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Hussman: US Likely Entered
into a Recession in Mid-2012 - Thread Closed

Money News, by Forrest Jones Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 10/1/2012 11:42:12 AM Post Reply

The U.S. economy likely slid into a recession during the middle of 2012, said economist and fund manager John Hussman. The U.S. economy officially grew 1.3 percent in the second quarter and 2 percent in the first quarter, but such assumptions are made with backward-looking indicators, or those that capture events that have already happened. Leading indicators, which point to where the economy is headed, paint a different reality. “In regard to a U.S. recession, keep in mind that the consensus of economic forecasters —

Psaki worried Obama will
be too ‘professorial’ for
couch-sitting beer drinkers

Washington Examiner, by Joel Gehrke Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/1/2012 11:39:11 AM Post Reply

President Obama’s campaign spokeswoman said she’s concerned Obama will sound too “professorial” to resonate with the low-information voters tuning into the presidential campaign for the first time during this week’s debate. “[W]hat the American [people] are looking for is not just a professorial list of facts or accomplishments or even goals,” Obama campaign spokeswoman Jen Psaki said yesterday as part of her ongoing, almost-comical attempt to lower expectations going into the debates. She then lamented that Obama “has a tendency to give longer, substantive answers.” Psaki’s concern that Professor Obama will appear

Paul Ryan confident in Romney
ahead of presidential debate,
despite trailing behind Obama

Daily News, by Tracy Connor Original Article

Posted By: STLstudent- 10/1/2012 11:35:48 AM Post Reply

Mitt Romney doesn’t need a game-changing performance in the first debate, despite previous “missteps,” his 47% comments among them, the Republican’s running mate said... “First of all, the polls are close. This is going to be a close race,” Ryan said, confident and promising victory. “But you are trailing,” host Chris Wallace interrupted.

National Pro-Immigrant
Group Demands Obama
Fire Eric Holder

Tuscan Citizen (AZ), by Bob Quasius, Sr. Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 10/1/2012 11:30:36 AM Post Reply

National pro-immigrant group Cafe Con Leche Republicans today reacted to Univisión’s bombshell news report about ‘Fast and Furious’ which aired Sunday night Bob Quasius, President, stated: “President Obama promised the most transparent administration in history. We’ve watched with dismay as the ‘fast and furious’ scandal unfolded. With last night’s bombshell revelations by Univision of dozens of murders in Mexico, it is obvious this scandal is unparalleled in American history. Worst of all is the cover-up by Eric Holder, far worse than Watergate.

A New Course for the Middle East

Wall Street Journal, by Mitt Romney Original Article

Posted By: Moritz55- 10/1/2012 11:20:38 AM Post Reply

Disturbing developments are sweeping across the greater Middle East. In Syria, tens of thousands of innocent people have been slaughtered. In Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood has come to power, and the country's peace treaty with Israel hangs in the balance. In Libya, our ambassador was murdered in a terrorist attack. U.S. embassies throughout the region have been stormed in violent protests. And in Iran, the ayatollahs continue to move full tilt toward nuclear-weapons capability, all the while promising to annihilate Israel.

Allen West: Person Responsible
For Libya ‘Cover-Up’ Will Be
‘Fired’ On Nov. 6th

Mediaite, by Alex Alvarez Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/1/2012 11:10:19 AM Post Reply

Florida congressman Allen West stopped by Fox & Friends‘ curvy couch on Monday, where he said that President Obama is complicit in trying the attacks in Benghazi to the anti-Islam film Innocence of Muslims. The Obama administration, he continued, simply does not want its foreign policy to be regarded as a “failure.” West later added that there has “without a doubt” been a cover-up by the White House. “When you look at the fact,” he said, “five or six days afterward, you had Susan Rice going on all of these talk shows,

The Waltons comes together
to celebrate family
show's 40th anniversary...
but where's John-Boy?

Daily Mail (UK), by Sylvia Mulder Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/1/2012 10:59:15 AM Post Reply

The show has been off the air for 31 years, but The Waltons still have hoards of fans they can count on. Cast members of the popular 70s show about a family in rural Virginia hosted a reunion for their fans in Los Angeles on Saturday, and also showed off how well they've aged over the four decades. The gathering was organised by Kami Cotler, who once portrayed Elizabeth on the popular show, as a fundraiser for a school in Inglewood, California, where she now works as a principal. Luckily, most of her former cast mates were happy to oblige

The Washington Post's
Hatchet Job on Paul Ryan

Real Clear Politics, by Keith Hennessey Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/1/2012 10:53:36 AM Post Reply

Today’s Washington Post contains an election-season hatchet job on Paul Ryan by reporter Lori Montgomery, “Amid debt crisis, Paul Ryan sat on the sidelines.” I would expect a story like this on the Newsweek or Huffington Postsites, but the Post purports to be nonpartisan and balanced. Ms. Montgomery’s story offers two premises: 1. Mr. Ryan “sat on the sidelines” rather than act, and in doing so he failed to behave as a responsible legislator; 2. He would rather espouse conservative principles than engage in the messy business of bipartisan compromise. Here is Ms. Montgomery’s core assertion:

