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Merkel: Europe must stay the
course with painful reform

Independent [UK], by Tony Paterson Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/25/2012 11:18:09 PM Post Reply

Angela Merkel issued a blunt warning to Germany's ailing eurozone neighbours yesterday, telling them that pressing ahead with painful reforms and tough budget policies was the only way of resolving Europe's intractable and deepening economic crisis. (Snip) Against such a gloomy backdrop, Ms Merkel insisted: "We need to take a deep breath to overcome this crisis. We must make the efforts that will allow Europe to emerge from the crisis stronger than it went in." The German leader conceded that hard-won reforms in southern Europe had helped, but said there was still work to do. The markets, she added, had

Madonna: Obama remark
was 'ironic'

Politico, by Caitlin McDevitt Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 9/25/2012 11:09:50 PM Post Reply

Madonna was “being ironic” when she called President Barack Obama a Muslim during a concert last night, she clarified on Tuesday. “I was being ironic on stage,” the singer said in a statement via Perez Hilton. “Yes I know Obama is not a Muslim (though I know that plenty of people in this country think he is.)” “And what if he were?” Madonna, who’s a supporter of the president, added. “The point I was making is that a good man is a good man no matter who he prays to. I don’t care what religion Obama is –

Numbers indicate veterans
feel alienated by Obama

Human Events, by Hope Hodge Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 9/25/2012 10:59:37 PM Post Reply

New poll data shows that while President Barack Obama maintains a slight lead in the overall race, he can’t hope to catch challenger Mitt Romney in support among military veterans. Obama trailed by margins of between 12 and 20 percent in the swing states of Virginia, Ohio, and Florida, according to NBC/Wall Street Journal/Marist surveys conducted earlier this month. The widest gap, with Romney leading 58 percent to 38 percent among veterans, is in the swing state of Florida, a state crucial for Romney to carry in the general election.

6.2 earthquake off Baja is
quickly followed by aftershocks

Los Angeles Times, by Howard Blume Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 9/25/2012 10:52:51 PM Post Reply

A 6.2 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Baja California has quickly been followed by at least two others. The earthquake occurred in the ocean, 47 miles north-northeast of La Paz, off the coast of Baja California Peninsula in Mexico, the U.S. Geological Service reported Tuesday. That’s also about 604 miles south-southeast of Phoenix. The shaker struck about 4:45 p.m Los Angeles time at a depth of 6.3 miles. Twenty minutes later, a second quake of magnitude 4.2 was recorded. A third quake, with a magnitude of 4.8, occurred 12 minutes after the second.

Live On Tape From Omaha

Washington Free Beacon, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 9/25/2012 10:48:39 PM Post Reply

Democratic Nebraska Senate candidate Bob Kerrey invoked 1970s late-night talk show host Dick Cavett to defend himself against accusations that his years living in New York City now render him a non-Nebraskan. According to Politico: “Nobody said that Johnny Carson wasn’t a Nebraskan. Nobody said that Dick Cavett isn’t a Nebraskan. Nobody accused Marlon Brando or Henry Fonda, after they left and found opportunity someplace else, of not being a Nebraskan,” Kerrey said to more applause. Cavett mocked the “big, dumb, beergut white-trash mentality” of the “rednecks at the gas station in Tuscaloosa”

Drone attacks in Pakistan are
counterproductive, says report

Guardian [UK], by Owen Bowcott Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/25/2012 10:41:05 PM Post Reply

The CIA's programme of "targeted" drone killings in Pakistan's tribal heartlands is politically counterproductive, kills large numbers of civilians and undermines respect for international law, according to a report by US academics. The study by Stanford and New York universities' law schools, based on interviews with victims, witnesses and experts, blames the US president, Barack Obama, for the escalation of "signature strikes" in which groups are selected merely through remote "pattern of life" analysis. Families are afraid to attend weddings or funerals, it says, in case US ground operators guiding drones misinterpret them as gatherings of Taliban or al-Qaida militants.

