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AP Editor On Romney Photo
Caption: ‘We Fell Short
Of Our Own Standards’

Mediaite, by Meenal Vamburkar Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/10/2012 3:40:48 PM Post Reply

Yesterday, the Associated Press responded to criticism of a photo of Mitt Romney, which many deemed “unflattering.” The AP released a statement and revised the caption. On Wednesday, the news wire’s senior vice president and executive editor, Kathleen Carroll, responded further. Carroll said the original caption was too “generic” and that the AP failed to meet its own standards. (Snip) ''The student with the surprised expression had just realized that the governor was going to crouch down in front of her for the group photo. ''

The Truth Will Out: Only one agent
was left with Amb. Stevens
during Benghazi assault,
congressional testimony reveals

Washington Free Beacon, by Adam Kredo Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/10/2012 3:34:13 PM Post Reply

Several agents tasked with defending murdered United States Ambassador Christopher Stevens left his side to retrieve their weapons and armor as the U.S. consulate in Libya came under attack by heavily armed militants, according to testimony provided by State Department officials Wednesday during an often tense congressional hearing on the attack. As one of five diplomatic security agents attempted to secure Stevens and another official during the attack, “The other agents retrieved their M4 submachine guns and other tactical gear from” a separate building, (Snip) During an often tense back and forth between lawmakers and State Department officials, Lamb admitted

EU Official: Time running
out on online privacy

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/10/2012 3:27:49 PM Post Reply

Brussels - A European Union official warns that time's running out to create a system to prevent Internet users from having every click recorded. Neelie Kroes, EU digital agenda commissioner, plans to warn in a speech Thursday that efforts to create a "do not track" Internet header aren't succeeding. "Online privacy and online business need to go hand in hand," she'll say, according to her office. "Privacy is a fundamental right ... People won't use what they don't trust. And they will stop using what they learn to distrust. If that happens, online businesses miss out on a huge opportunity

German media attacks
Greeks for Merkel reception

Jerusalem Post [Israel], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/10/2012 3:22:23 PM Post Reply

Berlin - German newspapers attacked "ungrateful" Greeks for the hostile public reception they gave Angela Merkel in Athens and some criticized the chancellor's generosity for promising they would stay in the euro zone - a message welcomed in Greece. Pictures of a small group of Greek anti-austerity demonstrators dressed as Nazis, including one with a Hitler mustache waving a swastika, dominated German coverage of Merkel's first visit to Athens since the sovereign debt crisis began three years ago. "Germany does not deserve this!" protested the biggest selling Bild tabloid on its front page.

Putin stunt backfires
as birds fly home

Agence France-Presse, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/10/2012 3:20:52 PM Post Reply

Moscow - Russian President Vladimir Putin's bid to encourage a group of endangered cranes on their winter migration appeared to have failed spectacularly Wednesday when it emerged the birds had been taken back to a wildlife reserve by plane. The 60-year-old president already earned mockery last month when he took to a motorised hanglider to guide a half dozen of the Siberian Cranes - all hatched in captivity - over Russia's frozen north. Yet the news grew even worse for Putin when the Rosprirodnadzor environmental oversight agency revealed that the birds he had guided on the way to Siberia's far

Obama's Passive-Aggressive
Second-Term Policy Agenda

Investor's Business Daily, by Ed Carson Original Article

Posted By: PageTurner- 10/10/2012 3:20:44 PM Post Reply

President Obama hopes there will be no change in the White House on Nov. 6. His campaign offers platitudes such as "investments" in education and green energy. But there has been very little attention on what Obama would actually do with four more years. Second terms tend to be lackluster. The intellectual and political energy wanes, and scandals are common. But Obama's re-election would mean sweeping policy changes, simply by his being in the Oval Office through 2016. ObamaCare comes into force Americans favor repealing ObamaCare 54%-39%,

Michelle Obama tells daughters:
'Just don't dance on the tables'

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Alicia M. Cohn Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/10/2012 3:18:24 PM Post Reply

