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Sources: Ref lockout could end soon

ESPN, by Chris Mortensen Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/26/2012 10:30:52 PM Post Reply

The NFL and the NFL Referees Association made enough progress in negotiations Tuesday night that the possibility of the locked-out officials returning in time to work this week's games has been discussed, according to sources on both sides. An agreement in principle is at hand, according to one source familiar to talks, although NFL owners have postured with a "no more compromise" stance. The possibility of NFLRA referees working Thursday's Ravens-Browns game is dim, according to sources, but it is possible they could work games on Sunday and Monday.

Saudi Arabia embarks on massive
projects in Mecca and Medina

Independent [UK], by Catrina Stewart Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/26/2012 10:28:36 PM Post Reply

Saudi Arabia is embarking on two ambitious projects in Islam's holiest cities, Mecca and Medina, including plans to build one of the world's largest mosques. King Abdullah, Saudi's 88-year-old monarch, laid the foundation stone this week to mark the expansion of the Prophet's mosque in Medina from a current capacity of 200,000 worshipers to 1.8 million, the state news agency reported. (Snip) But officials hope that the grandiose expansion project, which will take place in three stages starting next month, will pay off, attracting thousands more tourists, an increasingly important source of revenue, to the kingdom.

'Anti-white racism':
The talk of the town

France 24, by Sophie Pilgrim Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/26/2012 10:22:09 PM Post Reply

“Anti-white racism is growing in our cities.” It’s a statement that the French have heard several times over the past few years, during TV and radio interviews; debates; perhaps from their bigoted neighbour. But never before has it been heard publicly by a politician who isn’t affiliated with the far-right National Front (FN) party. So when Jean-François Copé, secretary general of France’s (supposedly) centre-right UMP party, came out with the disquieting assertion on Wednesday, the reaction was one of disbelief. Admittedly, Copé, was trying to get attention. (Snip) “There are certain districts in our towns, where individuals – some of

Fact Check: Elizabeth
Warren's 'Family' Ad

Breitbart's Big Government, by Michael Patrick Leahy Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/26/2012 10:12:04 PM Post Reply

In her new "Family" television ad, Elizabeth Warren directly responds to the controversy surrounding her claims to Native American heritage. Here are the three central claims Ms. Warren makes using the same phrasing she's tested out with crowds over the past several months: 1. That she has Native American heritage. 2. That her parents were forced to elope because her father's parents objected to their marriage due to her mother's heritage. (Snip) As Cherokee genealogist Twila Barnes notes, what Warren's mother told her about the wedding, as described in this Boston Globe article, is simply not true. According to the

No tax, no Church perks,
German court rules

Deutsche Welle, by Ole Kämper Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/26/2012 10:06:31 PM Post Reply

A German court has ruled that Catholics must pay a special Church tax if they want to take part in religious activities. It follows a warning by the Church that those who fail to pay will be denied a religious burial. The Leipzig Federal Administrative Court ruled on Wednesday that Germans cannot remain members of the Catholic Church without paying a Church tax. (Snip) The system has been in place since the 19th century. All Germans who are officially registered as Catholics, Protestants or Jews pay a religious tax of 8-9 percent on their annual income tax bill. The levy

Spain Recoils as Its Hungry
Forage Trash Bins for a Next Meal

New York Times, by Suzanne Daley Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 9/26/2012 9:57:37 PM Post Reply

MADRID — On a recent evening, a hip-looking young woman was sorting through a stack of crates outside a fruit and vegetable store here in the working-class neighborhood of Vallecas as it shut down for the night. At first glance, she looked as if she might be a store employee. But no. The young woman was looking through the day’s trash for her next meal. Already, she had found a dozen aging potatoes she deemed edible and loaded them onto a luggage cart parked nearby. “When you don’t have enough money,”

With more control over campaign cash,
Obama gets more discounts on advertising

Washington Post, by Dan Eggen Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 9/26/2012 9:50:56 PM Post Reply

