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Worst. Prize. Ever.

Foreign Policy [Washington, DC], by Alex Massie Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/12/2012 9:30:36 PM Post Reply

Awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to the European Union Friday, former Norwegian Prime Minister Thorbjorn Jagland, the hapless award committee chairman, said: "We want to focus on what has been achieved in Europe in terms of peace and reconciliation.… It is a message to Europe to secure what they have achieved … and not let the continent go into disintegration again because it means the emergence of extremism and nationalism." A prize, in other words, awarded for future efforts as much as past achievements. And so the descent of the Nobel Peace Prize into parody or, failing that, pastiche continues.

Defence chiefs draw up plans for
faster withdrawal from Afghanistan

Telegraph [UK], by James Kirkup Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/12/2012 9:19:08 PM Post Reply

Defence chiefs are drawing up plans for a faster withdrawal from Afghanistan, after George Osborne challenged their strategy and suggested that all troops should come home immediately. The Daily Telegraph has learnt that at a recent Whitehall meeting on withdrawal, the Chancellor questioned the purpose of continuing Britain’s Afghan mission for another two years. (Snip) Ministers and military commanders are in discussions over how quickly to reduce troop numbers as the deadline approaches, with Armed Forces chiefs having to draw up new options for a bigger withdrawal next year than was being considered. No decisions about withdrawals in 2013 are

Des Moines baby a
numerologist's delight

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/12/2012 9:18:15 PM Post Reply

DES MOINES, Iowa- A dream alignment for numerologists has come true in the delivery room of a Des Moines hospital.The Des Moines Register reports ( http://dmreg.co/RlH4Zw ) that Laila Fitzgerald weighed 8 pounds, 9 ounces when she was born. She came into the world on Thursday, which, numerically speaking, was 10/11/12. She arrived, militarily speaking, at 1314, which would be 1:14 p.m. for civilians. So the numbers associated with her birth are 8-9-10-11-12-13-14. Laila's mother, 26-year-old Katie Deremiah, of Des Moines, says she had a feeling Thursday would be the day,

Italian church to be stripped
of tax exemption from 2013

Agence France-Presse, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/12/2012 9:16:02 PM Post Reply

The Italian Catholic Church will be stripped of an historic tax exemption from 2013 after the government upheld a divisive decree under close scrutiny from EU watchdogs. The Church currently pays tax on several properties it owns that are commercial enterprises but is exempt if at least some of the activities on the property are "non-commercial" - for example a chapel in a hotel. (Snip) In February, the government had amended Italy's property tax law to end the Church's privileges amid rising calls for the Vatican to share in debt crisis sacrifices and in the face of intense scrutiny from

Why Dems Loved Biden’s
Boorish Behavior

Commentary Magazine, by Jonathan S. Tobin Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 10/12/2012 9:08:48 PM Post Reply

The morning after the vice presidential debate, Democrats are delighted. Vice President Joe Biden’s obnoxious display was exactly what was needed to cheer them up after a week of morose speculation about why President Obama was so passive and uninspired at last week’s first presidential debate with Mitt Romney. Indeed, the more Biden giggled, smirked and interrupted Paul Ryan, the better they liked it. While his condescending and bullying behavior contradicted liberal doctrine about conservatives being the ones guilty of polluting the public square with political incivility, it embodied their complete contempt for both Republicans and their ideas.

Mom Who Glued Toddler’s
Hands To Wall Gets 99 Years

CBS News [DFW, TX], by Robbie Owens Original Article

Posted By: PageTurner- 10/12/2012 9:06:49 PM Post Reply

Dallas – The North Texas mom who pled guilty to gluing her toddler daughter’s hands to a wall, kicking her in the stomach and beating her over “potty training” issues has been sentenced to 99 years in prison. It was up to State District Judge Larry Mitchell to decide how long Elizabeth Escalona would spend behind bars. For days the judge heard from medical experts, police, family members and the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office showed dozens of pictures of little Jocelynn Cedillo. The photos, taken at the hospital, showed bruises from the child’s head down to her feet.

