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Whatever Happened to Truth?

American Spectator, by Robert Stacy McCain Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/3/2012 1:33:25 PM Post Reply

Did you know that one-third of children in Ohio are enrolled in Medicaid? Neither did I, until last week when I picked up a copy of the Bucyrus (Ohio) Telegraph-Forum and read down to the seventh paragraph of a story headlined, "Study says more children have health insurance." The positive spin in the headline was undercut by the statistical facts of the story: "The increase in children on insurance comes as median incomes across the state were relatively flat, and the percentage of families in poverty -- especially those with children -- rose slightly."

Sierra Club targets lawmaker
who wants to restore Hetch Hetchy

North County Times (Calif), by Lance Williams Original Article

Posted By: wydleyred- 10/3/2012 1:24:19 PM Post Reply

The Sierra Club is spending $625,000 to defeat a Republican lawmaker who has championed one of the environmental organization’s most cherished goals – draining the Hetch Hetchy reservoir in Yosemite National Park. Campaign finance reports show that in September, the Sierra Club Independent Action super political action committee made several expenditures targeting U.S. Rep. Dan Lungren of Gold River, who is locked in a tight race against Democrat Dr. Ami Bera, an Elk Grove physician. The club is paying for a hard-edged series of TV commercials and mailers in the Sacramento-area district.

Domestic Fight Over
Obama and Romney Leads
to Man's Arrest: Cops

NBC6 South Florida, by Brian Hamacher Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/3/2012 1:11:37 PM Post Reply

An argument over the 2012 election led to a domestic battery charge for an elderly Hollywood man who struck his wife after yelling at her "about Obama and Romney," police said Wednesday. Peter Schwartz, 74, was arrested at his home in the 4000 block of Hillcrest Drive around 8 p.m. Tuesday, according to the Hollywood Police arrest report. Schwartz's wife told police the two had gotten into a verbal argument about "politics" and she ran away when he started yelling at her about "Obama and Romney," the report said.

Explosive findings about DHS
operations in congressional report

Canada Free Press, by Doug Hagmann & Joseph Hagmann Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/3/2012 1:10:54 PM Post Reply

An explosive 141-page investigative report was quietly released just after midnight by the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs is an indictment of the practices and procedures of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. While this report provides details of the investigation of “fusion centers,” or intelligence centers across the country under the control of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, it provides critical insight into the workings of the DHS itself. The report, available here in PDF format, notes that a review by subcommittee investigators of 13 months

Doctor seeking Illinois Senate
seat offers brutal diagnosis
of ObamaCare in viral video

Fox News, by Perry Chiaramonte Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/3/2012 1:05:23 PM Post Reply

She's a former nun, an Army major, a lawyer, a college professor and a physician. Now Dr. Barbara Bellar wants to be a state senator from Illinois, and she has one question about ObamaCare. “What the blank could possibly go wrong?” Bellar asks, tongue in cheek, after delivering a one-sentence indictment of President Obama's health care law. (Snip) Bellar, a Republican candidate running for office in the state’s 18th district, gave the extended one-liner while warming up the crowd at a recent event for GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney. Someone captured it on

FBI offering $50G reward for
Massachusetts man wanted for
supporting Al Qaeda

Fox News, by Joshua Rhett Miller Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/3/2012 12:58:29 PM Post Reply

A Massachusetts man who the FBI says has traveled to Yemen and Pakistan for training in how to kill American soldiers now has a $50,000 price on his head. Ahmad Abousamra, 31, last lived in the U.S. in a tony Boston suburb and has relatives in Detroit. He left the United States in 2006 and may now be living in Aleppo, Syria, with his wife, at least one daughter and other relatives. He was indicted in 2009 for taking multiple trips to Pakistan and Yemen to seek jihad training and has been charged with conspiracy to provide material

Poll: '47 percent' gets more
traction than 'You didn't
build that'

The Hill [Washington DC], by Justin Sink Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/3/2012 12:56:32 PM Post Reply