New book raises questions
about Obama's handling of Iraq

Foreign Policy [Washington, DC], by Peter Feaver Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/25/2012 10:37:34 PM Post Reply

Has Obama fulfilled his most famous national security campaign commitment from 2008: to end the Iraq war "more responsibly" than he says we began it? According to this excerpt from Michael Gordon's new book on Iraq, the answer may well turn out to be no. Gordon is considered by many to be the best reporter on the Iraq war (Snip) As an unnamed U.S. diplomat told the NYT: "He's not good with personal relationships; that's not what interests him...But in the Middle East, those relationships are essential. The lack of them deprives D.C. of the ability to influence leadership decisions."

How to Save the Regime in Tehran

Foreign Policy [Washington, DC], by Nazila Fathi Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/25/2012 10:34:43 PM Post Reply

Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi has a lot on her mind these days. She's spent her life working for the defense of human rights in her home country of Iran, but the reformists she sympathizes with are on the defensive, reeling from years of harsh repression. For the past three years she's been living in virtual exile in an undisclosed location in Western Europe (Snip) War with Israel, she says, may rescue the Iranian regime at a time when it is extremely unpopular at home and is clinging to power with an iron fist. "It is the only thing that can

Niece of controversial Scientology
leader planning tell-all memoir

New York Post, by Emily Smith Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/25/2012 10:22:17 PM Post Reply

Jenna Miscavige Hill opens up about how she left the church of Scientology in her memoir “Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape.” In the book, she reveals “strange and disturbing details” about how she grew up in the church and provides her first-hand account of its upper ranks, according to the Associated Press. Miscavige Hill, whose uncle is Scientology leader David Miscavige, has frequently criticized the religion since she publically broke with it in 2005.

Iran Test Fires Missiles
as Obama Speaks at UN

Breitbart's Big Peace, by Ben Shapiro Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 9/25/2012 10:21:19 PM Post Reply

Today, as President Barack Obama spoke at the United Nations, Iran test-fired a series of four missiles specifically created to hit warships in the Strait of Hormuz. According to the Iranian government, the missiles hit a target the size of a ship, sinking it within 50 seconds. Iranian media also reported that the military exercise was designed to occur coincident with US naval maneuvers in the Persian Gulf. The Iranian military stated that their navy would be holding a “massive” maneuver shortly. Meanwhile, the only anti-missile system in development by the United States is under fire from

It's time to break up the Euro

Fortune, by Shawn Tully Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/25/2012 10:17:42 PM Post Reply

Roger Bootle prides himself on being something of a modern-day Nostradamus -- with good reason. In 1999 the British economist predicted a bursting of the dotcom bubble, and in his 2003 book, Money for Nothing, he forecast a worldwide crash in housing that would prove dire for the financial system. (Snip) Today Bootle is betting his professional reputation on another bold contrarian call, one with long-term ramifications for the world economy and global stock markets: He strongly believes that at least a partial breakup of the eurozone is inevitable and that massive changes are coming for the euro, the currency

Former Navy SEALs to
Obama: 'We Are Not
Bumps in the Road'

Breitbart's Big Peace, by Joel B. Pollak Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 9/25/2012 10:12:41 PM Post Reply

Former Navy SEALs are speaking out after President Barack Obama referred to recent events in the Middle East, including the deaths of two former Navy SEALs, as "bumps in the road." Tyrone S. Woods and Glen A. Doherty were providing security at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya when it was attacked on 9/11. They were both hailed in the aftermath of the attacks by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Both had gone into private security after retiring from the Navy after distinguished careers. Former SEAL and current Montana State Senator Ryan Zinke issued the following statement:

Romney’s New Strategy

National Review Online, by Stanley Kurtz Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 9/25/2012 10:12:04 PM Post Reply

By kicking off his Ohio bus tour with an unusually blunt attack on Obama’s big-government philosophy, Mitt Romney appears to have adopted a new strategy. Romney described Obama’s vision of government as “entirely foreign to anything this nation has ever known.” He decried, “a larger government, taking more and more, intruding in your relationship with your doctor, investing, so to speak, in companies, picking winners and losers, or in his case, losers.” Then came the biggest applause line: “that is not the America I know. That is not the America that built Ohio.” Romney’s attacks on Obama’s 1998 remarks

