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TheDC Opinion: Big Bird can
make it rain on his own

Daily Caller, by Taylor Bigler Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/5/2012 3:18:31 PM Post Reply

Big Bird is a billionaire. A Warren Buffett, Eric Schmidt, Steve Jobs billionaire, which is pretty impressive considering that he is not a real person but rather a giant, yellow bird (which is a kind of terrifying concept if you actually think about it for a second.) Advocates for continued federal funding of the Public Broadcasting Service got their undies in a twist Wednesday night when GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney said that he would cut funding to the beloved TV station to reduce the national deficit. (Snip) “Sesame Street” is a multimillion dollar industry, even without any taxpayer funding.

D.C. mandates health insurance
market for businesses

Washington Examiner, by Liz Farmer Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/5/2012 3:16:41 PM Post Reply

A board has required D.C. small businesses and individual buyers to purchase health insurance through the newly minted health exchange, and though it's unclear whether the regulations require D.C. Council approval to take effect, members said Thursday that they apply to any company that has an office in the District with 50 or fewer employees. "If you have a business license here in the District of Columbia, then you participate through the exchange," said Dr. Mohammad Akhter, chairman of the D.C. Health Benefit Exchange board. A spokeswoman later clarified that those companies did

Richard Branson: US
War on Drugs 'Racist'

Breitbart's Big Journalism, by Warner Todd Huston Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/5/2012 3:14:26 PM Post Reply

On Wednesday, while reacting to the death of an American border agent, Sir Richard Branson told Reuters that the American War on Drugs is not only a failure, it is also "racist." Speaking at the offices of the Metro Newspaper in New York where he was acting as a "global guest editor," Branson said that he was part of a commission that spent two years looking at the war on drugs and they came to the conclusion that it is "patently obvious it's failed."

Friday prayers end in
riots on Temple Mount

Jerusalem Post [Israel], by Melanie Lidman Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/5/2012 3:08:45 PM Post Reply

Riots broke out on the Temple Mount on Friday afternoon as hundreds of Muslim worshipers threw stones at police officers, following a week of confrontations between right-wing Jews and Muslims on the site. Police arrested 14 Jews and Arabs during the past week, including Likud activist Moshe Feiglin, for various incidents involving violence and refusing to obey police officers. Towards the end of Friday prayers, hundreds of Muslim worshipers streamed out of the mosque and started throwing stones at the soldiers and border police, according to Jerusalem deputy police spokesman Shlomit Bajshi.

CBO makes it offficial — Obama
broke deficit pledge

Washington Examiner [DC], by Philip Klein Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/5/2012 3:07:28 PM Post Reply

The Congressional Budget Office on Friday reported that the federal government ran a $1.1 trillion deficit in fiscal year 2012, making it official that President Obama broke his promise to cut the deficit in half within his first term in office. On Feb. 23, 2009 (a month into his presidency) Obama convened a “fiscal responsibility summit” in the White House, and declared, “[T]oday, I’m pledging to cut the deficit we inherited in half by the end of my first term in office. Now, this will not be easy. It will require us to make difficult decisions and face challenges

Warning: Stock correction
may be coming

CNN Money, by HIbah Yousuf Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/5/2012 3:06:14 PM Post Reply

U.S. stocks have rallied nearly 15% since the start of June, and one expert said that means the market is ripe for a pullback. "We've just come too far, too fast," said Sean Clark, chief investment officer of Clark Capital Management Group in Philadelphia, who expects stocks to pullback between 5% and 10% during the next month, leading up to the election. "We think it's time to take some money off the table." Most of the gains during the summer were driven by speculation that the world's central banks would intervene and take new steps to stimulate the global economy.