Michelle Obama warns her daughters that every moment can be captured and shared with the world through social media.The first lady said in a new interview with NBC's iVillage published Wednesday that she jokingly tells Malia and Sasha: "Just don’t dance on the tables; just stay off.” The first lady has not changed her mind about letting Malia and Sasha join Facebook, either. “You are not going to have Facebook for a long time," she tells her daughters. The first lady has discussed in the past how careful she is with digital technology when

Wall Street pay back
near pre-recession highs

CNN Money, by Emily Jane Fox Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/10/2012 3:15:12 PM Post Reply

New York - Wall Street is fattening its paychecks even as it slashes jobs. The New York financial sector has been cutting employees in recent years. But those who have held on to their jobs brought home more money than they did two years ago. Their pay was close to pre-recession highs in 2007, according to a report from the New York State comptroller. The average salary of financial industry employees in New York City rose to $362,950 in 2011. That's a 16.6% increase from two years ago.

US church calls to reevaluate
military aid to Israel

Jerusalem Post [Israel], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/10/2012 3:11:07 PM Post Reply

Fifteen leaders of US churches and other faith-based organizations have asked Congress to reevaluate US military aid to Israel. The religious leaders sent a letter to Congress members on Monday, calling for an investigation into possible violations by Israel of the US Foreign Assistance Act and the US Arms Export Control Act, which would make Israel ineligible for US military aid. (Snip) continued US military assistance to Israel -- offered without conditions or accountability -- will only serve to sustain the status quo and Israel’s military occupation of the Palestinian territories," the letter, signed by leaders of the Lutheran, Methodist,

Giant manure pile dumped at local
Democratic headquarters in Ohio

New York Daily News, by Philip Caulfield Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/10/2012 3:06:00 PM Post Reply

Democratic volunteers in southwest Ohio on Tuesday were shocked to find the entrance to their headquarters blocked by a massive pile of horse manure, according to a local report. Warren County Democratic chair Beth Goldenfield told WKRC Cincinnati that her staff was sickened by the prank, which they think occurred sometime after 10 p.m. on Monday. Goldenfield suspected a few local GOP elephants were behind the nasty dung attack. "It's really unfortunate that people can't have respectful disagreements...It's just very disappointing," she told the station. In the days before the pile appeared, dozens of Democratic party signs around Lebanon and

Obama's Lies Unravel in
Congressional Hearing on
Libya 9/11 Attack

Brietbart Big Peace, by Joel Pollock Original Article

Posted By: Oblio- 10/10/2012 3:05:46 PM Post Reply

Today's congressional hearing on the Sep. 11, 2012 attacks across the Middle East, that killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans in Benghazi, have destroyed the Obama administration's lies about the event. There was not enough security in Benghazi, despite repeated requests; there was no preparation for the attacks, despite intelligence and warning signs; and the assault in Libya had nothing to do with an anti-Islamic video, as President Barack Obama and his appointees had claimed for weeks.

U.S. security in Libya drawn
down before attack - testimony

Reuters, by Susan Cornwell & Tabassum Zakaria Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/10/2012 3:02:30 PM Post Reply

Washington - Diplomatic security in Libya was drawn down ahead of last month's fatal attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi and U.S. officials did not have enough protection, the former head of a U.S. security team in Libya told lawmakers on Wednesday. "The security in Benghazi was a struggle and remained a struggle throughout my time there ... Diplomatic security remained weak," Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Wood told the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in written testimony. "The RSO (regional security officer) struggled to obtain additional personnel there (in Benghazi), but was never able to attain the numbers he

Confirmed: Big Bird ad a flop
across the entire political spectrum

Hot Air, by Ed Morrissey Original Article

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

Put this another way. When your campaign strategy loses Matt Lauer, Chris Matthews Bob Shrum, and earns four Pinocchios from the Washington Post, where exactly does that leave you? In a fine, feathered mess, that’s where. Lauer interviewed Obama campaign adviser Robert Gibbs this morning on Today, and asked, “Is that the kind of political ad that a campaign releases when it feels that it has ideas and solutions on its side, or is that the kind of political ad a campaign releases when it simply wants to get attention?” As if on cue, Gibbs insists that Mitt Romney declared

