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US election 2012: Jack Nicklaus
teeing off for Mitt Romney

The Telegraph [UK], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 9/25/2012 6:29:56 PM Post Reply

Golfing legend Jack Nicklaus will seek to help Mitt Romney stay on par in his quest for the White House, as he campaigns with the Republican nominee on Wednesday in Ohio. Beginning on Tuesday, Romney will spend two days on a bus tour in the battleground Midwestern state, refocusing his efforts on retail campaigning in the six weeks before the November 6 presidential election. Romney routinely brings surrogates on the road with him, but an icon like Nicklaus, who holds the record for most major golf tournament victories and is widely regarded as the greatest golfer ever,

Work halted at N Korea
rocket launch pad

Agence France-Presse, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/25/2012 6:29:19 PM Post Reply

Seoul - New satellite imagery shows North Korea has halted work at a launch pad capable of testing intercontinental missiles, possibly setting the project back by up to two years, a US website reported on Tuesday. The commercial satellite images taken on 29 August also show construction postponed on crucial fuel and oxidiser buildings designed to support future tests near the new pad, the 38 North website said. "The slowdown, barring concerted North Korean efforts to make up for lost time, could result in a 1-2 year slip in the planned completion date of the new complex," it said

Media Polls: The Newest
Negative Campaign Ad

Breitbart's Big Government, by Mike Flynn Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/25/2012 6:18:02 PM Post Reply

Over the years, I've generally had little patience when partisans make the "polls are wrong" argument. I've usually found it to be the last refuge of campaigns which were clearly struggling. (Snip) This year, however, is different. The overwhelming majority of media polling this election employ such absurd assumptions about turnout this November that they not only misrepresent the presidential race, they are actively distorting it. I also believe it is intentional. In 2008, the electorate that elected Barack Obama was 39% Democrat, 32% GOP and 29% Independent. This is what we call a D+7 electorate. Obama defeated McCain by 7

WaPo: After Controversy, Obama
Now Attending 'Nearly 100 Percent'
of Intelligence Briefings

Breitbart's Big Journalism, by Ben Shapiro Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 9/25/2012 6:16:34 PM Post Reply

Two weeks ago, Peter Schweizer’s Government Accountability Institute reported that President Obama was ditching over half of his intelligence briefings. According to their study, drawn from Obama’s own White House calendar, “During his first 1,225 days in office, Obama attended his PDB just 536 times — or 43.8 percent of the time. During 2011 and the first half of 2012, his attendance became even less frequent — falling to just over 38 percent.” Breitbart News covered Obama’s briefings shortcomings from the outset, bringing pressure to bear on the Obama administration to get their president to sit

Pennsylvania Court Reconsiders
Voter ID Availability

Bloomberg News, by Sophia Pearson Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/25/2012 6:14:57 PM Post Reply

Harrisburg - The Pennsylvania judge who last month upheld a law requiring voters to show photo identification heard testimony today from officials on whether the state’s process for implementing the statute will allow people to comply before the general election in November. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Sept. 18 ordered Commonwealth Judge Robert E. Simpson to consider whether all eligible voters will be able to obtain acceptable ID if the law is upheld. Simpson ruled Aug. 15 that plaintiffs including the American Civil Liberties Union hadn’t proved the law would disenfranchise voters. The state high court asked Simpson to submit

60% of firms to kill health insurance
or charge more under Obamacare

Washington Examiner, by Paul Bedard Original Article

Posted By: afortiori- 9/25/2012 6:00:13 PM Post Reply

A majority of small business owners and manufacturers are mulling drastic changes to comply with Obamacare, with 21 percent set to drop health insurance to workers altogether and 38 percent planning to make employees pay much more. In a poll done for the National Association of Manufacturers and National Federation of Independent Businesses, 59 percent said that they will have to consider changes once the full law kicks in because increased costs will jeopardize their operations. According to the poll, 67 percent expect Obamacare to raise healthcare costs.

Haiti bans plastic bags, foam containers

Miami Herald [FL], by Jacqueline Charles and Curtis Morgan Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 9/25/2012 5:58:24 PM Post Reply

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Plastic and foam food containers are everywhere in this enterprising Caribbean nation — clogging canals, cluttering streets and choking ocean wildlife. Now those pesky black plastic bags made of polyethylene and polystyrene foam cups, plates, trays and other containers that have become as ubiquitous as the vendors who peddle them in street markets are on their way out. Haiti’s government has announced a ban on importing, manufacturing and marketing them as of Oct. 1. “This is a logical decision and makes sense,” Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe said. “Importing, manufacturing bio-degradable items will benefit

Stop hurting Elizabeth
Warren’s feelings, you guys

Daily Caller, by Jim Treacher Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 9/25/2012 5:41:21 PM Post Reply

Which is worse: Elizabeth Warren pretending to be Native American for professional gain, or Scott Brown’s staffers mocking her for it? Just look at this “shocking” video:(Snip)WCVB in Boston reports: Staffers for Sen. Scott Brown chanted Indian “war whoops” and made “tomahawk chops” during a rally for the Republican senator this week in Boston. In a video posted on YouTube, Brown’s staffers are seen holding campaign signs near the Erie Pub, chanting and making tomahawk chops, presumably in reference to Elizabeth Warren’s claims of Cherokee heritage…

Living the High Life at the U.N.

