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Yemeni man working with US
embassy shot dead in Sanaa

BBC News [UK], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 10/11/2012 7:00:02 AM Post Reply

A Yemeni man working on security issues with the US embassy in the capital Sanaa has been killed in a drive-by shooting. Qassem Aqlani was going to work when he was shot dead by a man on a motorbike, Yemeni and embassy officials said. Mr Aqlani had worked at the embassy for nearly 20 years, AP news agency said. According to another report, he was in charge of co-ordinating an investigation into an attack on the embassy last month. During protests against an anti-Islam film made in the US, demonstrators briefly stormed the embassy grounds and burnt the US flag.

Yemen security chief at
US Embassy killed in Sanaa

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: pineledger- 10/11/2012 6:41:46 AM Post Reply

Sanaa, Yemen – Yemeni security officials say a gunman has assassinated the Yemeni chief of security at the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa. The officials say Qassem Aqlani, who was in his fifties, was shot dead while on his way to work early on Thursday. They say a gunman on a motorcycle opened fire at him and fled the scene. Aqlani had been working for the U.S. Embassy in the Yemeni capital for nearly 20 years. The Yemeni officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media. The attack comes as Yemen's U.S.-backed government is waging

Media's Obama Narrative
Collides with Reality

American Thinker, by Rosslyn Smith Original Article

Posted By: DW626- 10/11/2012 6:23:58 AM Post Reply

It's been a week since a 90-minute debate shifted the narrative of the 2012 election. I had been trying to think if there was a comparable example of when a live television event had had such a profound effect upon what had been a widely accepted truth. When I read Toby Harnden's report of how Obama stepped off of the Denver stage believing he had won, it dawned on me. (Snip) In an extraordinary insight into the events leading up to the 90 minute showdown which changed the face of the election

The Essential Obama

American Spectator, by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/11/2012 6:14:24 AM Post Reply

WASHINGTON -- Well, apparently I am not crazy after all. The polls have caught up with me, and they -- après le débat -- are coming around to my point of view. Governor Mitt Romney is ahead in the race for the White House, and let me add he will probably be residing at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in 2013. I have been saying it for weeks, recognizing that the polls are weighted too heavily toward the Democratic candidate, employ too small a sampling -- as little as nine percent of the electorate --

Lance Armstrong stands unmasked
as the worst kind of cheat and liar

New York Daily News, by Editorial Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/11/2012 6:10:22 AM Post Reply

Lance Armstrong’s fall from grace has been widely described as the tragedy of an athlete who succumbed to the temptation of doping to enhance performance out of competitive zeal. Now, though, the all-American boy is unmasked as a species far worse than the Olympians and baseball players who have boosted speed and strength via chemistry. He is a fraud to the jazzed-up marrow of his bones. He is a bald-faced liar to the public and under oath to investigators. And he is a thug who attempted to conceal his systemic cheating with threats and intimidation. So says the United States Anti-Doping Agency

The Dividends of
Romney's Debate Victory

Wall Street Journal, by Karl Rove Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/11/2012 6:04:31 AM Post Reply

How big an impact did Mitt Romney's performance in last week's debate have? Huge. Mr. Romney not only won the night, he changed the arc of the election—and perhaps its outcome. Surveys have him leading the RealClearPolitics average of polls for the first time since securing the GOP nomination in mid-April. Prior to Oct. 3, Mr. Romney trailed President Barack Obama by an average of 3.1 points in national polls tallied by RealClearPolitics. Since the debate, Mr. Romney now leads Mr. Obama in the RCP average by a point, 48.2% to 47.2%, and the bounce is likely to grow.

Unanswered Questions
on Benghazi Attack

Commentary Magazine, by Max Boot Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/11/2012 6:00:40 AM Post Reply

The mystery of what the administration knew and did both before and after the Benghazi attack continues to deepen. A former official in the Bush administration emails me a list of questions that need to be answered: 1) Why did the Libyan delegation have inadequate security? 2) Were there political or ideological factors that influenced the security decisions? 3) Why was it Susan Rice who spoke for the administration on the Sunday shows? Did the White House choose her, or did Hillary Clinton push her forward? Why was it not Clinton, who had the responsibility for the decisions, rather than Rice?