Valerie Jarrett - Obama's Rasputin

Investor's Business Daily, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: HollowLeg- 9/25/2012 10:08:19 PM Post Reply

White House: She receives more protection than our Libyan ambassador, calls the president by his first name, dines and vacations with the First Family and had the power to call off three strikes against Osama bin Laden. Ambassador Chris Stevens did not have a Marine detail in Benghazi, Libya. But White House senior adviser and Obama confidante Valerie Jarrett reportedly had a full Secret Service detail on vacation in Martha's Vineyard. "Jarrett seems to have a 24-hour, around-the-clock detail, with five or six agents full time," Democratic pollster Pat Caddell said

Romney Campaign
Challenges The Polls

BuzzFeed, by McKay Coppins Original Article

Posted By: LOL Thomas- 9/25/2012 10:05:29 PM Post Reply

Dayton, Ohio — Amid a flurry of recent polls showing Mitt Romney badly trailing in key swing states — especially in Ohio — a campaign adviser told reporters Tuesday that the race there is much closer than public polling suggests. Asked about a new Washington Post poll showing Romney down eight points in Ohio, political director Rich Beeson said their internal polls are telling a different story. "The public polls are what the public polls are," Beeson said. "I kind of hope the Obama campaign is basing their campaign decisions on the public polls... I have great faith in our data."

Pundits get unimpeded ‘View’
of leading from behind

Washington Times, by Charles Hurt Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 9/25/2012 10:04:58 PM Post Reply

Finally, the army of pundits are aghast at President Obama. They are shocked at his unmannerly dismissal of the global stage where he belongs. They are astonished by his callous indifference to the world peace he promised us. All in the name of craven politics with a little couch time on daytime TV. Scandalous! Inexplicable! Terrible judgment! The idea that Mr. Obama would sit with the ladies of “The View” while Libya burns, Iran perfects a nuclear weapon and Syria spins out of control shocked them out of their senses. They’re horrified that Israeli Prime Minister

Homosexuals in the military
demand special privileges

Washington Times, by Col. Ron Crews Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 9/25/2012 9:58:36 PM Post Reply

The American armed forces exist to defend our nation, not to conduct social science lab experiments in which our troops serve as human subjects. Try telling that to this administration. The first anniversary of the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” Sept. 20, has come and gone. Now, there is mounting evidence that proves our warnings were not idle chatter. The threat to freedom posed by this radical sexual experiment on our military is real: It is grave and it is growing. Activists inside and outside our government who pushed the repeal have deployed a smoke screen around

At U.N., Obama downplays
terrorism in Libya attack

Washington Times, by Dave Boyer Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 9/25/2012 9:54:58 PM Post Reply

His expected campaign advantage on foreign-policy issues suddenly in doubt, President Obama at the United Nations on Tuesday portrayed the deaths of four Americans in Libya as a result of inflamed tensions over an anti-Islam movie produced in the U.S. rather than a terrorist attack aimed at his policies in dealing with the Arab Spring and Middle East unrest. Although his administration in recent days acknowledged that the deaths of Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three others were caused by a terrorist act on Sept. 11, Mr. Obama didn’t mention terrorism

Romney takes aim at foreign
aid, ties future aid to trade

Washington Times, by Stephen Dinan and Susan Crabtree Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 9/25/2012 9:52:17 PM Post Reply

Seeking to carve out foreign-policy differences with President Obama, rival Mitt Romney on Tuesday said he wants to impose a bargain on countries seeking U.S. foreign aid: open economies to trade and investment in exchange for American taxpayers’ generosity. Speaking to the Clinton Global Initiative in New York, where world leaders were gathered for the opening of the U.N. General Assembly, Mr. Romney said Americans often are flummoxed by the billions of dollars sent overseas to countries that never seem to improve and, at worst, siphon the money into their leaders’ pockets

Outweighed Republicans
skeptical of polls’ left tilt

Washington Times, by David Hill Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 9/25/2012 9:50:28 PM Post Reply