U.S. Election 2012: Joe Biden
to play ‘hardball’ against
Paul Ryan in VP debate

Associated Press, by Matthew Daly Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/10/2012 2:56:31 PM Post Reply

Washington - Four years ago, Joe Biden was careful not to appear overly aggressive in his vice presidential debate with Sarah Palin, then a newcomer to the national stage. Now, as he prepares to debate Paul Ryan, a 14-year House veteran and the top Republican budget writer, Biden is less concerned about looking like a bully. “He won’t have to worry about pulling punches,” said former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, who played Palin in debate preparations in 2008 but is not involved this year. “He can go after policy and raise issues with a number of deliberate deceptions that the

House oversight Democrats unite to
claim Libya hearing is partisan

Daily Caller, by Neil Munro Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/10/2012 2:53:08 PM Post Reply

House Democrats are trying to portray Republican Rep. Darrell Issa’s investigation into the Sept. 11 Benghazi jihad-attack as a partisan hit-job. Libya “is an inherently unstable situation. … I certainly hope today’s hearing is not going to be perceived as effort to exploit a tragedy 27 days out from an election,” said Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia. “I’m disappointed,” said ranking chairman Rep. Elijah Cummings. The alternative to a partisan investigation is a “thorough and responsible investigation,” he said, plus a $2.5 billion per year tax increase on oil companies to fund more diplomatic security efforts.

U.S. Embassy in Libya Sought
$13,000-Per-Year Bodyguards
With ‘Limited’ English; But
Gave Preference to Citizen ‘Same-Sex *

Cybercast News Service, by Terence P. Jeffrey Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/10/2012 2:49:03 PM Post Reply

In the months leading up to the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, the U.S. Embassy in Libya was seeking to hire two bodyguards with “limited” English language skills at salaries of about $13,000 per year. Job descriptions for these openings that the U.S. Embassy in Libya posted online said the State Department would give preference in filling them to qualified U.S. citizens who were family members of U.S. government employees. The job descriptions explicitly stated that this included the “same-sex domestic partners” of U.S. government employees.

Benghazi Hearing: Charlene Lamb
Does Not Call Attackers ‘Terrorists’

Washington Free Beacon, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/10/2012 2:46:46 PM Post Reply

REP. DAN BURTON: Because today as I listen to people, and you Ms. Lamb, have said—you’ve described these attackers in a number of ways, but you don’t mention terrorists at all. Why is that? I mean, the compound had been attacked once before, and breached, and these people had all these weapons—projectiles, grenades, all kinds of weapons. Why would you call this anything but a terrorist attack? Why do you call them attackers? CHARLENE LAMB: Sir, I have just presented the facts as they’ve come across. I am not making any

Return of the Weak Horse

National Review Online, by Peter Kirsanow Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/10/2012 2:40:44 PM Post Reply

Terrorists attacked the U.S. consulate in Libya, killed four Americans, tore down the American flag, and replaced it with an al-Qaeda flag. Will someone finally ask the president what he plans to do about it? As Mark Steyn notes, almost every sentient being outside of the Obama administration and mainstream media suspected it was a terrorist attack within days of the event. Yet to this point, a full month after the attack, the commander-in-chief of the most powerful nation on earth has said nothing about what our response to the terrorists

Winter heating bills
to be higher this year

Boston Globe, by Erin Ailworth Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 10/10/2012 2:39:35 PM Post Reply

With winter temperatures expected to return to normal following last year’s mild season, Massachusetts residents who warm their homes with heating oil can expect spend a record amount in the next six months, according to a forecast released by the federal government Wednesday. The US Energy Information Administration said that with heating oil prices projected to rise to $3.80 a gallon this season, the country’s heating oil customers -- most of whom live in the Northeast -- will likely spend an average $2,494 to heat their homes between now and March. That’s more than any previous winter on record

Michelle Obama wants to
escape the bubble, go to CVS

Politico, by Byron Tau Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/10/2012 2:39:29 PM Post Reply

The toughest part of the job for first lady Michelle Obama? Not being able to stroll around her local drugstore. In an interview with NBC's iVillage, the first lady said she sometimes chafes at the bubble of the White House. “I can’t walk outside. I can’t take my dog for a walk," the first lady said. Acknowledging that most Americans face much more hardship and difficulty than she does, she said she nevertheless sometimes regrets the "loss of privacy" and "loss of anonymity." "I tease, it’s like one day I am going to walk out that gate.