As the presidential campaigns step up the pace of their multimillion-dollar spending sprees, President Obama enjoys a little-noticed strategic advantage that gives him more control over the money he has raised. (Snip) In one Ohio ad buy slated to run just before the election, for example, Obama is paying $125 for a spot that is costing a conservative super PAC $900. The imbalance could prove crucial over the next five weeks, when the presidential candidates and their allies are expected to burn through about $1 billion worth of advertising in battleground states

Marine from Juneau awarded
medal for valor

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: John c- 9/26/2012 9:44:10 PM Post Reply

JUNEAU -- Marine Staff Sgt. Alec Haralovich thought he was going to die when an enemy round struck him in the side as his patrol was attacked last fall in Afghanistan. The bullet knocked him down, but to Haralovich's surprise, he wasn't even bleeding. The bullet had shattered his radio but failed to penetrate his body armor. Haralovich, who grew up in Juneau, was able to get up, run through an open field and fire a rocket that scattered insurgents who had pinned down the Marine Reserve unit. For his actions, Haralovich last month was awarded the Silver Star, the military's third

Comcast to close all
California call centers

Sacramento Bee, by Claudia Buck Original Article

Posted By: beancounter- 9/26/2012 9:13:49 PM Post Reply

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- In an abrupt announcement that caught state and local business officials off guard, cable giant Comcast announced Tuesday that it's closing all of its California call centers, including one in Natomas that employs about 300 workers. Why? That's the tricky question. Earlier in the day, citing the state's "high cost of doing business," a regional Comcast official said the company's Natomas, Livermore and Morgan Hill call centers will be shuttered on Nov. 30. Overall, about 1,000 jobs will be relocated to existing centers in Portland, Seattle and Denver. But hours later, after state Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg

A New Face for the GOP?

PJ Media, by Patrick Reddy Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 9/26/2012 8:33:58 PM Post Reply

While much attention was rightly focused on the Romney-Ryan ticket at the 2012 Republican National Convention, significant but perhaps overlooked changes are occurring at the grassroots level: for the first time since the Depression ended GOP national dominance in 1932, Republicans are recruiting and running large numbers of black and Hispanic candidates for state and federal office. In 2012, more than 60 black and Hispanic Republicans are running for Congress, a new record. These candidates are not “sacrificial lambs” set up to lose in heavily Democratic inner-city districts. A fair amount of them are running in swing

Obama's Biggest Opponent is the Truth

Wall Street Journal, by Karl Rove Original Article

Posted By: Moritz55- 9/26/2012 8:28:32 PM Post Reply

When George Stephanopoulos asked Mitt Romney in a Sept. 14 "Good Morning America" interview what he's learned about President Obama as a debater, the former Massachusetts governor replied, "I think he's going to say a lot of things that aren't accurate." If Mr. Obama's debate performance mirrors his campaign, Mr. Romney's prediction will be dead on. To get a sense of how comprehensive the president's assault on the truth has been, consider some of his false claims in recent speeches and ads. One Obama spot says, "To pay for huge, new tax breaks for millionaires like him,

When Andy Williams dubbed
Lauren Bacall

Los Angeles Times, by Dennis McLellan Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 9/26/2012 8:00:39 PM Post Reply

Singer Andy Williams, who died Tuesday at age 84, was singing with his three older brothers as the Williams Brothers when the quartet arrived in Hollywood in 1944 and soon were signed by MGM. They were on loan to Warner Bros. when 16-year-old Andy landed his first solo singing role in the movies, although he did not appear on screen. A 19-year-old Lauren Bacall was also on the Warner Bros. lot, filming her first movie -– “To Have and Have Not” opposite Humphrey Bogart -- and the role required her to sing.

Police fire rubber bullets
at Madrid rally over
government austerity measures

Agence France-Presse, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/26/2012 7:53:02 PM Post Reply

Spanish police have fired rubber bullets as thousands of protesters have rallied in Madrid over the government's austerity measures. Spanish riot police have fired rubber bullets and baton-charged protesters as thousands rallied near parliament in Madrid in anger at the economic crisis, in clashes that left more than 60 people injured. Riot police in helmets on Tuesday charged to clear thousands of protesters who swamped the Plaza de Neptuno square yelling "Shame!" and "Resign!", addressing the government.