The sickly, stagnant
September jobs report

American Enterprise Institute, by James Pethokoukis Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/5/2012 2:52:35 PM Post Reply

Is this the Obama October Surprise? Only in an era of depressingly diminished expectations could the September jobs report be called a good one. It really isn’t. Not at all. 1. Yes, the U-3 unemployment rate fell to 7.8%, the first time it has been below 8% since January 2009. But that’s only due to a flood of 582,000 part-time jobs. (Snip) And take-home pay? Over the past 12 months, average hourly earnings have risen by just 1.8 percent. When you take inflation into account, wages are flat to down. 3. The broader U-6 rate — which takes into account

Blinded U.S. soldier blasts
Obama for Omar Khadr's
transfer from Guantanamo

Canadian Press, by Colin Perkel Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 10/5/2012 2:48:50 PM Post Reply

TORONTO - The transfer of Omar Khadr to Canada from Guantanamo Bay has infuriated a former American soldier partly blinded in the firefight in which the badly wounded Canadian teenager was captured. The move has also prompted hundreds of Canadians to open their wallets on behalf of the family of the U.S. soldier Khadr pleaded guilty to killing during the July 2002 battle in Afghanistan. In an interview with The Canadian Press, former sergeant Layne Morris denounced Khadr, 26, as a "horrific security risk," and blasted the American government.

$4 gas: Get used to it

Fortune, by Leah McGrath Goodman Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/5/2012 2:46:12 PM Post Reply

President Obama may have a lot more to worry about than bombing the debate this week. Traders are starting to get particularly bullish over gasoline prices – and that is bad news for the average driver, who may also be looking to vent his spleen at the voting booth. Reports of gas shortages along the high-demand west and east coasts may be fleeting – although deeply concerning – but they highlight a problem that's expected to persist in the U.S.: our refineries are getting old. Given that a new refinery has not been built since 1976, commodities desks on Wall

Jobs Report Met with Skepticism

Weekly Standard, by Daniel Halper Original Article

Posted By: James Beam- 10/5/2012 2:42:30 PM Post Reply

This morning's jobs report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is being met with skepticism. The report found that, from August to September, the unemployment rate dropped from just above 8 percent to 7.8 percent. In fact, when Labor Secretary Hilda Solis appeared on CNBC this morning, the first two questions for her were whether the books have been cooked.

Blame Obama’s Lousy
Debate on John Kerry!

Daily Beast, by Matt Latimer Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/5/2012 2:41:53 PM Post Reply

If you did not watch Wednesday night’s presidential debate, here’s how bad it was: the Democrats are now looking to Joe Biden to turn things around. Yes, the latest Mitt Romney was one of the best models his technicians have produced yet, free from technical glitches and referencing real Americans he’d met on the campaign trail so often you’d think he might actually remember them. (Snip) But the real problem last night was, of course, Barack Obama—who looked like he was still sitting in a room somewhere listening to a John Kerry monologue.

Possibility of Obama Tax-Hikes
Fuels Fear of New Recession

Chicago Daily Observer, by Brian Wesbury Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/5/2012 2:40:28 PM Post Reply

Economic forecasting was relatively easy from the end of World War II until the middle of the prior decade. Most of the time, you could just focus on monetary policy. When the federal funds rate was much lower than the growth of nominal GDP – real GDP growth plus inflation – then the Federal Reserve was too loose and nominal GDP growth would go up. When the Fed kept the funds rate above nominal GDP growth, it was tight and nominal GDP growth would slow, raising recession risk and reducing inflation.But then came the last recession, which had nothing to

Venezuela's Chavez ‘Likely’
to Lose, Supporting Bonds,
Barclays Says

Bloomberg News, by Ye Xie Original Article

Posted By: PageTurner- 10/5/2012 2:37:58 PM Post Reply

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will “likely” lose this weekend’s election, sparking a bond rally, Barclays Plc said after a poll showed opposition candidate Henrique Capriles Radonski widened his lead. Capriles’s lead grew to almost 5 percentage points in a poll by Consultores 21, with 51.8 percent of Venezuelans who said they’re sure to vote saying they support the opposition candidate, the Caracas-based polling company said yesterday. Chavez had the support of 47.2 percent. The poll of 1,546 people taken between Sept. 27 and Oct. 2 had a margin of error of 2.5 percentage points.