A new poll finds that Mitt Romney's secretly recorded comments about the "47 percent" of Americans who do not pay taxes did more to turn voters off than President Obama's "You didn't build that" remark at a campaign rally in Virginia. According to a survey released Tuesday night by NBC News and The Wall Street Journal, 45 percent of voters said Romney's comments at a private fundraiser gave them a negative impression of the candidate. Alternatively, 23 percent said the comment gave them a more positive review of the candidate.“There are 47 percent

Massive Protests in Iran

National Review Online, by Nathaniel Botwinick Original Article

Posted By: abuela10- 10/3/2012 12:55:48 PM Post Reply

Yesterday in Iran, there were major protests over the plummeting value of the rial. Tear gas was used to disperse the demonstrators, some of whom were setting fire to tires and rubbish bins. There were many arrests, reports say. Eyewitnesses told the BBC that scores of people gathered outside the central bank, calling for the governor to stand down, chanting anti-government slogans. The rial has plummeted to record lows against the US dollar in recent days. Money dealers were joined by traders from the nearby central bazaar, reports say.

South Side marijuana farm
found with plants as tall
as Christmas trees

Chicago Sun-Times, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/3/2012 12:49:37 PM Post Reply

The 1,000 or so marijuana plants — some as tall as Christmas trees — stretched across land the size of two football fields, but it took police in a helicopter to spot the massive grow operation on the far South Side. There were no reports of any arrests Wednesday. The marijuana was found on a stretch of land along the 10600 block of South Stony Island Avenue, not far from the Harborside International Golf Center, according to a police source.

Make mine a single: the
rise of stronger spirits

Wall Street Journal, by Charles Passy Original Article

Posted By: Hazymac- 10/3/2012 12:46:01 PM Post Reply

Is America ready for a really stiff drink? Distillers are rolling out a growing number of whiskies, rums, gins—even cognacs—with higher-than-normal concentrations of alcohol. The offerings come by a variety of monikers, with some makers dubbing them "overproof"—a reference to the fact that they go beyond the standard proof of 80 (or 40% alcohol by volume). Others prefer "cask strength" or "barrel strength," which means a spirit hasn't been heavily diluted before bottling. Still others use the term "navy strength," the potency historically demanded by the British Royal Navy. (If gunpowder doused with a spirit ignited,

Buying Thomson Is About
Closing Gitmo, No Matter
What They Say

National Review Online, by Andrew C. McCarthy Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/3/2012 12:39:46 PM Post Reply

“If you like your health care plan, you’ll be able to keep your health care plan, period.” “The allegation … — that ATF ‘sanctioned’ or otherwise knowingly allowed the sale of assault weapons to a straw purchaser who then transported them into Mexico — is false.” The Benghazi terrorist attack, in which jihadists killed four Americans, was a spontaneous “response to a video that is offensive.” I could go on, but you get the point. This administration lies whenever lying is expedient in a scheme it is trying to accomplish or an accusation it is trying to dodge.

Senator Graham: Obama Is
Guilty of a ‘Mini-Coup’

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

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/3/2012 12:28:29 PM Post Reply

This week, sequestration made headlines again, as Lockheed Martin announced its intention to fall in line with the executive branch’s astonishing request that defense contractors wilfully violate the WARN Act. Per its declaration, the firm will defer sending layoff notices made necessary by the sequestration law; and in return they will receive immunity from the consequences, along with a promise that any fines will be picked up by Uncle Sam. This morning, I spoke to Senator Lindsay Graham about the development. Graham is deeply concerned about the move, and about the lack of attention it is receiving —

Text Obama’s 2006 Speech
on Faith and Politics (From the
LDot Archives, June 28, 2006)

New York Times, by Barack Obama Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 10/3/2012 12:28:20 PM Post Reply