Nazi Tibet statue from space rock

Agence France-Presse, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/26/2012 7:49:21 PM Post Reply

A thousand-year-old Buddhist statue taken from Tibet in 1938 by an Nazi SS team was carved from a meteorite. In a paper published in an academic journal, German and Austrian researchers recount an extraordinary tale where archaeology, the Third Reich and cosmic treasure are intertwined like an Indiana Jones movie. Called the "Iron Man" because of the high content of iron in its rock, the 24-centimetre -high statue was brought to Germany by an expedition led by Ernst Schaefer, a zoologist and ethnologist. Backed by SS chief Heinrich Himmler and heading a team whose members are all believed to have been

Rare $200,000 ‘Bonnie
and Clyde’ Guns Go Up
For Auction

ABC News, by Matthew Rosenbaum Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 9/26/2012 7:40:01 PM Post Reply

The story of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, the love-struck bandits who rose to fame during America’s public enemy era before suffering a violent death at the hands of police, has resonated across generations, spawning films, music, even an annual festival. Starting Sept. 30, some of the most crucial pieces of that iconic American story will be for sale to the public. The center piece of the auction, which is being held at RR Auction at the Crowne Plaza Nashua, in New Hampshire, is a Colt .38 detective special revolver. The revolver, nicknamed “the squat gun” because

Likely voters: U.S.-Muslim
relations worse than 4 years ago

Daily Caller, by Jessica Stanton Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/26/2012 7:30:06 PM Post Reply

A plurality of likely voters — or 45 percent — believe that U.S. relations with the Islamic world are worse under President Barack Obama than they were under President George W. Bush, according to a Rasmussen poll released on Tuesday. A mere 18 percent believe that U.S.-Muslim relations are better, while 31 percent believe relations have stayed the same since Obama took the White House four years ago. Obama has been highly critical of his predecessor and U.S. foreign policy concerning the Middle East in general. He has often suggested, both before and throughout his presidency, that he has a

CBO: Electric vehicles a loser
that allow for more pollution

Hot Air, by Ed Morrissey Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/26/2012 7:24:01 PM Post Reply

We’ve been pretty tough on the Chevy Volt, GM’s entry into the electric vehicle/hybrid market, over the government subsidies that have been piled onto it for production and sale. Maybe it’s time to give the government a hearing on the efficacy of the subsidy programs. Late last week, the CBO analyzed the outcomes of the green-tech subsidy programs aimed at promoting EVs like the Volt, and concluded that they’re not exactly successful. (Snip) At current vehicle and energy prices, the lifetime costs to consumers of an electric vehicle are generally higher than those of a conventional vehicle or traditional hybrid

French Socialist President Hollande:
“I should endorse Mitt Romney”

Hot Air, by Erika Johnsen Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/26/2012 7:18:18 PM Post Reply

In my experience, the term “socialist” usually produces a fairly negative reaction from lots of my fellow Americans, as it very well should; I mean, it’s only a repeatedly failed system of oppressive governance that demonstrably slackens economic growth and makes people poorer and more miserable — what’s not to like? (Snip) “So I suppose I should endorse Mitt Romney,” Hollande joked. “But I won’t.” See what he did there? Just in case you didn’t catch it, that was actually a sneaky way of saying that he prefers Barack Obama. So, no big surprise there, because if you want to get

FCC Chair Defends Regulations,
Calls FCC a ‘Cop on the Beat’

Cybercast News Service, by Matt Cover Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 9/26/2012 7:07:40 PM Post Reply

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski defended his agency’s role in regulating broadband Internet, saying that the FCC needed to act like a “cop on the beat.” “We need to protect and promote competition,” Genachowski said at a speech to media firm Vox Communications in Washington on Tuesday. “We know from decades of experience that when it comes to competition in the communications sector, the FCC needs to be a cop on the beat.” Genachowski said that part of this “cop on the beat” approach meant putting rules in place that “prevent anti-competitive practices