Syria and Turkey are on
the brink of all-out war

Telegraph [UK], by David Blair Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 10/11/2012 5:59:16 AM Post Reply

If anyone believed that Syria’s bloodshed would stay inside the country’s borders, the events of the last week should have put them right. I’m in southern Turkey, near the frontier with Syria, and this area feels like the new front line of the battle against Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Convoys of Turkish army vehicles ply the roads down to the border and, quietly, civilians are trickling away to safer areas. The reason is simple: cross-border artillery and mortar bombardments have become daily events. Last Friday, I went to the scene of the bloodiest incident so far, when

What Obama’s Raddatz
connection really shows us

Daily Caller, by Matt K. Lewis Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/11/2012 5:58:28 AM Post Reply

There is a line in “A Few Good Men” that I think of every time someone complains about the “good ol’ boys” club. A frustrated Cdr. Galloway (Demi Moore), having failed to outmaneuver Lt. Kaffee (Tom Cruise), asks incredulously: “Is there anyone in this command that you don’t either drink or play softball with?” You can often get your way if you know the right people. I was reminded of this when I read The Daily Caller’s story today which revealed that President Barack Obama was a guest at the wedding of vice presidential debate moderator Martha Raddatz.

Scary Harry

Washington Free Beacon, by C.J. Ciaramella Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/11/2012 5:53:10 AM Post Reply

Several Democratic candidates in recent months have been hesitant to voice support for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.), who, if Democrats retain control of the Senate, must be reelected majority leader when Congress begins a new session next year. Much like the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository he so opposes, Reid seems to be toxic. Reid’s tenure as majority leader in the upper house of Congress has been notable for his iron-fisted control, which has drawn indignation from Republicans. However, in recent months, Reid has also been making headlines as a rabid, partisan attack dog

Ryan's debate prep as
meticulous as he is

CNN, by Dana Bash Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/11/2012 5:48:48 AM Post Reply

Washington -- Paul Ryan has a constant companion on the campaign trail -- a weighty burden he clearly can't live without. It's an oversized, well-worn brown briefcase that holds about 40 pounds of paperwork that he's been studying nonstop to prepare for his debate with Vice President Joe Biden. Ryan sat down for an exclusive interview with CNN to give some insight into how he is getting ready for his 90-minute face-off. As he held the bulging briefcase in his lap, he told us that this is the way he has gotten ready for moments large and small

The $5 trillion tax cut that isn’t

Washington Post, by Robert J. Samuelson Original Article

Posted By: Pluperfect- 10/11/2012 5:38:44 AM Post Reply

Let’s review again the math of Mitt Romney’s proposed tax cuts to show why — contrary to the rhetoric from President Obama’s campaign — they do not amount to a $5 trillion tax cut for the rich. We all understand that campaigns involve self-serving exaggerations, simplifications and partial truths. But if politics is to retain any integrity, a line must be drawn at statements and innuendoes that are demonstrably false. That’s happened here. The Obama campaign has distorted the results of a study by the Tax Policy Center, a nonpartisan research group, and created a fictitious $5 trillion tax cut.

'NHS doctor quizzed by terror
police over Syria kidnap plot'

Daily Mail [UK], by Chris Greenwood* Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 10/11/2012 5:38:32 AM Post Reply

A suspected Islamic fundamentalist thought to have fought in Syria while on sabbatical from his job as an NHS doctor was in custody last night. The man was arrested with his wife at Heathrow Airport on Monday after returning to Britain from Egypt. Counter-terrorism officers suspect he was an AK-47 wielding medic among a gang of kidnappers in war-torn Syria. The man is accused of being part of a small British contingent among a 40-strong cell called Al Absi, which aims to convert Syria to sharia law. The group occupied a camp inside the Syrian border and took two veteran

Terrorist bomb cache
near Disneyland in Paris

Daily Express [UK], by Peter Allen Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 10/11/2012 5:35:03 AM Post Reply

Terrorist bomb-making equipment has been found hidden in a garage near Disneyland Paris. Overnight raids by police in the eastern suburb of Torcy uncovered the explosives and guns in a four-storey building yesterday. Armed officers surrounded the building as residents were evacuated. Following the find, Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said: “We are clearly and objectively confronted with an extremely dangerous terrorist cell” and that everything needed to be done “to prevent the risk of a terrorist attack in France”.He confirmed that “elements used in the manufacture of explosives” were found, including potassium nitrate and sulphur, along with guns.