Following is the text of Barack Obama's keynote at the Call to Renewal's Building a Covenant for a New America conference in Washington, D.C., in 2006. Good morning. I appreciate the opportunity to speak here at the Call to Renewal's Building a Covenant for a New America conference. (Snip) So I'd like to congratulate you all on the thoughtful presentations you've given so far about poverty and justice in America, and for putting fire under the feet of the political leadership here in Washington. But today I'd like to talk about the connection between religion and politics

Gibbs: Obama believes Katrina
response failures were ‘colorblind’

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Meghashyam Mali Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/3/2012 12:20:24 PM Post Reply

Senior Obama campaign adviser Robert Gibbs dismissed claims from conservative media outlets that the president believed the botched federal response to Hurricane Katrina was influenced by race. In an interview with "CBS This Morning" on Wednesday, Gibbs was asked about a video of then-Illinois Sen. Obama delivering a speech in 2007 in which he discussed the anger many African-Americans affected by the 2005 storm’s devastation felt at Washington’s mishandled relief efforts. “The president says the incompetence surrounding the federal government’s response to Katrina in 2005 was colorblind,” said Gibbs. “If the Republicans want to defend the Bush

Controversial Art Display
Rocks Grand Rapids

Fox News, by Todd Starnes Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/3/2012 12:12:53 PM Post Reply

Artwork made from semen is causing a stir in Grand Rapids, Mich. after the paintings were included in a city-wide art competition — partially funded by tax dollars. The three paintings were created using slightly more than four ounces of semen infected with HIV, according to the artist — EA Conner. (Snip) “These paintings were created as a reminder that we all come in contact with people every day who are HIV positive,” he wrote on his ArtPrize profile page. “The red spots on the Scorpion and Bio-hazard paintings are actual HIV positive semen and the gold

Elderly Couple Face Vandalism,
Molotov Cocktail Over Romney Sign

Fox News, by Todd Starnes Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/3/2012 12:08:36 PM Post Reply

An elderly California couple has been subjected to violent threats, vandalism and a fake Molotov cocktail because they erected a pro-Mitt Romney sign on their front yard. (Snip) Gene Liboff, 78, of Woodland Hills, Calif., told Fox News the latest incident occurred last week when someone left a baby food canister with a wick attached to it – next to the sign. The bottle was filled with liquid. A spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Dept. confirmed to Fox News that the incident occurred. The fire department and bomb squad were summoned – but

Gov't Tells Mass. College to
Create a Women's Hockey Team
Because Hockey's Popular in Region

Cybercast News Service, by Susan Jones Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/3/2012 12:02:39 PM Post Reply

Women who want to play intercollegiate ice hockey probably wouldn’t apply to Merrimack College in North Andover, Mass., because the small Catholic school doesn’t have an ice hockey team for women. But that’s about to change. Following a federal civil rights investigation, Merrimack has agreed to create three new female athletic teams, including a women's hockey team that eventually will play at the Division I level – just as the Merrimack men’s hockey team does. As a first step, the school said it needs to find out "if there is sufficient interest and ability”

School May Install ‘Trash-Cams’
To Spy on Kids Tossing Veggies

Fox News, by Todd Starnes Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/3/2012 11:44:24 AM Post Reply

A Florida school district is considering a plan to install surveillance cameras on cafeteria trash cans to monitor what kids are throwing away – after they discovered that students were tossing out their federally-mandated fruit and vegetables. (Snip) The Lake County School Board said more than $75,000 worth of vegetables have been thrown in the garbage. The veggies and fresh fruit are party of the Obama administration’s policy to force schools to provide healthy produce in lunch rooms. “It’s fairly specific recipe of what they would like us to serve,” Lake County School Board member

Obama Grades the United
States: 'Incomplete'

Weekly Standard, by Daniel Halper Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/3/2012 11:39:51 AM Post Reply

In a recent interview with Glamour magazine, President Barack Obama gives the United States an "incomplete" grade. Obama's grade is based on how women are treated in America. "I think the way I’d grade the United States right now is incomplete," says Obama. "There are more opportunities for women than ever before. I think women excelling in school is now translating into greater opportunities in their professional lives. Some of the steps that we’ve taken have helped to open up additional access, but I’m not going to be satisfied until every young person who is willing

