In the horror of the Aurora, Colorado, shooting massacre, a tale of heroism: Thirteen-year-old Kaylan struggled to save the life of 6-year-old Veronica Moser-Sullivan – the youngest person to die. John Blackstone of CBS news covered her story..

Authorities said the gunman might have killed more if his assault rifle had not jammed. And he might have been mistaken for a SWAT officer by arriving police, had not one officer spotted something odd in his body armor.

But these details did not answer the searching questions of the first memorial events.

“Why did this senseless act of violence happen?” Aurora Mayor Steve Hogan asked, facing families of the dead and thousands of people standing behind them. “It may be impossible to arrive at an explanation that would make sense to us.”

Holmes, being held without bond at the Arapahoe County jail, is scheduled to appear in court for the first time Monday.

At the memorial service, an array of speakers struggled to explain what had caused the attack. A Catholic bishop used the word “evil” six times.

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) did not even want to try. “I refuse to say his name,” he said, to the loudest applause of the night. He sought to turn the attention to victims instead, reading their names and asking the crowd to remember them. At some names, family members cheered. Others brought cries of grief.

The scope of the tragedy was brought home at the end of the night The crowd was supposed to sing “Amazing Grace” as families of the dead filed out. But the song ended, and the families were still walking.

“Let’s do the first verse again, ‘Amazing Grace,’ ” an emcee said. The crowd sang it again, then again. Then another time, just humming and repeating “praise God” until the last of the family members had left the plaza.

Click here to reach the CBS video.

The Jerusalem Post is reporting in a Reuters story that an Iranian Military commander is now saying Iran won’t close Strait of Hormuz as long as it can use the shipping line itself, IRNA reports.

The report from Dubai asserts Iran would not close the Strait of Hormuz as long as it is able to use the vital shipping line itself.  The military commander was quoted Monday moderating recent threats by Iranian politicians to block the waterway as retaliation for sanctions.

"The enemies constantly state that the Islamic Republic of Iran intends to close the Strait of Hormuz but we say that common sense does not dictate that Iran would close the Strait of Hormuz as long as it makes use of it," said Alireza Tangsiri, deputy naval commander in Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, state news agency IRNA reported.

Such a move would risk a military response from the United States and Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi told Reuters earlier this month Iran was unlikely to follow through on the threat unless its own vessels were denied use of the strait.

Iran’s parliament is debating a bill recommending the strait be closed in retaliation to a European Union embargo on Iranian oil which came into full effect this month.

Click here for the report from The Jerusalem Post.

Multiple news sources are reporting that 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 yesterday that he believes his Cold Case Posse’s investigation should be advanced to the federal government. 

The conference was "live-streamed on the Internet by WND.
 
Cold Case Posse lead investigator Mike Zullo said the new information confirms the document presented to the American public in April 2011 is undoubtedly fraudulent.

Arpaio said he intends to move the investigation and the new information to a higher authority within the federal government because of what he calls an imminent threat to national security and U.S. immigration laws. The threat is posed by a flaw in Hawaii’s law discovered by his investigators that allows a foreigner to obtain a Hawaii birth certificate.
 
“Although I am having a difficult time deciding who to forward this information to given the fact that the obvious choices report directly to the president, I cannot stand by and hold on to information that threatens to weaken national security,” Arpaio said.
 
Arpaio said he intends on keeping a case file open if more information surfaces or if federal authorities decide to ignore the case.
 
Zullo explained that along with new information discovered regarding the birth certificate since the posse’s March 1 press conference, his team has discovered Hawaii provides easy access to a birth certificate, even if the child wasn’t born in the state.

Under Hawaii Revised Statute 338-17.8, a person only has to be an established resident of Hawaii, not necessarily a U.S. citizen, and pay taxes there for one year to be able to register an out-of-state or foreign-born person with an official Hawaii birth certificate.
 
“If a nation’s security is only as strong as its weakest link, then America may be in serious trouble,” Arpaio said in a statement. “Hawaii may be our weakest link and could have a serious impact on our nation’s immigration policy.”
 
Among the new findings presented by lead Cold Case Posse investigator Mike Zullo:
 •  The sheriff’s investigators have learned of a birth certificate coding system that indicates the White House document has been altered.
 •  An interview with the Hawaii official who allegedly signed the Obama document in 1961, Verna K.L. Lee, provided further confirmation of the coding anomalies.
 •  Investigators were troubled to find key information missing on the verification document Hawaii provided to Arizona’s secretary of state in May.
 •  Hawaii’s deputy attorney general, Jill T. Nagamine, confirm the state has a birth document on file for Obama. But she would not confirm on the record that the White House document matched what was on file with the Hawaii Department of Health.
 •  The sheriff’s investigators interviewed three persons of interest who have provided additional information in the case.
 
In prepared opening remarks, Arpaio chastised the media for the way it has handled the investigation.
 
“You have demeaned this investigation at every turn as silly and wasteful,” he said. “Your contempt about the subject and me for pursuing it has been duly noted.”
 
He urged media members to listen to Zullo’s presentation of the new evidence.
 
“Keep an open mind if you can,” he said. “Put away all you preconceived ideas. Keep your eye on the ball.”