Obama 'saddened' by death of
former NYT publisher Sulzberger

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Mike Lillis Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/1/2012 10:43:39 AM Post Reply

President Obama on Saturday praised Arthur Ochs Sulzberger as a fearless truth-seeker and First Amendment champion, saying he and the first lady are "saddened" by the death of the long-time New York Times publisher earlier in the day. "Over the course of more than 30 years, Arthur helped transform The New York Times and secure its status as one of the most successful and respected newspapers in the world," Obama said in a statement. "He was a firm believer in the importance of a free and independent press - one that isn't afraid to seek

After Obama guidance,
Lockheed won’t issue
layoff notices this year

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Jeremy Herb Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/1/2012 10:37:54 AM Post Reply

Lockheed Martin said Monday it will not issue employee layoff notices this year, ending an election-year showdown with the Obama administration. The company said it based its decision on new guidance issued Friday by the Office of Management and Budget and the Pentagon. The guidance said the Pentagon did not anticipate killing any contracts on Jan. 2, the day automatic spending cuts are set to begin hitting defense spending. The guidance also said federal government would cover severance costs that are mandated under a federal layoff notices law. The decision by Lockheed means thousands won't get

Why ObamaCare has doctors
depressed and discouraged

Fox News, by Dr. Marc Siegel Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/1/2012 10:29:08 AM Post Reply

Wednesday night the first presidential debate will take place in Denver. The focus will be on domestic policy. But it’s a safe bet, while you’ll likely hear about ObamaCare, you won’t hear about the doctors on the front lines of medicine in the United States today. President Obama has said he likes the term ObamaCare because it signifies that "Obama cares," but if he does, why has he failed to consider life here in the medical trenches, where me and my fellow physicians are discouraged and concerned about how we will care for you and your

Madonna backs Obama,
Romney surges in polls

Investor's Business Daily, by Andrew Malcolm Original Article

Posted By: SurferLad- 10/1/2012 10:26:06 AM Post Reply

Fallon: The bad news rumor is that Obama is gonna release one-third of the Guantanamo prisoners. Worse, they're gonna become NFL refs. Conan: LA closed the entire 405 freeway this weekend. The state urged drivers to stay home by announcing that Lindsay Lohan was out for a drive. Fallon: Stevie Wonder will do a fundraiser for President Obama this month. And then Stevie will return to his other gig -- as an NFL replacement ref. Conan: Patriots Coach Bill Belichick got so mad about a call by a replacement referee he grabbed his arm. Fortunately Belichick was stopped by the ref’s seeing-eye

Daily Presidential Tracking
Poll for October 1

Rasmussen Reports, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: andyboy- 10/1/2012 10:19:53 AM Post Reply

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows President Obama attracting support from 50% of voters nationwide, while Mitt Romney earns the vote from 47%. Two percent (2%) prefer some other candidate, and two percent (2%) are undecided.

Oh, those arms!

Herald Tribune ( Sarasota, FL ), by Joyce Purnick Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 10/1/2012 10:09:30 AM Post Reply

I HAD expected to keep mum about my problem with Michelle Obama until after the election, but my frustration has gotten the better of me. I can contain it no longer. I refer not to her politics, but to her arms — her bare, toned, elegant arms. Enough! The first lady has made it unacceptable for women to appear in public with covered arms. However innocently, however unwittingly, that is what she has done. Those bare, toned, elegant arms of hers have spawned an epidemic of sleevelessness, exposing arms, arms, arms, and not all of them toned and elegant.

Will Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr.
Ever Return to Congress?

PJ Media, by Rick Moran Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/1/2012 10:08:00 AM Post Reply

It’s been more than 3 months since Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. took a leave of absence from Congress to deal with depression and related physical ailments. Now, with the election 5 weeks away, it’s becoming increasingly clear that the Congressman may never return to his seat, even if he wins re-election, as he is expected to with ease. Associated Press: His home in Washington is for sale. His wife says he’ll come back to work only when a doctor approves. He vowed to return to the campaign by Labor Day, and then didn’t. Election Day is five weeks

Biden Misstates Number of Fallen
Heroes in Iraq and Afghanistan

Weekly Standard, by Daniel Halper Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/1/2012 10:03:30 AM Post Reply

Yesterday, speaking at a campaign event in Florida, Vice President Joe Biden said, "I ask every day, what's the exact number of the fallen angels -- not generally, not an estimate, the exact number -- because for every one of those women or men, it has transformed a family, a family we owe. And thus far, as of today, there are 6,437 fallen heroes, 49,871 visibly wounded, and tens of thousands of invisible wounds -- posttraumatic stress, traumatic brain injury -- thousands, thousands, critically wounded, who will need extensive care the rest of their lives." But Biden understated the number

Afghan bomber kills 14,
including 3 NATO troops

Associated Press, by Heidi Vogt & Amir Shah Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/1/2012 9:59:53 AM Post Reply

KABUL, Afghanistan- A suicide bomber driving a motorcycle packed with explosives rammed his bike into a patrol of Afghan and international forces on Monday morning in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least 14 people, including three NATO service members and their translator, officials said. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the blast, which came a day after the U.S. death toll in the war in Afghanistan reached 2,000 troops