National Review Online, by Brett D. Schaefer Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 9/25/2012 5:31:39 PM Post Reply

Tomorrow, President Obama will make his fourth address to the United Nations General Assembly. According to tradition, the U.S. leader will follow Brazil, which will officially kick off the start of the 67th session as the first speaker of the “General Debate.” Later in the week, heads of state from Malawi, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, and Haiti will take their turn at the podium. Why highlight these countries? They are among a select group of 49 “least developed countries” (LDCs) that receive substantial reductions in their assessed contributions to the U.N. How low are the reductions, you ask? Currently, the minimum assessment

'NY Post' gifts Ahmadinejad
with Jew-themed basket

Jerusalem Post [Israel], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 9/25/2012 5:28:42 PM Post Reply

The New York Post on Sunday offered Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a basket brimming with distinctively Jewish delicacies, stating that it hoped to "take the edge off his bloodthirsty desire to develop nuclear weapons and wipe Israel off the map." The welcome basket came just a day after the Iranian president was greeted by dozens of demonstrators who gathered outside New York's upscale Warwick hotel to protest his attendance at the United Nations General Assembly meeting. The crowd chanted “Keep Ahmadinejad out of New York!", while others held anti-Iranian-regime signs outside the Manhattan hotel.

Allen West to U.N.:
U.S. 'Angel of Death'

Politico, by Kevin Cirilli Original Article

Posted By: Hooverdog- 9/25/2012 5:25:39 PM Post Reply

Florida Rep. Allen West ripped President Barack Obama’s United Nations speech Tuesday, saying he would have told the U.N. that America would be an “Angel of Death” that wreaks “havoc and destruction” on anyone who attacks the U.S. “My statement to the United Nations would have been, ‘The future does not belong to those who attack our Embassies and Consulates and kill our Ambassadors. The Angel of Death in the form of an American Bald Eagle will visit you and wreak havoc and destruction upon your existence,’” the Florida congressman wrote in a Facebook post Tuesday.

How megalomania explains
Obama’s response to the Arab Spring

Power Line, by Paul Mirengoff Original Article

Posted By: Pluperfect- 9/25/2012 5:13:47 PM Post Reply

This critical look by the New York Times at President Obama’s responses to the “Arab Spring” is very much worth reading. It describes the “hard lesson[] the president ha[s] learned over almost two years of political turmoil in the Arab world” as follows: “bold words and support for democratic aspirations are not enough to engender good will in this region, especially not when hampered by America’s own national security interests.” How is it that an American president didn’t know this from the beginning? The explanation, the Times makes clear, resides in Obama’s megalomania.

Barack Obama to UN: another painfully
‘historic’ speech for young Democrats
to download on their iPods

Telegraph [UK], by Tim Stanley Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 9/25/2012 4:48:54 PM Post Reply

Obama’s speeches all come in one tone--what the mainstream media calls “historic”.[Snip] He should’ve torn into the dictators, slammed the terrorists and explained why the US doesn’t censor its private citizens. He did all of the above, but diluted with so much else that was painfully “historic” that it sounded more like “I Want to Teach the World to Sing.” Obama’s message? The world wants freedom, but a handful of nasty people living in caves are distracting us. So let’s all be like Gandhi and try to get along. Here’s what Mr History got wrong.

German business mood
sinks as clouds gather

Deutsche Welle, by Staff w/ agencies Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/25/2012 4:38:35 PM Post Reply

Sliding for the fifth consecutive month, German business sentiment has hit its lowest level since early 2010, according to a key economic indicator. Overall outlook is marred by pessimism and angst about the eurozone. The German Business Climate Index fell to 101.4 points in September from 102.3 points in August, the Munich-based Institute for Economic Research (Ifo) said Monday, after polling 7,000 firms in the course of the month. (Snip) "The companies surveyed are again less satisfied with their current business situation, and express greater pessimism about the future," said Ifo President Hans-Werner Sinn in a statement.