Romney has solid edge in
269-269 electoral vote
tie scenario

Washington Examiner [DC], by Philip Klein Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/12/2012 8:50:19 PM Post Reply

As Mitt Romney continues to make gains in swing state polls in the wake of his dominant debate performance last week, it’s becoming increasingly possible that Americans could wake up on Nov. 7 to a 269-269 Electoral College tie. In such a case, Romney would almost surely win the presidency, according to analysis by the Washington Examiner. Under the U.S. Constitution, in the event of an Electoral College tie, the presidential race is turned over to the House of Representatives (assuming no unexpected defections when the electors formally vote in December). And here’s the twist:

Ann Romney and Michelle
Obama face off in yellow
as they open up about
Mitt's short temper and the
President's goofy side

Daily Mail (UK), by Tamara Abraham Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/12/2012 8:44:25 PM Post Reply

As the Presidential election draws closer, Michelle Obama and Ann Romney have shared more details about their husbands in the new issue of Good Housekeeping. In individual interviews, the two women, who both elected to wear yellow for their photoshoots, discuss not only their husbands' policies, but personality traits that voters are unlikely to have seen. Mrs Romney, who looks, dare we say, almost too flawless in her portrait, reveals that Mitt has struggled with a short temper in the past.

Geithner defends Obama as
deficit again tops $1 trillion

The Hill [Washington DC], by Erik Wasson Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/12/2012 8:33:10 PM Post Reply

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Friday defended the White House approach to the deficit as his department officially confirmed a fiscal 2012 deficit of $1.089 trillion. That figure is $207 billion less than in 2011, and $238 billion less than forecast in February. The fact the deficit remains above $1 trillion for the fourth year in a row, despite President Obama's pledge to cut it in half by now, is a major headache for Obama’s reelection campaign. In a joint statement with acting Budget Director Jeff Zients, Geithner sought to blame Congress for the deficit.

Biden's debate 'facts' prompt
White House clarifications

Fox News, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/12/2012 8:25:40 PM Post Reply

While Vice President Biden stressed the importance of "facts" a total of 26 times on the debate stage, those facts required considerable clarification Friday from the White House. (Snip) At another point, Biden appeared to signal a potential shift in policy when he described the president's proposed tax hike as affecting people making $1 million and more. But White House Press Secretary Jay Carney, while effusively praising Biden's feisty performance, had to use his briefing Friday to clear up those and other statements. On both points, Carney sought -- at length -- to explain why Biden's remarks were being misinterpreted.

U.S. intelligence set back
when Libya base was abandoned

Reuters, by Mark Hosenball Original Article

Posted By: Bubbasuncle- 10/12/2012 8:25:04 PM Post Reply

(Reuters) - U.S. intelligence efforts in Libya have suffered a significant setback due to the abandonment and exposure of a facility in Benghazi, Libya identified by a newspaper as a "CIA base" following a congressional hearing this week, according to U.S. government sources. The intelligence post, located 1.2 miles from the U.S. mission that was targeted by militants in a September 11 attack, was evacuated of Americans after the assault that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens. Three other Americans died in the attacks on U.S.-occupied buildings, including two who were hit in a mortar blast at the secret compound.

GOP not smiling over Biden's
laughter at debate vs. Ryan

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

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/12/2012 8:18:00 PM Post Reply

Vice President Biden's laughter during the vice presidential debate Thursday night is still the talk of Twitter on Friday morning, and is turning into one of the most memorable aspects of the first and only VP debate this cycle. Republicans think Biden was disrespectful to the American people and laughed off serious issues during Thursday night's debate with Paul Ryan. The Republican National Committee released a new Web video almost immediately after the debate, and members of Mitt Romney's campaign referred to Biden's reaction shots in most of the post-debate interviews. "These are very serious issues and I'll let the

In 2008, Obama
Led Every October Poll

Breitbart's Big Government, by Mike Flynn Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/12/2012 8:15:24 PM Post Reply