Romney: Obama ‘Did Not’ Raise Taxes

ABC News, by Gregory Krieg Original Article

Posted By: viola- 9/26/2012 7:06:59 PM Post Reply

Mitt Romney strayed from his own campaign’s talking points during a “reset” rally with running mate Paul Ryan today in Ohio. In the midst of remarks otherwise ridiculing the president’s tax record, Romney said: “I admit this, [President Obama] has one thing he did not do in his first four years — he’s said he’s going to do in the next four years, which is to raise taxes.” Behind him, Ryan appeared to wince at the mention.

Catholic Ethicists: Immoral For
Catholic Business Owners
to Obey Obamacare

Cybercast News Service, by Terence P. Jeffrey Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/26/2012 7:04:00 PM Post Reply

The National Catholic Bioethics Center has published an analysis saying that it will be immoral for a Catholic who owns a private business to purchase health insurance for his or her workers under Obamacare and its implementing regulations--which mandate that insurance plans bought by businesses and individuals must cover sterilizations and all Food and Drug Administration-approved contraceptives, including those that can cause abortions. “Dropping all coverage appears to be the most morally sound approach,” the Catholic ethicists concluded.

Army General Charged with
Forcible Sodomy During
Tour in Afghanistan

ABC News, by Luis Martinez Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 9/26/2012 6:55:24 PM Post Reply

An Army brigadier general has been charged with forcible sodomy, inappropriate relationships, and possessing alcohol and pornography while serving as a senior commander in Afghanistan earlier this year. Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair, a deputy commanding general of the 82nd Airborne Division, faces a possible court martial over the charges handed down Wednesday. In May, Sinclair was sent home to the United States in the middle of his combat tour in Afghanistan, where he was serving in the southern Afghanistan province of Kandahar as the deputy commander of logistics and support for the 82nd Airborne.

Notre Dame Sues Obama for
Violating 1st Amendment, Then
Invites Him to Speak--Again

Cybercast News Service, by Elizabeth Harrington Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 9/26/2012 6:50:29 PM Post Reply

The University of Notre Dame, which has joined other Catholic groups in suing the Obama administration over its mandate requiring health plans to offer contraceptives, sterilizations, and abortion-inducing drugs free of charge, is nevertheless inviting President Barack Obama to speak at the university before Election Day. “The University of Notre Dame’s president, Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., and student body president Brett Rocheleau have joined in inviting both President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Gov. Mitt Romney to speak at the University during the fall election campaign,” the school said in a

CNN and MSNBC Pundit
Arrested for Vandalizing
Anti-Muslim Ad In N.Y.
Subway System

Newsbusters, by Tim Graham Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 9/26/2012 6:48:02 PM Post Reply

The New York Post reported Egyptian-American columnist Mona Eltahawy has been arrested for defacing an anti-Muslim ad in the New York subway system. The video shows her spraying pink paint on the ad while a supporter of the ad tries to block her. She's a journalist for censorship. Eltahawy, a former Reuters correspondent, has been a recent favorite of CNN and MSNBC’s weekend morning shows to discuss Egypt, and she often smears together the Islamist “right wing” and the American right wing, as she did on Melissa Harris-Perry just 11 days ago [video and transcript below]:

Clashes erupt as thousands
of Greeks protest austerity

Reuters, by Renee Maltezou & Harry Papachristou Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/26/2012 6:39:33 PM Post Reply

Athens - Greek police clashed with hooded rioters hurling petrol bombs as tens of thousands took to the streets of Athens on Wednesday in Greece's biggest anti-austerity protest in more than a year. Violence erupted after nearly 70,000 people marched to parliament chanting "We won't submit to the troika (of lenders)" and "EU, IMF Out!" on the day of a general strike against a new round of cuts demanded by foreign lenders. As the rally ended, dozens of black-clad youths threw stones, petrol bombs and bottles at riot police, who responded with several rounds of teargas. Police chased the protesters

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