Exclusive: President Obama
Considered Putting Osama bin
Laden on Trial if Taken Alive

Vanity Fair, by Michael Lewis Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/3/2012 11:33:22 AM Post Reply

In an adaptation from his new book, The Finish—first reported for Vanity Fair—magazine contributing editor Mark Bowden reveals that President Obama intended to put Osama bin Laden on trial in the federal court system if he had been captured, rather than killed, during the Abbottabad raid. Bowden had access to key players including C.I.A. deputy director Michael Morell and the president himself. According to Bowden in the story—in November’s Vanity Fair—in the unlikely event that bin Laden surrendered, Obama saw an opportunity to resurrect the idea of a criminal trial, which Attorney General Eric Holder had planned for

New Ad Questions Obama:
'Politics Before Patriotism?'

Weekly Standard, by Daniel Halper Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/3/2012 11:19:02 AM Post Reply

THE WEEKLY STANDARD has obtained this new political ad that knocks President Obama for saying the al Qaeda terrorist attack in Libya is a bump in the road: The thirty-second spot will soon be airing in the battleground state of Virginia, and possibly elsewhere. It is courtesy of Special Operations OPSEC PAC, which is made up of former military and intelligence officials. "President Obama wanted credit after our military killed bin Laden," the ad's narrator says. "Highly classified secrets were leaked, endangering real heroes and their families. But when terrorists killed SEALs and diplomats in Libya, this

From player to pauper: How NBA
star blew through $110MILLION
in just two years and was forced
to file for bankruptcy when
career ended

Daily Mail [UK], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/3/2012 11:10:26 AM Post Reply

NBA star Antoine Walker blew through the $110million he earned in a successful basketball career so quickly that he was forced to file for bankruptcy just two years after he retired. Walker, who was forced to come out of retirement and play in the obscure development league, says bad real estate deals, gambling debts and 14 years of living the high life have left him all but broke today. It is a far cry from his glory days in the NBA, where he was named to the all-star team three times and won a championship in 2006.

Essex County clerk admitted fraud
and agreed to resign, but never did

Star-Ledger [Newark, NJ], by Alexi Friedman Original Article

Posted By: Ribicon- 10/3/2012 11:10:00 AM Post Reply

Essex County — Rocio Rivera pleaded guilty to voter fraud last year when she admitted to fraudulently submitting absentee ballots in an effort to elect Teresa Ruiz to the state Senate for Essex County in 2007. As part of a plea deal, Rivera agreed to resign from her job as a clerk in the Essex County Sheriff's Office. She never did. In March, a judge sentenced the 52-year-old Rivera to three years' probation for third-degree absentee ballot fraud. Still, Rivera did not resign from the sheriff’s office, where she has worked for 15 years.

To believe Obama is to
forget the last four years

Washington Examiner, by Editorial Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/3/2012 11:01:43 AM Post Reply

Imagine you hire a company to fix your roof. They proceed to do shoddy work, miss every promised deadline and go wildly over budget. Would you then hire them to add a new room to your house? No, of course not. But that is exactly what President Obama is asking the American people to do in his latest television ad. "If I could sit down with you in your living room or around the kitchen table," Obama says directly into the camera, "here's what I'd say." He then goes on to outline a new "economic patriotism,"

Bob Woodward: 'Obama Is
Proposing Cutting Medicare'

Newsbusters, by Noel Sheppard Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/3/2012 10:58:59 AM Post Reply

On the campaign trail, Barack Obama is claiming that if reelected, he would save Medicare while Mitt Romney will kill it. Yet the Washington Post's Bob Woodward said on MSNBC's Morning Joe Wednesday the president "is proposing cutting Medicare" (video follows with transcript and commentary):BOB WOODWARD: He is tuned in to his own ambivalence, and in the reporting on this, it's very clear he realizes we face a problem that is not going to go away, that he's got to address. And there are documents that are floating around that I got and notes

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