Joe's World

National Review Online, by Daniel Foster Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/11/2012 5:31:26 AM Post Reply

We are told, in a variety of journalistic passive constructions, that Vice President Joseph Biden “is expected to have an advantage on foreign policy” in the imminent debate with Representative Paul Ryan, who in his career thus far has been more of a home-front guy. Indeed, among the surfeit of reasons that candidate Obama chose then-Senator Biden as his running mate (all of which, I’m sure, sounded good at the time) was that Biden’s thousand years hanging around the Senate Foreign Relations Committee were supposed to offset Obama’s own thin portfolio on politics among nations.

An ‘Appropriate’ fiasco

New York Post, by John Podhoretz Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/11/2012 5:27:58 AM Post Reply

At yesterday’s incendiary, four-hour hearing in Washington, congressional Republicans ripped into two high-ranking State Department officials who struggled to explain away the administration’s utterly baffling behavior before and after the murder of four Americans in Benghazi on Sept. 11. The spectacle was agonizing. The officials — Charlene Lamb and Patrick Kennedy — basically said everything they’d done before the terror assault and everything the administration had said afterward was appropriate, “based on what was known at the time.” Lamb and Kennedy said they’d done the right thing as they sat next to two security experts

Don't tell Mitt! The actor who
brought Big Bird to life
makes $314,000 a year

Daily Mail [UK], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 10/11/2012 5:21:17 AM Post Reply

It looks like Mitt Romney was on to something when he promised to fire Big Bird during his first presidential debate: Big Bird makes big bucks! Tax returns from PBS's Sesame Workshop show that the television show shelled out at least $314,072 for the actor behind Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch. That makes Caroll Spinney, who has played everyone's favorite yellow-feathered friend since 1969, a true blue member of the One Percent. But Mr Spinney isn't even the highest paid member of the puppetry staff. Jospeh Mazzarino, who plays Murray, Stinky the Stinkweed, the Two-Headed Monster, Papa Bear and

Mexican billionaire making millions from
American government program that
gives poor free cell phones

Daily Mail [UK], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 10/11/2012 5:18:40 AM Post Reply

The richest man in the world, Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, is making millions in profits from a government program that supplies poor Americans with free cell phones. Mr Slim, who is worth an estimated $69billion, owns the parent company of both the service provider and phone producer which creates the phones used in the Lifeline program. The government program was originally enacted under President Reagan's administration in an effort for poor Americans without access to phones to have a way to contact prospective employers, arrange for healthcare, and be in touch with their children's schools. Republicans have since attacked the

Another Reason to End Preferences

Weekly Standard, by Terry Eastland Original Article

Posted By: Pluperfect- 10/11/2012 5:16:56 AM Post Reply

Arguably the most notable brief filed in the Supreme Court’s big case on affirmative action comes from a pair of lawyers who have just published a book on the subject. The case is Fisher v. Texas, and the coauthors are Richard Sander, who is also an economist, and Stuart Taylor, the legal affairs writer. The argument they press is that “the biggest problem for minorities in higher education is no longer race but rather racial preferences.” If you ask why that is, their answer is “mismatch,” which also serves as the title of their book.

Congress told terrorist attack on
US consulate in Benghazi
was 'a matter of time'

Telegraph [UK], by Raf Sanchez Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 10/11/2012 5:08:25 AM Post Reply

Security at the lightly-guarded diplomatic site was “weak” despite repeated requests for more protection in the months before the raid that killed the US ambassador to Libya, Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Wood told a Congressional committee. He said his special forces troops, who were assigned to protect American diplomats in Libya, were withdrawn weeks before the attack and that Washington ignored warnings that the consulate was vulnerable. In a televised hearing designed to put the Obama administration’s handling of the September 11 assault on trial, Republicans claimed that the State Department had pressured its diplomats to “artificially” reduce security arrangements

Vice Presidential debate - Can Joe Biden
clean up the mess Obama made?