Rappers Young Jeezy and Rick
Ross in angry fight at BET Awards
which 'saw shots fired in parking lot'

Daily Mail, by Snejana Farberov Original Article

Posted By: jackson- 10/1/2012 9:57:31 AM Post Reply

Shots were allegedly fired on Saturday night outside the taping of the BET Hip Hop Awards in Atlanta following a shoving match that broke out backstage between rappers Young Jeezy and Rick Ross. According to TMZ sources, the two performers exchanged heated words during the ceremony and started pushing each other before their bodyguards and BET security intervened and separated the two men. But that was apparently not the end of the incident. According to eyewitnesses, soon afterwards a member of Ross's entourage went to the parking lot

Obama USDA met 30 times
with Mexican gov’t to promote
food-stamp use among
Mexican immigrants

Daily Caller [Washington DC], by Caroline May Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/1/2012 9:55:53 AM Post Reply

Department of Agriculture personnel in the Obama administration have met with Mexican Government officials dozens of times since the president took office to promote nutrition assistance programs — notably food stamps — among Mexican Americans, Mexican nationals and migrant communities in America. Writing in response to Alabama Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions’ July request for information about the USDA’s little known partnership with the Mexican government to educate citizen and noncitizen immigrants from Mexico about the availability of food stamps and other nutrition assistance programs, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack defended the partnership

Top U.S. Commander in Afghanistan:
We’re Willing to Fight – But
‘Not Willing to Be Murdered'

Cybercast News Service, by Susan Jones Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/1/2012 9:39:52 AM Post Reply

Gen. John Allen, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, says he's "mad as hell" about the increasing number of insider attacks, in which Afghan soldiers and police murder the Americans who are trying to train them. "You know, we're willing to sacrifice a lot for this campaign. But we're not willing to be murdered for it," Gen. Allen told CBS' "60 Minutes" in a segment that aired on Sunday. Gen. Allen told CBS Correspondent Lara Logan that the insider attacks will continue: "The enemy recognizes this is a vulnerability. You know, in Iraq, the signature weapon system that we

Steven Rattner: 'We Need Death
Panels'; Will PolitiFact Reverse
'Lie of the Year' Tag on Palin?

NewsBusters, by Tom Blumer Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/1/2012 9:32:18 AM Post Reply

For those who want the short answer to the question in this post's title, the answer is almost definitely "no." But in a New York Times op-ed piece in mid-September, former Obama "car czar" Steven Rattner effectively said that the so-called "fact-check" site known as PolitiFact should make amends to former Alaska Governor and vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin. In December 2009, PolitiFact's Angie Drobnic Holan outrageously characterized the following statement made by Palin in an August 2009 Facebook post as its "Lie of the Year" (bold is mine): The Democrats promise that a government health

NYT: Conservatives Are
Taking Over the Media

NewsBusters, by Matthew Sheffield Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/1/2012 9:28:08 AM Post Reply

In an essay published on page B1 of today’s New York Times, columnist David Carr seeks to contradict an open letter which MRC president Brent Bozell and other leading conservatives signed which calls out the media for their favoritism toward President Barack Obama. He appears to have a few problems making an intellectually coherent argument, however. According to Carr, those who see liberal bias in the media (and decades of surveys show it is not just those on the right) ought not to complain because conservatives have a handful

Gov. Jerry Brown OKs legal
driver licenses for young illegals;
Denver debate fodder?

Investor's Business Daily, by Andrew Malcolm Original Article

Posted By: SurferLad- 10/1/2012 9:28:06 AM Post Reply

California's Democrat Gov. Jerry Brown has signed into law legislation that would give legal state driver licenses to hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrant youths. The bill, AB 2189, obviously affects only undocumented young people in the nation's most populous state. But it could also play an important role in the upcoming presidential debate Wednesday evening in Denver. Both candidates are preparing today and tomorrow for their first of three rhetorical rendezvous. The agreed-upon topic that night just happens to be domestic policy.

Mainstream media is threatening
our country's future

Fox News, by Patrick Caddell Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/1/2012 9:24:29 AM Post Reply

I think we’re at the most dangerous time in our political history in terms of the balance of power in the role that the media plays in whether or not we maintain a free democracy or not. You know, when I first started in politics – and for a long time before that – everyone on both sides, Democrats and Republicans, despised the press commonly, because they were SOBs to everybody. Which is exactly what they should be. They were unrelenting. Whatever the biases were, they were essentially equal-opportunity people. That changed in 1980.

How a third of bestselling
ebooks cost MORE than the
same title in hardback

Daily Mail [UK], by Paul Bentley Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 10/1/2012 8:33:59 AM Post Reply

They don’t cost anything to print and you can’t hold them in your hands. So readers may well feel aggrieved that they are paying far more for ebooks than for many hardback versions of their favourite titles. A survey of bestselling fiction and non-fiction sold by online retailer Amazon has found that in more than a third of cases ebooks are priced higher than the same books in hardcover. Experts and consumers are outraged, saying that, if anything, electronic versions should be far cheaper because they cost nothing to print, store or transport. The findings are also all

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