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Terrorism conviction of
bin Laden's driver thrown
out by federal court

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/16/2012 3:11:16 PM Post Reply

Washington - A federal appeals court on Tuesday threw out the conviction of Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a former driver for Osama bin Laden who served a prison term for material support for terrorism. In a 3-0 ruling, the appeals court said that material support for terrorism was not an international-law war crime at the time Hamdan engaged in the activity for which he was convicted. Hamdan was sentenced to 5 1/2 years, given credit for time served and is back home in Yemen, reportedly working as a taxi driver.

Ex-senator, presidential nominee
George McGovern enters hospice care

Reuters, by David Bailey Original Article

Posted By: draggingtree- 10/16/2012 2:56:44 PM Post Reply

Former senator and Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern has entered hospice care in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the hospice center said on Monday in a statement approved by his family. McGovern, 90, who lost to Richard Nixon in the 1972 presidential election, was admitted to the Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls, part of Avera McKennan Hospice Services.
Headline split by staff.

Ex-Banker Girlfriends Doubled
Money on Insider Trading

Bloomberg News, by Lindsay Fortado Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/16/2012 2:53:39 PM Post Reply

London - Two girlfriends of former Mizuho International Plc investment banker Thomas Ammann reaped returns of more than 2 million pounds ($3.2 million) trading on illegal tips about Canon Inc. (7751)’s acquisition of OCE NV, prosecutors said. Christina Weckwerth took in nearly 2 million pounds after investing 1 million euros ($1.3 million) before the deal in 2009, Amanda Pinto, a lawyer for the U.K. Financial Services Authority, said in opening arguments at a London criminal court today. Jessica Mang, a British chiropractor, made 65,000 pounds on a 39,000-pound stake. “These two women managed to almost double their money by trading

Obama's Alaska Oil Debacle Is a
'None of the Above' Energy Policy

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

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/16/2012 2:49:41 PM Post Reply

The Obama administration's decision to block oil drilling in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A) is the latest symbol of an energy policy that could be described as "none of the above." It is an even worse decision when you consider the recent history of the Reserve, which was partially opened to oil and gas drilling and exploration by the Clinton administration in the late 1990s. President Barack Obama's action not only reverses Bill Clinton's policy, but also undermines Congress's intent in setting aside the NPR-A in 1976.It so happens that I wrote my undergraduate thesis on the NPR-A--specifically,

Judge allows 9/11 terror suspects
to appear in court wearing
camouflage 'because they
want to look like soldiers'

Daily Mail [UK], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/16/2012 2:49:15 PM Post Reply

An American military judge has ruled that the five men on trial for planning the September 11 terrorist attacks can wear camouflage clothing in the courtroom. The leeway that the judge granted the accused terrorists comes during the second day of the pretrial decisions in the case against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the hijacked plane attacks and his four alleged al Qaeda conspirators. The request for the different dress code comes as the men want to portray themselves as soldiers during the trial. Ruling on one of the motions Tuesday, the judge at the

Swiss Military Preparing
for EU Meltdown Scenario

New American, by Alex Newman Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/16/2012 2:45:51 PM Post Reply

As the growing economic crisis continues to wreak havoc throughout the European Union, the armed forces of tiny Switzerland are preparing to deal with a potential EU disaster that could see refugees flood across the borders amid widespread unrest and chaos. Top Swiss officials have warned that if escalating turmoil were to spill across the border, Switzerland, which is not a member of the EU, will be ready to tackle it. Among the now widely cited preparations was a two-week military training exercise conducted in mid-September dubbed “Stabilo Due.” The drill, which saw thousands of Swiss troops, including air force

Israel: Gaza Militants Fired
Anti-Aircraft Missile

Associated Press, by Josef Federman Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/16/2012 2:43:11 PM Post Reply

Jerusalem - Israeli defense officials say that Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip have for the first time fired an anti-aircraft missile at Israeli aircraft. The officials say the militants fired the Strela shoulder-fired missile at an Israeli helicopter operating over Gaza last week, but missed their target. The officials, speaking under condition of anonymity because they were discussing a military operation, said Israeli intelligence has long believed that Gaza militants possessed these weapons, but this was the first time they were fired. They said the air force has taken special precautions for several years assuming the threat existed. Israel

Joe Biden is lying about his
college football career, in
that he claims he had one

Daily Caller, by Jim Treacher Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/16/2012 2:39:43 PM Post Reply

Does it really count as a lie if a fellow simply can’t tell the difference between fantasy and reality? Yes. Yes, it does. Insanity is no excuse. Last month, Joe Biden told a lie. I know that’s not at all specific enough, so here’s how CBS News described it:During a campaign stop in Athens, Ohio, on Saturday, Vice President Joe Biden said the last time he was in the town, playing against the Ohio University football team in 1963, he almost got arrested for walking into a girls’ dormitory. (Snip) Why isn’t the name “Biden” on any of those rosters?

Taliban says its attack on
Pakistani schoolgirl justified

Reuters, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/16/2012 2:37:15 PM Post Reply

Islamabad - Taliban insurgents said on Tuesday that the Pakistani schoolgirl its gunmen shot in the head deserved to die because she had spoken out against the group and praised U.S. President Barack Obama. Malala Yousufzai, 14, was flown to Britain on Monday, where doctors said she has every chance of making a "good recovery". The attack on Yousufzai, who had been advocating education for girls, drew widespread condemnation. (Snip) Pakistan's Taliban described Yousufzai as a "spy of the West".

