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Smokers feel the pinch
as France raises taxes

France 24, by Joseph Bamat Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/1/2012 11:01:57 PM Post Reply

In a country famed for its laissez faire attitude toward smoking bans, the French government is now hitting smokers where it hurts: their wallets. From October 1, French smokers began paying 6.5% to 10% more for tobacco, as an unpopular price rise went into effect. No pack of cigarettes in France will cost less than €6.10, with high-end brands going for €7. It is not clear whether this price hike will finally push French smokers to quit, as France’s 2008 full smoking ban failed to reduce the number of smokers. The number of 18 to 75-years-olds smokers actually increased by

Is Obama Introducing National
Socialism to the United States?

Power Line, by John Hinderaker Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 10/1/2012 11:01:49 PM Post Reply

That is a big topic on which much can be said. The U.S. has dabbled in National Socialism before; elements of Roosevelt’s New Deal emulated Mussolini’s policies, and were implemented by men who made no secret of their admiration for Il Duce. But it has been a long time since anyone has seriously tried to turn the United States in a National Socialist direction. Which is what Barack Obama seems to be doing. Consider his 983 executive orders, compared with George W. Bush’s 63. Or his extra-constitutional czars; or his illegal cramdown of bondholders in auto

Weather On Mars Surprisingly
Warm, Curiosity Rover Finds

Space.com, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/1/2012 10:57:32 PM Post Reply

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is enjoying some nice, warm weather on the Red Planet — and spring hasn't even come to its landing site yet. Curiosity's onboard weather station, which is called the Remote Environment Monitoring Station (REMS), has measured air temperatures as high as 43 degrees Fahrenheit (6 degrees Celsius) in the afternoon. And temperatures have climbed above freezing during more than half of the Martian days, or sols, since REMS was turned on, scientists said. These measurements are a bit unexpected, since it's still late winter at Gale Crater, the spot 4.5 degrees south of the Martian equator

The polls show a race
that is still up for grabs

Washington Post, by Jennifer Rubin Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 10/1/2012 10:51:21 PM Post Reply

In the Washington Post-ABC News poll and the Battleground Poll, both of which show a race within the margin of error nationally and with President Obama under 50 percent, Mitt Romney supporters will find confirmation that the contest’s dynamics have changed very little, if at all, since the summer. The dramatic ups and downs in August and September seem to be a wash. But wait, is the race still in the bag for Obama, as some would have you believe? You’ve got to get deep into the weeds to tell what is going on.

Hugo Chavez vows
stronger socialist drive

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/1/2012 10:51:06 PM Post Reply

Caracas, Venezuela - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez pledged to redouble his efforts to create a socialist system if re-elected in Sunday's election, saying the next six-year term would bring bigger changes. Since taking office in 1999, Chavez has increased the government's role in the economy and has nationalized private businesses including cement plants, banks and retail stores. He has also used the country's oil wealth to bankroll social programs including cash benefits for poor families and state-run grocery stores. "We've laid the foundations of 21st century socialism and today we launch, well, the second cycle," Chavez said. "We'll launch the

Brown-Warren second
debate echoes the first

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Alexandra Jaffe Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/1/2012 10:49:00 PM Post Reply

Democrat Elizabeth Warren and Republican Sen. Scott Brown pulled no punches in their second debate in the prominent and intense contest for a U.S. Senate seat from Massachusetts. The contenders, facing off before a packed and energetic audience at University of Massachusetts-Lowell, echoed themes from their first encounter: Brown continued his focus on Warren's Native American heritage and corporate clients to attack her character, and Warren again hammered at Brown's record and his support for tax breaks for the wealthy. (Snip) “Part of this race is also integrity and character and trustworthiness, and there’s a test you can take, and

Latino voter eligibility at all-time high
in US but turnout likely to remain low

Guardian [UK], by Ed Pilkington Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/1/2012 10:44:01 PM Post Reply