With just over three weeks to go, President Obama finds himself in a very unfamiliar position. He is losing in many national and state polls. In fact, this week, Romney pulled ahead in the widely-cited RealClearPolitics average of polls. He leads Obama by just over 1% in the index. Its a stunning reversal from October 2008, when Obama enjoyed clear leads in every national poll conducted that month. The last time any poll should McCain with a lead was toward the end of September. (Snip) This goes a long way to explain why I'm convinced the overwhelming majority of polls

The Secret Mission of Ambassador Stevens - Thread Closed

smallcraftadvisorychronicles, by Damon Koch Original Article

Posted By: harleynyc- 10/12/2012 8:06:23 PM Post Reply

....newly discovered documents suggest that Ambassador Stevens was in Benghazi on a mission to track and confiscate weapons that the administration had put in the hands of Al Queda

State Dept Spokesperson Objects
to Fox News Reporter's
Presence at Press Conference

Breitbart's Big Peace, by Ben Shapiro Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/12/2012 8:02:10 PM Post Reply

Yesterday, State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland objected to the very presence of a Fox News reporter in the press pool. Here’s the transcript: (Snip) MS. NULAND: Can you tell me who you are? Question: Mike Levine with Fox. Ms. Nuland: Every time I turn around, I’ve got a new Foxie in the pool here. Going to have to talk to them about that. No wonder Barack Obama fared so poorly in his debate with Mitt Romney. It seems that everyone in the Obama administration is deeply disturbed by the notion of any reporter willing to ask adverse questions.

White House: Buck Stops
With Hillary on Libya

Breitbart's Big Peace, by Ben Shapiro Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/12/2012 7:58:15 PM Post Reply

Today, the White House finally revealed its policy on embassy security: keep President Obama out of the loop so he can claim plausible deniability and blame Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for any problems. In today’s White House press conference, a reporter asked press secretary Jay Carney about the situation in Libya. Carney responded: The President wants to get to the bottom of what happened. (Snip) What is also the case is that requests from the hundreds of diplomatic facilities around the country for security personnel or other related matters are made to the State Department. They are not made

It IS Jessica: Dismembered body found
in Colorado park confirmed as missing
10-year-old girl

Daily Mail (UK), by Daily Mail Reporters Original Article

Posted By: zephyrgirl- 10/12/2012 7:49:16 PM Post Reply

A dismembered body found in a park in a Denver suburb has been confirmed as that of missing 10-year-old Jessica Ridgeway - while her killer remains at large. Authorities had initially been unable to confirm the identity of the body, which was found on Wednesday seven miles from where she vanished on October 5, as it was not 'intact', they said. They have now used DNA to identify the body as hers. 'Our focus has changed from the search for Jessica to a mission of justice for Jessica,' Westminster Police Chief Lee Birk said on Friday.

"Million Muppet March"
planned to defend U.S.
backing for PBS

Reuters, by Daniel Trotta Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 10/12/2012 7:48:38 PM Post Reply

Plans to save Big Bird, the fuzzy yellow character on U.S. public television's "Sesame Street," from possible extinction are taking shape in the form of a puppet-based protest next month dubbed the "Million Muppet March." The demonstration is planned for November 3 at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., three days before the general election. Before the presidential debate between Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney had concluded on October 3, two men who had never met each floated the Million Muppet March idea on social media. They immediately united to defend public broadcasting.

The two big reasons
for Obama’s troubles

Daily Nation (Nairobi, Kenya), by Randall Smith Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 10/12/2012 7:28:55 PM Post Reply

My Obama is losing. Those words came across my message screen from a worried reader in Brazil. But it might have been from Kenya, Uganda or from one of the billions of citizens across the world that are hoping for the president to be re-elected. As in past years, the world is confused by the American election system. Simply put, most do not understand why the president would be in a virtual dead heat with Republican Mitt Romney after all that Obama has done as president

Libya Attack Gains Steam
as Issue in Race for President

New York Times, by Peter Baker & Trip Gabriel* Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 10/12/2012 7:04:16 PM Post Reply