For more from:

World Net Daily click here.  

Phoenix TV Fox 10 broadcast report, click here.

Washington Times report, click here.

Associated Press Report on Yahoo News, click here.

Representative James Lankford (R-OK) yesterday applauded the passage of H.R. 6079, the Repeal of Obamacare Act.  In a vote of 244-185, the House voted to repeal the 2010 law in its entirety.  
 
“I have consistently vowed to do everything I could to dismantle this ill-advised, bureaucrat-centered law,” said Representative Lankford. “A healthcare system where patients and doctors are separated by a cumbersome federal middleman is not a sustainable, effective or efficient way for Americans to meet their healthcare needs. The law has resulted in decreased hiring because of the mandate cost. Small businesses will re-evaluate employment statuses to avoid the regulations, and Health and Human Services will violate basic religious liberties as a result of this law.” 

A recent poll of doctors across the country found that 83% of physicians have considered closing their practices after the Supreme Court’s decision in favor of the President’s healthcare law. The report also concluded that by 2020, the U.S. will have a shortage of about 90,000 doctors due to provisions of the Affordable Care Act.[1] 

“The more Americans learn about the law, the more they do not like the law,” observed Lankford. 

“A bad law is now becoming bad policy, if Congress does not step in and act. Let’s learn from the mistakes of the hasty passage of the President’s healthcare bill in 2010 and move forward with a better option. The President’s seemingly endless list of healthcare ‘give-aways’ released before the election will all come due in early 2013 and 2014 as twenty additional taxes kick in for many Americans, including the middle class. 

“Now that the Supreme Court has confirmed the law as a tax, I hope that Senate Majority Leader Reid and Senate Democrats will reconsider our repeal legislation and give patients throughout the U.S. an opportunity to get the care they deserve without the bureaucracy and added national debt they never asked for,” he continued. 

“However, since the House has voted now more than 30 times to dismantle, defund or repeal the law in whole or in part, I am not optimistic that Democrat Leader Reid has any intention of fixing this broken law,” Lankford concluded.

Tuesday, Rep. Lankford participated in a House Committee on Government Reform hearing on the impact of the President’s healthcare law on job creators and the economy. A link to the video of Rep. Lankford’s remarks during the hearing can be found here. 

[1] Dougherty, Jon E. “Poll: 83 Percent of Physicians Have Considered Ending Practice Over Obamacare.” Available online: http://www.newsroomamerica.com/story/260966.html. 9 July 2012. 

The Media Research Center’s Dan Gainor and Iris Somberg have crafted an extensive and well researched piece on President Obama’s most prominent  supporter, the Liberal billionaire trying to give U.S. a liberal society it can’t refuse.

Say the name George Soros and liberals see dollar signs – literally.
The world’s 22nd richest man, according to Forbes, is now worth $20
billion. But Soros isn’t just noteworthy for the money he has – he’s
notable for the money he has given away. Since launching his Open
Society Foundations in 1984, Soros has donated more than $8 billion to
charities around the world. 

But instead of gaining a mighty reputation for his philanthropy, or his investment prowess, Soros is reviled abroad and criticized here in his adopted country. Most everywhere Soros, his foundations or his investing have gone, trouble has followed. He’s helped foment revolutions, undermined national currencies and funded radicals around the world. Soros has been convicted of insider dealing in France and fined $3 million, fined another $2 million in his native Hungary. His “foundations have been accused of shielding spies and breaking currency laws” and his investing strategy has been targeted for harming several national currencies.

Even his support for higher education raises huge red flags. Soros has contributed more than $400 million to colleges and universities, including money to most prominent institutions in the United States. He also helped establish Central European University which, in turn, uses its resources to promote his personal goal of an “open society.”

Here in the United States, Soros money provides the foundation for liberal organizations promoting everything from gay marriage and drug legalization to anti-death penalty strategies. While his charitable giving goes to liberal organizations with close ties to the Democratic Party, his political giving goes almost entirely to Democrats.

That’s not the story the broadcast networks have been telling about Soros for the past five years. There were 29 mentions of Soros during that time but only one gave any hint at trouble, and that was merely to mention he was “still known as the man who broke the Bank of England.” But ABC followed it up with: “That was all legal.” Only a sex scandal with a 28-year-old Brazilian actress gave Soros any negative publicity at all.

Soros Indoctrinates Students Around the World

Left-wing donor George Soros spent more than $400 million world-wide to indoctrinate students and teach them to promote liberal, and in some cases extremist, causes. He has even funded his own university that promotes his own unique philosophy of open society. His reach and influence far surpasses that of the Koch brothers, who have been vilified by the left and the media for their grants to universities.

While the left shrivels at the thought of the Koch brother’s donations to universities, their beloved Soros gave more than 50 times as much. Central European University and Bard College received the most from Soros. One professor at CEU praised the Occupy movement combining environmentalism, feminism, the labor movement, and social justice. Grants to Bard College for “community service and social action” included a Palestinian youth group and an initiative to educate prisoners across the country. To top it off, all of the Ivy League universities, along with a variety of state schools, private institutions, and even religiously-affiliated institutions, were also funded by Soros.

Click here for the full report from the Media Research Center.