New York - The number of eligible Latino voters has reached a historic high, with almost 24 million able to participate in November's presidential election, an increase of 4 million over the previous ballot in 2008. (Snip) But Pew's research also underscores the unfulfilled nature of Latino political power. In 2008, only half those entitled to vote actually cast their ballots – a participation rate well beneath that of African Americans (65%) and whites (66%). The turnout of Hispanics in November could be even lower, as Census Bureau data suggests that the number of Latinos who are registered to vote

Analysis: In Obama’s economy,
immigrants outpace
native-born Americans

Daily Caller, by Neil Munro Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/1/2012 10:36:52 PM Post Reply

Immigrant job-seekers have gained far more in President Barack Obama’s weak economy than have native-born Americans, according to government data. Since Obama’s inauguration, employers have fired and hired millions of workers during the bust and slow recovery. The net result is that they employed more than 1.7 million more immigrants — but only 418,000 more native-born Americans — in August 2012, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ household survey. (Snip) The job data is collected in the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ monthly survey of American households. The survey shows that immigrants won three out of every four jobs added

Mark Levin: Media Racist For
Not Reporting Fast & Furious

Newsbusters, by Noel Sheppard Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/1/2012 10:32:44 PM Post Reply

"It’s my contention right now that these white, liberal media outlets are racist based on the priorities of what they cover and what they don’t cover." So said conservative talk radio host Mark Levin in Monday's opening monologue about the media's refusal to cover Mexican homicides associated with the Obama administration's failed "Fast and Furious" program as well as countless black murders in Chicago (video follows courtesy our dear friends at The Right Scoop with transcript and commentary): (Snip) Dozens of people have been killed, the vast majority of whom are Mexicans, but including Americans. And during the few press

Lockheed says it won’t
issue layoff notices

Washington Times, by Susan Crabtree Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 10/1/2012 10:31:26 PM Post Reply

Lockheed Martin on Monday backed down from its summertime threat to issue layoff warnings to employees just before the November election, saying the Obama administration has given assurances that it won’t immediately kill any major defense contracts when automatic spending cuts go into effect in January. The announcement ends a months-long standoff with the administration that could have turned into a political headache, but the news drew criticism from Republicans who questioned whether the Pentagon and White House budget office even had the legal authorityknown as sequesters

White House secret meetings examine
al-Qaeda threat in North Africa

Washington Post, by Greg Miller and Craig Whitlock Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 10/1/2012 10:28:11 PM Post Reply

The White House has held a series of secret meetings in recent months to examine the threat posed by al-Qaeda’s franchise in North Africa and consider for the first time whether to prepare for unilateral strikes, U.S. officials said. The deliberations reflect concern that al-Qaeda’s African affiliate has become more dangerous since gaining control of large pockets of territory in Mali and acquiring weapons from post-revolution Libya. The discussions predate the Sept. 11 attacks on U.S. compounds in Libya but gained urgency after the assaults there were linked to al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, or AQIM.

John Elway Endorses Romney

Weekly Standard, by Daniel Harper Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 10/1/2012 10:24:59 PM Post Reply

Hall of Fame quarterback John Elway endorsed Mitt Romney ahead of Wednesday's presidential debate in Colorado. “Governor Romney is a proven leader with the experience and background to turn around our struggling economy,” Elway said in a statement. “In these tough economic times, we need a president who understands how to get America working again – by standing on the side of taxpayers and small-business owners who do the real job creating. I am endorsing Governor Romney and Congressman Ryan for President and Vice President because I know having the courage to make decisions and tackle challenges

Bernanke admits low interest rates
hurt retirees, but blames recession

Daily Caller, by Neil Munro Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/1/2012 10:21:05 PM Post Reply

The Federal Reserve’s risky effort to reduce interest rates is hitting swing-voting retirees in the wallet — and Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is blaming the financial crisis. “I know that people who rely on investments that pay a fixed interest rate … are receiving very low returns, [which is] a situation that has involved significant hardship for some,” he said in an Oct. 1 speech in Indianapolis. However, he added, “I would encourage you to remember that the current low levels of interest rates … are in a larger sense the result of the recent financial crisis — the worst

Peanut butter recalled from even
more supermarkets including Whole
Foods, Safeway, and Target due
to salmonella

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/1/2012 10:18:54 PM Post Reply