Polls show Romney making
headway in swing states

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

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/5/2012 2:33:58 PM Post Reply

A set of new swing-state polls show Mitt Romney making big gains in three critical battleground states just two days after the Republican nominee's widely-heralded debate performance. The polls — from conservative-leaning Rasmussen and We Ask America — showed Romney closing the gap or leading in Ohio, Florida and Virginia, three states the GOP candidate would likely need to capture to win the White House. And they represent a dramatic reversal from last week, where polls showed President Obama with a commanding lead. In Ohio, the We Ask America poll gave Romney a 47-46 percent edge over the president, while

Michelle Obama is first
to wear dress from new
Jason Wu diffusion line -
three months before it hits stores

Daily Mail (UK), by Olivia Fleming Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/5/2012 2:33:18 PM Post Reply

It is a dress Jackie Kennedy could have worn 60 years earlier, from its pastel tone to the Sixties sensibility. But far from reaching into the past, Michelle Obama's dusty green shift is from Jason Wu's yet-to-be released contemporary label, Miss Wu, which doesn’t hit stores until January 2013. The First Lady was photographed in the brand new collection's 'modern weave dress' at a campaign event in Cincinnati, Ohio - which she paired with a cropped cardigan and a statement necklace. Mrs Obama has long been a vocal supporter of Jason Wu,

Obama touts jobs
report in NoVa

Washington Examiner, by Brian Hughes Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/5/2012 2:30:35 PM Post Reply

President Obama made the short trek from the White House to Northern Virginia Friday to champion a new jobs report, calling the recent dip in joblessness “a reminder that this country has come too far to turn back now.” The unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent last month, representing the lowest such figure since Obama took office, delivering the Democrat a badly needed economic boost one month before the election. “This morning, we found out that the employment rate has fallen to its lowest level since I took office,” he told a crowd at George Mason University.

Romney Says Jobs Report
Doesn’t Reflect ‘Real Reality’

ABC News, by Emily Friedman Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/5/2012 2:29:13 PM Post Reply

Abington, Va. - Mitt Romney challenged the significance of the drop in the unemployment rate today, arguing that the “real reality” is that the figure declined because “more and more people have just stopped looking for work.” “There was a report that just came out this morning on job creation this last month,” said Romney at a rally in the battleground state of Virginia. “There were fewer new jobs created this month than last month. And the unemployment rate as you noted this year has come down very, very slowly, but it’s come down nonetheless.” “The reason it’s come down

It’s Jim Lehrer’s turn
to respond to the debate

Washington Post, by Paul Farhi Original Article

Posted By: Drive- 10/5/2012 2:28:29 PM Post Reply

Jim Lehrer has a few words in response for those who thought he let President Obama and Mitt Romney ramble on and roll over him in Wednesday’s presidential debate: “So what?” The veteran PBS newsman, who was persuaded by the Presidential Debate Commission to moderate his 12th debate — the last one he’ll do, he vows — says the event wasn’t about “control” or the strict enforcement of rules. It was about producing a sharp discussion and substantive contrast between the candidates. Besides, he says, few people seemed to understand that the new format,

Rosenberg: I Don't Believe In
Conspiracy Theories, But I Don't
Believe In Today's Jobs Report Either

Business Insider, by Mamta Badkar Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/5/2012 2:24:57 PM Post Reply

Headline numbers from today's jobs report looked great. Unemployment fell to 7.8 percent, non-farm payrolls came in line with expectations, and last month's number was revised up. This prompted some to claim the numbers were made up. President Obama said, "this morning we found out that the unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest rate since I took office." (Snip) Here are Rosenberg's key takeaways: The headline 114K non-farm payrolls figure is half of the +200K norm on payrolls. Only half of the over eight million jobs lost in the Great Recession have been regained, three years after the recession

Legal group comes to aid of
Army instructor ousted over
Muslim groups' complaints