Washington — The Obama administration’s handling of the Libya attack has opened up a new front in the presidential campaign just weeks before Election Day, as Republicans seize on it to question the president’s performance as commander in chief. The dispute over the episode escalated after Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. said during the debate on Thursday night that “we weren’t told” that Americans on the ground wanted security bolstered, despite testimony that requests were made to and turned down by the administration. Mitt Romney’s campaign on Friday accused the vice president of trying “to mislead the American

No plans yet for
Obama to return to Charlotte
after DNC promise

WSOC- TV (NC), by Scott Wickersham Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 10/12/2012 7:04:03 PM Post Reply

A spokesman for the Obama campaign told Eyewitness News that as of Friday there are no plans for President Barack Obama to return to Charlotte and honor the promise he made during the Democratic National Convention to return after his speech was moved indoors.(snip)I have my ticket, my golden ticket,” said Lakisha Lucky, who still carries her ticket to Bank of America stadium in her car. Lucky hopes the president honors the promise he made the day they canceled events at the stadium.

Feds probe ‘suspicious activity’
in Jesse Jackson Jr.’s finances: sources

Chicago Sun-Times, by Natasha Korecki Original Article

Posted By: brianod1- 10/12/2012 7:03:09 PM Post Reply

Spelling potentially new trouble for U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., federal investigators have launched a probe into the South Shore congressman’s finances — a completely new area of scrutiny, sources told the Chicago Sun-Times. The investigation — based in the Washington, D.C., FBI field office — is not related to the attempted sale of the U.S. Senate seat that figured in former Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s corruption conviction, but is focusing on “suspicious activity” involving the congressman’s finances related to his House seat and the possibility of inappropriate expenditures, sources said.

Twenty years later, Sid's slide
and the fall of the Pittsburgh
Pirates still stuns

Yahoo! Sports, by Jay Busbee Original Article

Posted By: DaddyO- 10/12/2012 6:59:48 PM Post Reply

In 1992, Barry Bonds was in the midst of one of the most astonishing performance streaks in baseball history. (snip) David Justice, standing on third, scored easily to tie the game, and behind him, chugging towards home was Sid Bream. Twenty years ago Sunday, the race was on between Sid Bream's woefully slow legs and Barry Bonds' left arm in what today remains as one of the most iconic moments in Major League Baseball history.

White House Blames State
Department, House Republicans
for Lack of Security in Benghazi

Cybercast News Service, by Fred Lucas Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/12/2012 6:57:08 PM Post Reply

Backing up Vice President Joe Biden’s claim the previous night about being unaware of a request for more security at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, the White House Friday asserted the responsibility lay with the State Department. “What I am saying, when it comes to the number of personnel, who are in place at consulates and embassies and other diplomatic facilities around the world, those decisions are appropriately made at the State Department by security personnel,” White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said. “When it comes to funding, this president makes sure

Lamb to the slaughter

Foreign Policy, by Josh Rogin Original Article

Posted By: Emerson- 10/12/2012 6:55:23 PM Post Reply

In an often heated congressional hearing Wednesday, lawmakers and witnesses alike pointed to State Department official Charlene Lamb as the person most directly responsible for rejecting multiple requests for increased security at the U.S. diplomatic missions in Libya prior to the Sept. 11 attack. House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) excoriated the State Department for rejecting requests from the U.S. Embassy in Libya for an extension of temporary security forces that were withdrawn in the months prior to the attack that killed Amb. Chris Stevens and three other Americans.

State Dept. Confirms: Marines
on 9/11/12 Were Protecting
U.S. Embassy--in Barbados

Cybercast News Service, by Patrick Burke Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/12/2012 6:44:15 PM Post Reply

When terrorists attacked the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11 of this year and killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans, there were no U.S. Marines deployed in Libya to defend U.S. diplomats, diplomatic facilities and classified information and equipment. However, says the State Department, a Marine Security Detachment was deployed on that day to carry out those duties at the U.S. Embassy in Bridgetown, Barbados. “U.S. Marine Security Guards serve at the U.S. Embassy in Bridgetown, and at other diplomatic missions around the world, to protect and safeguard American diplomacy,” Rebecca Ross, the

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