A recall of peanut butter and other nut products has some of the country's largest grocery stores pulling store-brand products off their shelves. New Mexico-based Sunland Inc. has expanded its recall of peanut butter and almond butter to include cashew butters, tahini and blanched and roasted peanut products. The company, which sells its nuts and nut butters to large groceries and other food distributors around the country, recalled products under multiple brand names last month after salmonella illnesses were linked to Trader Joe's Creamy Salted Valencia Peanut Butter, one of the brands it manufactures. In addition to Trader Joe's,

Road-kill to go? Chinese restaurant
shut down after officials
find dead deer in kitchen

New York Daily News, by Christine Roberts Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/1/2012 10:17:06 PM Post Reply

A Chinese restaurant in Kentucky is closed for business after officials found road-kill in its kitchen. Health inspectors shuttered the Red Flower Chinese Restaurant in Williamsburg after customers saw two employees wheel in a dead deer stuffed in a trash can, WYMT-TV reported. "It was really disturbing. There was actually a blood trail that they were mopping up behind the garbage can," customer Katie Hopkins told the local television station. (Snip) The owner claims that the deer, which his son reportedly picked up along Interstate 75, was never going to be served to customers.

90% of US Households Face
Huge Tax Hike Next Year

Breitbart's Big Government, by Mike Flynn Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/1/2012 10:10:44 PM Post Reply

On November 7th, while cleaning crews are still tidying up from election night parties, America's political class will be hurling themselves into another essential battle over government spending, taxes and debt. On January 2nd, 2013, absent some kind of budget deal, America will fall off the "fiscal cliff" and face a massive tax increase and across the board cuts in government spending. Like most crisis these days, it's a creation of politicians. A new study from the Brookings Institution's Tax Policy Center finds that the expiration of the Bush-era tax cuts at the end of the

Are You Kidding Me? Romney’s
Garbage Man Blasts Him In
New Political Ad

Mediaite, by Andrew Kirell Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/1/2012 10:05:24 PM Post Reply

A new anti-Mitt Romney ad from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees features Richard Hayes, the garbageman who deals with the Romneys’ trash at their oceanfront mansion in La Jolla, California. Dubbed by AFSCME as one of the “people who make America happen,” Hayes talks about his laborious job, and criticizes the GOP nominee for not caring about the government-dependent “47 percent” of voters who the candidate believes won’t vote for him anyway: “My name is Richard Hayes, and I pick up Mitt Romney’s trash. We’re kind of like the invisible people.

AEI scholar offers vacuous
‘conservative case for Obamacare’

Washington Examiner, by Philip Klein Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/1/2012 9:56:09 PM Post Reply

This weekend brought us another reminder of how low the New York Times’s standards are for authors who are willing to make liberal arguments while claiming conservative credentials. On Sunday, the newspaper ran an article on President Obama’s health care law that was about as vacuous as any you’ll read, but it had this going for it: the author, J.D. Kleinke, is a resident fellow at the right of center American Enterprise Institute and his piece is entitled “The Conservative Case for Obamacare.” The article doesn’t make any effort to engage actual conservative policy

US State Dept Seeks to
Unblock $450 mn for Egypt

Breitbart's Big Peace, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/1/2012 9:42:57 PM Post Reply

The US State Department said Monday it would work with Congress to try to unblock some $450 million in economic aid for Egypt, after a lawmaker froze the funds. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland confirmed the US administration had asked Congress to free up the money in two tranches to support the government in Cairo. But she said there were "concerns" about the plan amid rocky ties between the United States and Egypt, under its new Islamist leader, President Mohamed Morsi. "We're obviously going to have to work with the Congress in the coming days and weeks to explain why

Media Watch: Breaking from
CNN: Obama To Increase
'08 Turnout Advantage!

Breitbart's Big Journalism, by John Nolte Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/1/2012 9:38:09 PM Post Reply

During the perfect storm of '08, Barack Obama enjoyed a 7% advantage over John McCain when it came to party turnout. In other words, Democrats enjoyed a D+7 turnout advantage over Republicans. This also means Democrats were more excited and enthused to vote in almost record numbers. According to a new CNN poll, Obama is going to beat that! According to CNN, Democrats are even MORE enthused and excited than they were in 2008! According to CNN, Republicans are just as demoralized and willing to stay home as they were in 2008!