Bad tidings reignite Greek fears

Deutsche Welle, by Christoph Hasselbach Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/25/2012 4:36:08 PM Post Reply

There are fresh rumors that the Greek budget deficit may yet again be greater than expected. The new ESM rescue fund, which is to be finalized next month, may need some tweaking as a result. In Brussels, everybody is waiting for the new report by the troika of international lenders, consisting of the EU Commission, European Central Bank (ECB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). But for the time being the troika has taken a week's break, and once again the release date of the report has been postponed. A bad sign? (Snip) Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has repeatedly

Gang-related funeral processions
upset residents of Beverly,
Mount Greenwood

Chicago Tribune, by Jeremy Gorner Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/25/2012 4:26:29 PM Post Reply

As the funeral procession headed through Chicago's Far Southwest Side, mourners weaved in and out of traffic, leaned out of car windows as they sang to music blaring from their stereos and flashed gang signs, a video on YouTube showed. These rowdy processions for slain street gang members have upset many residents of Mount Greenwood and Beverly, who say they create a public safety problem. There have even been reports of shots fired, police say. Neighbors want a number of cemeteries in the area as well as funeral homes to take more responsibility for the mayhem, but the businesses say

Romney Should Offer Presidential-
style TV Addresses

National Review, by Deroy Murdock Original Article

Posted By: Judy W.- 9/25/2012 4:24:14 PM Post Reply

Newsmax editor Chris Ruddy has an excellent idea that could help Governor Mitt Romney win this election: He should deliver several televised, 30-minute national speeches on his major proposals. These should resemble presidential addresses. Governor Romney should sit behind a flag-flanked desk, stare right into the camera, and speak specifically and reassuringly about each of the Romney-Ryan campaign’s five key reform planks: (Snip) Ruddy got the idea for these Oval Office–like orations after speaking with Michael Reagan. The son of America’s 40th president recalled that his father overcame the Left’s caricature of him as a dimwitted, wacky cowboy.

Abu Hamza: Terrorist,
Welfare Sheikh

National Review, by Charles C. W. Cooke Original Article

Posted By: Judy W.- 9/25/2012 4:17:38 PM Post Reply

The British press is aflutter with the news that the Queen of England personally requested of her government an explanation as to why it seemed unable to arrest and deport Abu Hamza, a convicted seditionist who was involved in the London bombings of July 7, 2005, and is wanted in several countries. By all accounts, what so vexed Her Majesty was the public spectacle of Hamza’s denouncing Britain so violently while employing its court system and government services to ensure that he could remain at large —

Animal activist and former
city commissioner
questioned over $70,000

Chicago Tribune, by Matthew Walberg Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/25/2012 4:16:50 PM Post Reply

The Illinois Attorney General’s office sued a prominent animal rights activist today to compel her to explain why the non-profit animal rescue group she heads made $70,000 in questionable payments to her mother and to a close friend. Cherie Travis, a former commissioner for the Chicago Department of Animal Care and Control, founded People and Animals in Community Together Human Society in 2000 to provide care and adoption for unwanted and abused pets. (Snip) The lawsuit — which names both women as defendants — alleges Travis had sole control over a PACT account from which checks totaling $55,000 were sent

Venezuela poll: Chavez
leading rival by 10 points

Associated Press, by Fabiola Sanchez Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/25/2012 4:09:14 PM Post Reply

Caracas, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez held a 10-point lead over rival Henrique Capriles in one of the final polls ahead of Venezuela's Oct. 7 election, but the survey released Tuesday showed the challenger narrowing the gap. The poll by Datanalisis, one of Venezuela's most respected polling firms, found that about 49 percent said they intend to vote for Chavez and about 39 percent said they plan to vote for Capriles. About 11 percent didn't reveal a preference, said Luis Vicente Leon, a director of the polling firm.

Egypt: 3 sentenced
for 'morality' killing

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/25/2012 4:06:42 PM Post Reply

Cairo - An Egyptian court has convicted three Islamists of killing a student this summer as he sat in a quiet park with his fiancée, sentencing them to 15 years in prison in a case that sparked fears of vigilantes trying to enforce strict religious mores. The state-owned Middle East News Agency said the Tuesday verdict was read out in a heavily-guarded courtroom in the Red Sea city of Suez, where 20-year-old Ahmed Hussein Eid was killed in June. According to security officials at the time, three bearded men argued with Eid for loitering in the park with a woman

New Elizabeth Warren ad:
My parents told me my mom
was part Native American,
so there you go

Hot Air, by Allahpundit Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/25/2012 4:02:36 PM Post Reply

I didn’t think that exchange over her heritage at the debate last week had drawn any blood, but evidently it did. There’s no way her team would waste resources in addressing this subject unless they didn’t like the feedback they got afterward. And if that doesn’t convince you, check out the second clip below: Brown is now running attack ads on it. (Snip) The defense, incidentally, is predictable: Brown’s not attacking her, he’s attacking her family. The monster.

N. Carolina paper calls on
Obama to punish Sebelius

Daily Caller, by Alex Pappas Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/25/2012 3:47:45 PM Post Reply

A North Carolina newspaper is calling on President Obama to punish cabinet secretary Kathleen Sebelius, who was found in violation of the Hatch Act earlier this month for giving a political speech while conducting official business in the Tar Heel state. An editorial published Tuesday in The Gaston Gazette of Gastonia, North Carolina declares, “Either we should enforce the Hatch Act or take it off the books.” “Although unlikely to happen, the secretary should be punished for her transgression,” the newspaper’s editorial said. “Her activities set a poor example for other federal employees.”

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