As President Obama and congressional Democrats have surged in polls, Republicans are increasingly arguing that the surveys are skewed — and some are going so far as to accuse pollsters of purposely trying to demoralize GOP voters. Pollsters say there is no attempt at bias and that they are simply sampling people who answer their phones. But that has led to several high-profile polls that have shown Democrats substantially outnumbering Republicans, even though they usually hold only a slight lead on Election Day. Polling firms downplay the effect of an imbalance, and many differ on whether to cancel it out

Obama at U.N. Talks 5
Minutes About YouTube
Video, 1.5 Minutes on Iran

Cybercast News Service, by Elizabeth Harrington Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 9/25/2012 9:48:29 PM Post Reply

President Barack Obama devoted 5 minutes of his speech before the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday to a YouTube trailer that insulted Islam and 1 minute and 32 seconds talking about the threat of Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon. President Obama made his first reference to what he called a “crude and disgusting video” at 11 minutes and 33 seconds into his speech. The video, which is a YouTube trailer for a shoddy film made by a man in southern California, has been blamed by the Obama administration for protests in the Middle East and North Africa.

CNN's Acosta to Romney:
'If You Somehow Win,' How
Would You 'Assure Blacks You'd
Be Their President Also?

Newsbusters, by Noel Sheppard Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 9/25/2012 9:42:22 PM Post Reply

CNN's Jim Acosta on Tuesday's Situation Room asked what many will think was a truly offensive question. "If you were to somehow beat the first African-American president, what would you say to the black community to assure them that you would be their president also?" (video follows with transcript and commentary): JIM ACOSTA, CNN: African-Americans have a tremendous sense of pride that there is the first African-American president in the White House. If you were to somehow beat the first African-American president, what would you say?

Could the bizarre 'bagel head'
look be Japan's most extreme
beauty trend yet?

Daily Mail [UK], by Tamara Abraham Original Article

Posted By: Not your typical New Yorker- 9/25/2012 9:41:05 PM Post Reply

A new television series has shed light on the bizarre Japanese trend for 'bagel heads'. The extraordinary look, which is created by injecting saline into the forehead, then pressing in the centre of the swollen area with a thumb, is a hit on the country's underground body modification scene. The dramatic results of the two-hour treatment last just 16-24 hours, after which the saline is absorbed by the body and the forehead reduces back to its normal size. The process is revealed on National Geographic's Taboo, where three people are seen undergoing the treatment in Tokyo.

Behar: It's Okay Obama Would
Rather Talk to Me than Netanyahu

Breitbart's Big Hollywood, by Breitbart News Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 9/25/2012 9:40:54 PM Post Reply

Being a Current TV shill for President Barack Obama isn't an easy gig. Turns out Joy Behar is more than up for the challenge. Behar, who cozied up to Obama during today's taped edition of "The View," her other day job, rushed to her Twitter page to help defend Obama against the indefensible. While the Middle East burns and Iran threatens to wipe out (again) Israel, our closest ally in that region, Obama chose not to speak with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Instead, Obama talked about important

What we learned from our
interview with Mitt Romney

CNN, by Jim Acosta Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 9/25/2012 9:39:01 PM Post Reply

Columbus, Ohio - If there's one thing we learned from Mitt Romney during the course of CNN's interview with the GOP nominee in Ohio Tuesday, it's that he plans to aggressively stay on the attack against President Barack Obama in the final six weeks of the campaign. Consider his comments on the diplomatic attack that left four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens, dead in Libya. Romney has criticized the president for calling recent events in the Middle East "bumps in the road" and suggested Obama had labeled Stevens' death one of those "bumps."

China’s first aircraft carrier
enters into service, “a cause
for patriotic passion”

MercoPress [Montevideo, Uruguay], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: PageTurner- 9/25/2012 9:34:59 PM Post Reply

China's first aircraft carrier has entered into service, the defence ministry announced. The 300 meters Liaoning - named after the province where it was refitted - is a refurbished Soviet ship purchased from Ukraine (ex Varyag). For now the carrier has no operational aircraft and will be used for training. But China says the vessel, which has undergone extensive sea trials, will increase its capacity to defend state interests. Getting into the carrier business takes time; a whole range of skills has to be learnt; and carriers have to operate with other ships,

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