Telegraph [UK], by Peter Foster Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 10/11/2012 5:04:37 AM Post Reply

Often in US election cycles, the vice-presidential debate is considered an entertaining but largely inconsequential diversion: politicos might be curious to see how the understudies perform, but the voting public really has eyes only for the two principals. Not this time. After Barack Obama slept-walked through the first presidential debate in Denver, precipitating a revival for Mitt Romney in the polls, the heat is now on Joe Biden to help put a stop to the Romney roll. It is an unaccustomed role for Mr Biden, a loquacious but notoriously unreliable politician who over the last four years has played fool

Obama’s Absurd Big Bird Attack

Daily Beast, by Mark McKinnon Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/11/2012 5:02:43 AM Post Reply

Baghdad. Benghazi. Big Bird. One of these things is not like the others. One of these things just doesn't belong. Al Qaeda is rebuilding in Iraq. An American ambassador is dead. And Iran may be just months away from amassing enough weapons-grade uranium to wipe Israel off the map. Here at home, 23 million Americans are still looking for work. The national debt is motre than $16 trillion. And while China is the largest foreign owner of our debt, around $5 trillion is owed to the nearly insolvent Social Security Trust Fund and to the federal pension system—

As Romney’s lead in the polls
widens, libs slip further into funk

Hot Air, by Howard Portnoy Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/11/2012 4:52:41 AM Post Reply

This wasn’t how it was supposed to be. Barack Obama, despite having placed the country’s future in greater jeopardy than he found it in 2008 and having no second-term plans for dealing with the deficit or entitlements, was supposed to coast to a second term against a hapless, floundering Mitt Romney. Then along came that wretched debate and Romney lied and now he’s ahead in the polls by a full percentage point. Today’s Real Clear Politics average has Romney at 48.2%, the president at 47.2%. Romney now has a lead of between 1 and 5 points

Costa Concordia captain
wants his job back

Telegraph [UK], by Nick Squires Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/11/2012 4:47:52 AM Post Reply

Rome - Capt Francesco Schettino is also claiming back pay, after it emerged on Wednesday that he had been dismissed by Costa Cruises, the company that owns the Concordia, in July. "Costa Crociere confirms that it has concluded the disciplinary procedure against Schettino, following the sinking of the Costa Concordia, ordering his dismissal," the company said in a statement. The captain has claimed that he managed to save lives on the night of the disaster by steering the listing ship so that it sank in shallows off the coast of Giglio, rather than in open water.

Airport Weapons Suspect Yongda
Huang Harris to Investigators:
'Hey, This Is a Game': Exclusive

ABC News, by Richard Esposito & Jack Date Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/11/2012 4:43:30 AM Post Reply

A Boston-bound man arrested at Los Angeles International Airport wearing what appeared to be a bulletproof vest and transporting weapons in his luggage puzzled investigators by saying, "Hey, this is a game." Yongda Huang Harris, 28, a naturalized U.S. citizen who teaches English in China, was otherwise uncooperative with detectives and the FBI, which had an agent sit in on the questioning at the airport. Like many of the known facts about Harris -- now facing a federal charge for transporting hazardous material on an airplane -- the meaning of the statement, "This is a game," remained unclear to investigators.

Charleston home sales trends hint
at shift to a seller’s market

Post & Courier [Charleston, SC], by Tyrone Richardson Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 10/11/2012 4:19:28 AM Post Reply

Charleston County has been leading the way in much of the region’s housing rebound, and September was no exception. The area’s most populous county accounted for 502 homes sold, 57 percent of all homes that changed hands last month within the three counties, according to the Charleston Trident Association of Realtors’ monthly home sales report released Wednesday. Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester counties conbined for 876 sales in September, 13 percent more than the same month a year ago. The association’s monthly reports have been showing encouraging residential real estate trends since the fall of 2011. Sales have been rising,

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