Obama: Debate prep is ‘a drag’

Yahoo! News, by Olivier Knox Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 10/1/2012 9:37:16 PM Post Reply

President Barack Obama, holed up at a swank Las Vegas-area resort to get ready for his first debate with Mitt Romney, jokingly told a volunteer on Monday that debate prep can be "a drag." (Snip) "We had a great prep, and it was a lot of fun," he told Stinger. "It's very nice. Although basically they're keeping me indoors all the time. It's a drag. They're making me do my homework." Obama campaign spokeswoman Jen Psaki declined to shed much light on the president's debate prep sessions, in which Democratic Sen. John Kerry has been playing Romney.

Trash politics: Labor union
backing Barack Obama uses
garbage man at Mitt Romney's
$12m mansion to attack him in
ad claiming he 'doesn't care'

Daily Mail (UK), by Toby Harnden Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/1/2012 9:32:56 PM Post Reply

Mitt Romney's garbage man is starring in a new attack ad that features him at work picking up trash outside the Republican nominee's $12 million California mansion. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) labor union features the garbage man in an ad that juxtaposes him talking about how tough his job it with Romney's notorious '47 per cent' comments in which he says that 'my job is not to worry about those people' who don't pay federal income tax. In the ad, the garbage man states: 'My name is Richard Hayes, and I pick up

Obama uses Down
syndrome to hit Romney

Washington Examiner, by Paul Bedard Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/1/2012 9:32:00 PM Post Reply

In its latest effort to slap Mitt Romney's "47 percent" comment, the Obama campaign on Monday tapped a young woman with Down syndrome to pull at the heartstrings of undecided voters. The Obama-Biden campaign's web page featured a "letter of the week" from a 25-year-old woman who wrote that "I am one of the 47% of Americans who fall under Mitt Romney's definition of 'entitled' and 'unable to take responsibility for my life.' I have Down syndrome." The letter comes on the heel of the campaign's TV ad playing in battleground states that

Stunning Historical Discovery

National Review Online, by Peter Kirsanow Original Article

Posted By: horacer- 10/1/2012 9:30:54 PM Post Reply

Cambridge, Mass. — Celebrated historian Bertram Oxley has uncovered a memorandum from former Japanese Emperor Hirohito to Admiral Yamamoto dated December 6, 1941, showing that the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was motivated by an offensive film made by Charlie Chaplin ridiculing Japanese cuisine. “Contrary to historical accounts over the last seventy years,” Professor Oxley said in an interview today with the BBC, “What appeared to be a meticulously planned surprise attack was actually a spontaneous demonstration by moderate sushi connoisseurs in the Imperial Navy in response to a hateful and offensive movie.

WH Aide Involved in Fast and
Furious Was 'Suddenly' Transferred
to Iraq; Issa Threatens Subpoena

Cybercast News Service, by Fred Lucas Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/1/2012 9:21:23 PM Post Reply

Kevin O’Reilly, a member of the White House National Security Staff who regularly communicated about Operation Fast and Furious with the Arizona-based ATF agent responsible for running the operation that allowed guns to flow to Mexican drug cartels, was suddenly transferred out of the White House and into Iraq in July 2011. The transfer took place shortly after the ATF agent had testified in the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and the White House had provided the committee with a series of emails that O’Reilly and the agent had exchanged while Fast and Furious was underway.

Survey: Doctors choose
Romney over Obama

Daily Caller [Washington DC], by Betsi Fores Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/1/2012 9:20:26 PM Post Reply

A new survey shows Mitt Romney with a commanding lead over President Barack Obama among doctors, with Obamacare helping to sway their votes. If the election were held today, 55 percent of physicians reported they would vote for Romney while just 36 percent support Obama, according to a survey released by Jackson & Coker, a division of Jackson Healthcare, the third largest health care staffing company in the United States. Fifteen percent of respondents said they were switching their vote from Obama in 2008 to Romney in 2012. The top reasons cited for

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