Fox News, by Perry Chiaramonte Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/5/2012 2:23:29 PM Post Reply

An Army lieutenant colonel who was on the fast track until Muslim groups complained about a course he taught on radical Islam has a legal foundation in his foxhole. Attorneys for Lt. Col Matthew Dooley, a West Point graduate and highly-decorated combat veteran, was an instructor at the Joint Forces Staff College at the National Defense University, where by most accounts he won praise from students and faculty alike. But when Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey excoriated Dooley during a Pentagon press conference in May, characterizing his course, “Perspectives on Islam and Islamic Radicalism”

Fact Check: Labor Secretary
Solis Misleads on Jobs Revisions

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

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/5/2012 2:20:11 PM Post Reply

Suspicion about the federal government's September jobs report has fallen on Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, who appeared on CNBC this morning and defended the numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), claiming--falsely--that upward revisions of 86,000 jobs were from the private sector. In fact, the new number is entirely accounted for by upwards revisions to state and federal government payrolls. The BLS reported that while only 114,000 jobs were created in September--which would have translated into a rise in unemployment from 8.1% to 8.2%--the unemployment rate fell dramatically to 7.8%.

Psy’s ‘Gangnam Style’ helps
calm cranky babies, based
on YouTube evidence

New York Daily News, by Charlie Wells Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/5/2012 2:12:55 PM Post Reply

Turns out babies also go gaga for “Gangnam.” Two new viral videos on YouTube show South Korean rapper Psy’s hit single “Gangnam Style” has the surprising side effect of calming down some pretty cranky babies. In one video uploaded late last month, cute Claire Bowman from West Virginia starts to cry while her father watches a Saturday football game with a friend.Out of nowhere, Psy’s thumping techno beat starts to play. Claire turns toward the camera and starts to smile — silently. “I had the idea to play the song to calm her down,” said Eric Ramsey,

Yoani Sánchez, Cuba's Best-
Known Blogger, Arrested at
Activist's Trial

Miami New Times, by Tim Elfrink Original Article

Posted By: PageTurner- 10/5/2012 2:06:19 PM Post Reply

Yoanni Sánchez is a true oddity in Cuba -- a young political activist famous worldwide for penning a blog critical of the Castro regime. Sanchez's courage has earned praise from President Obama and a place on Time Magazine's "100 Most Influential" list, all while dodging government censors by emailing her Generacion Y posts to friends outside Cuba, who upload them to the web. This morning, the blog has gone dark as Sánchez reportedly has been arrested while attending the politically charged trial of another young activist. The 37-year-old writer was arrested in the city of Bayamo while attending the manslaughter

Obama: 'We Don't Believe Anybody
Is Entitled to Success in This Country'

Weekly Standard, by Daniel Halper Original Article

Posted By: Optimist123- 10/5/2012 1:43:25 PM Post Reply

President Obama, speaking in Virginia, said, "We don't believe anybody is entitled to success in this country." "This country does not just succeed when just a few are doing well at the top," Obama said, according to a rush transcript of the remarks. "It succeeds when the middle class gets bigger. Our economy does not grow from the top-down, it grows from the middle-out.
Headline split by staff.

Cuba Jails Dissident Yoani
Sanchez, Pro-Government Blog Says

Bloomberg News, by Eric Sabo Original Article

Posted By: PageTurner- 10/5/2012 1:42:38 PM Post Reply

Cuba detained activist and blogger Yoani Sanchez in the eastern city of Bayamo, where she was attending the trial of a man charged in the driving death of another dissident, the pro-government Cuban blog Yohandry said. Sanchez, who writes the “Generation Y” blog that discusses shortcomings of the Caribbean island’s communist government and her failed attempts to travel abroad, was provoking a “media show” over the trial, Yohandry said. Sanchez’s son Teo and other activists confirmed that she was arrested last night, said Ted Henken, a professor of Latin American studies at Baruch College in New York who writes about Cuban bloggers.

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