk down Rose Hill Road in Water Mill on Monday...

Jim Kouri, CPP -- The Examiner    Outrage: An Obama victory will unleash the tax hunters, say experts    As Election Day 2012 approaches, tax attorneys are already sounding the alarm: If President Barack Obama is re-elected, the Internal Revenue Service will squeeze every cent it can out of taxpayers and "it will be nastier than ever," claim political and business leaders. "An Obama win in November will unleash hordes of tax collectors in January," said one political strategist...

Arizona Republic -- Phoenix     Arpaio opponents face fundraising obstacles    When the candidates vying to replace Sheriff Joe Arpaio debated before a roomful of lawyers last month, one question came up repeatedly: Who among them had the fundraising prowess to take on the media-savvy sheriff with his massive campaign war chest in November? -- Campaign-finance reports filed late last month indicate that former Phoenix police Sgt. Paul Penzone, a Democrat, might be able to compete with...

Christian Newswire     Memo: Outlaw regime granted deportation stay to Obama's 'drunkle' Judicial Watch, the organization that investigates and fights government corruption, announced today that it has uncovered a new record from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) regarding President Obama's illegal alien uncle, Onyango Obama, who was arrested in August 2011 on drunken driving charges in Framingham, Massachusetts...

WXIA-TV -- Atlanta     Courts following Obama decree on relaxed deportations   Mableton, Ga. -- Jesus Cruz was working one of his 10 hour days in the warehouse when he got the call from his lawyer. His deportation proceedings were being halted by a federal judge. -- "I was happy and I started calling my family and telling them I wasn't going to get deported, and they were happy too," Cruz said. "They were trying to send me to a country I don't even know."

Paul Joseph Watson -- Infowars     UN gun grab follows State Department plan   The UN Arms Trade Treaty that has been identified by observers as a flagrant threat to the second amendment and which Barack Obama is determined to sign has its roots in a 1961 State Department memorandum which explains how the United Nations will oversee "complete disarmament" of the American people under the ruse of preventing war...