Unreal: State Department
Now Saying They Never Blamed
Video for Libya Attack

Townhall, by Katie Pavlich Original Article

Posted By: Drive- 10/10/2012 2:38:33 PM Post Reply

In its latest line of excuses, the State Department is now saying officials never blamed violence in the Middle East, particularly the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya, on a YouTube video. The State Department denied Tuesday it ever concluded that the deadly consulate attack Sept. 11 in Libya was an unplanned outburst prompted by an anti-Islam movie.

Sarah Palin Says She's
Writing a Fitness Book

People Magazine, by Sandra Sobieraj Westfall Original Article

Posted By: Pluperfect- 10/10/2012 2:31:46 PM Post Reply

New photos of Sarah Palin looking very thin have caused a stir online, and now the former Alaska governor and 2008 VP nominee tells PEOPLE she's just fine and is, in fact, working with her family on a new fitness book. In an email to PEOPLE on Tuesday, Palin – who's known to treat houseguests to a smorgasbord of homemade treats such as moose chili, chocolate cream pies, pecan pies and lemon meringue pies – wrote, "Our family is writing a book on fitness and self-discipline focusing on where we get our energy and balance

Lugar, Snowe Joining
Venture on Civil Discourse

PJ Media, by Bridget Johnson Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/10/2012 2:28:23 PM Post Reply

Two moderate GOP senators leaving the upper chamber at the end of this term are joining the National Institute for Civil Discourse. Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) decided not to run for re-election, and Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) was defeated in the GOP primary. The nonpartisan center for debate, research, education and policy about civility in public discourse was created at the University of Arizona in February 2011, in the aftermath of the Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) shooting. The honorary chairman are former presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton. The honorary co-chairs are former Senate Majority

Eat crow and pray for Joe

Politico, by Roger Simon Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/10/2012 2:25:41 PM Post Reply

When Barack Obama was up by 4 percentage points in the polls, the media said the race was a dead heat. Now that Obama is down by 4 percentage points in the polls, the media say he is dead meat. The media giveth, and the media taketh away. Fickle be the name of the media. The media mind-set is dependent not on fact, but on attitude. And now comes a man who can change that attitude: Joe Biden. Say it ain’t so, Joe. Say it ain’t all on you, Joe, as you prepare to meet the Janesville Juggernaut, Paul Ryan,

Gov. Rick Perry backs
Mitt Romney on abortion

Politico, by Kevin Robillard Original Article

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

Texas Gov. Rick Perry isn’t worried about his former primary rival’s reluctance to push legislation restricting abortion rights, saying on Wednesday that he’s confident Mitt Romney will appoint “constitutionalists” to the Supreme Court. “I think the Supreme Court is where that issue will be decided, from the standpoint of how America’s going — We’ll have a Supreme Court decision, and that’s where the focus will be,” Perry said on CBS’ “This Morning.” “He’s said very clearly that he’s going to put people who are constitutionalists on the Supreme Court.” Romney, who supported abortion rights as governor of Massachusetts, said Tuesday

'The Dozen Most Overrated
Black People'

American Spectator, by Ross Kaminsky Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/10/2012 2:15:43 PM Post Reply

"The Dozen Most Overrated Black People": Can you imagine if I (or any other columnist) actually wrote an article with this title and subject? Not only would I not write such a thing because it's professional suicide, but more importantly I don't view the world through a lens of race -- and neither does any other non-leftist columnist whom I read or know, whether pasty white folks like me or black conservatives such as Thomas Sowell, Walter Williams, Deroy Murdock, or Star Parker. For example, I might suggest that Barack Obama is the single most overrated person on the planet,
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