Seniors on Social Security
squeezed by rising prices

CNN Money, by Blake Ellis Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/16/2012 2:34:31 PM Post Reply

New York - Janis Mason is 94 and has been receiving Social Security benefits for nearly 30 years. Because she has outlived her savings, the monthly checks are her only source of income. "I always cross my fingers that the money can last the whole month," Mason said. To keep pace with the rising cost of living, the Social Security Administration announced a 1.7% benefits increase for 2013. This will give a $19 boost to the average benefit of $1,130 a month. For some of the 56.3 million people who get Social Security -- either because they are retired or

Poverty Nonsense

Cybercast News Service, by Walter E. Williams Original Article

Posted By: Maryland_Patriot- 10/16/2012 2:33:03 PM Post Reply

Here's a recent statement frequently suggested by leftist academics, think tank researchers and policymakers: "People were not just struggling because of their personal deficiencies. There were structural factors at play. People weren't poor because they made bad decisions. They were poor because our society creates poverty." Who made that statement and where it was made is not important at all, but its corrosive effects on the minds of black people, particularly black youths, are devastating. There's nothing intellectually challenging or unusual about poverty.

The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Encourages Voter Fraud

Breitbart's Big Journalism, by William Bigelow Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/16/2012 2:30:51 PM Post Reply

The Cleveland Plain Dealer, otherwise known as the Obama Rag, is now tacitly encouraging voters to commit voter fraud. How? In various neighborhoods around Cleveland, Cincinnati and Milwaukee, there are billboards reading, “Voter Fraud is a Felony! Up to 3 ½ years and a $10,000 fine.” This, of course, is true. But the Obama Rag is distraught that the billboards may discourage ineligible voters (most, if not all would be Obama voters, since the billboards are largely in black neighborhoods) from casting their illegal votes. The editorial page of the Rag reads: The appearance, mostly in Cleveland's predominantly black neighborhoods,

Too Many Fish And
Not Enough Fishers

Cybercast News Service, by Charlie Daniels Original Article

Posted By: Maryland_Patriot- 10/16/2012 2:30:06 PM Post Reply

While unlimited t-ball strikes and curving grades so everybody can pass may seem like a kind and humane thing to do, it does absolutely nothing to prepare children for the competition of the real world where the fittest go the farthest and the also-rans head into a one way street of mediocrity where they'll spend their lives never understanding why the other guy got the promotion. (snip) When people are taught that there is reward without effort or responsibility, that one size fits all and that everybody should make the same salary regardless of work ethic or productivity

Michelle Obama Promotes HHS
Mandate, Then Says ‘Every Single
Child in This Country Is Worthy’

Cybercast News Service, by Fred Lucas Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/16/2012 2:25:43 PM Post Reply

First lady Michelle Obama – after speaking about the importance of contraception and that “women can make our own decisions about our bodies” – proclaimed to an Ohio crowd that, “Every single child in this country is worthy.” “We want to give all our children opportunities worthy of their promise – because all of our kids are worthy,” Michelle Obama said. “Every single child in this country is worthy. We want our children to have that sense of limitless possibility; the belief that here in America, the greatest country on the planet, there is always

Dem strategists see campaign
in peril, say Obama must step up

Los Angeles Times, by Paul West Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/16/2012 2:25:14 PM Post Reply

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. –President Obama has failed to seal the deal for a second term exactly three weeks from election day. His weak performance in the first debate squandered an edge that his campaign — and Bill Clinton — worked hard to establish over the summer and opened the door for a come-from-behind victory by Mitt Romney. With the campaign at “a tipping point,” the president must go beyond his negative attack ads and give voters a positive reason to support him. He needs to explain what he’s learned from his years in office and exactly what

Obama Administration Sets Aside
Public Land Bigger Than Rocky
Mountain National Park for
Solar Development

Cybercast News Service, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/16/2012 2:20:06 PM Post Reply

The Obama administration announced last week that it is setting aside 285,000 acres of public lands to be used for “commercial-scale solar development” – a total acreage amount that surpasses Rocky Mountain National Park, with 265,461 acres owned by the federal government. “As part of President Obama’s all-of-the-above energy strategy to expand domestic energy production, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today finalized a program for spurring development of solar energy on public lands in six western states,” the Department of Interior press release on the new project states.

Romney Holds Advantage Tonight,
Regardless of Format

Real Clear Politics, by Mark Salter Original Article

Posted By: garnet- 10/16/2012 2:16:50 PM Post Reply

The first thing to know about a "town-hall-style" presidential debate is that it bears as much resemblance to an actual campaign town-hall event as a marble statue does to its animated subject. Real town halls are usually unscripted and unpredictable and often raucous events. Town-hall debates are orderly, with the questions from the audience screened -- selected to represent questions the moderator would ask if they were doing the questioning. Moderators are likely to reframe some questions and ask their own follow-ups in the language of Sunday morning talk shows. The candidates’ answers are subject to short time limits.

Joe Biden's Religion:
Catholicism or Leftism

National Review Online, by Dennis Prager Original Article

Posted By: mitzi- 10/16/2012 2:15:31 PM Post Reply

In the vice-presidential debate, the two candidates, both Roman Catholics, were asked about their religious beliefs, about how those beliefs impact their political positions, and specifically about abortion. This was the response of Vice President Joe Biden: My religion defines who I am. And I’ve been a practicing Catholic my whole life. And it has particularly informed my social doctrine. Catholic social doctrine talks about taking care of those who — who can’t take care of themselves, people who need help. With regard to abortion, I accept my church’s

Justice Stevens: 'Maybe You Have
Some Kind of Constitutional
Right to A Cell Phone...'

Cybercast News Service, by Melanie Hunter Original Article

Posted By: Maryland_Patriot- 10/16/2012 2:15:08 PM Post Reply

Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, speaking at an event hosted by the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence’s Legal Action Project, said Monday said that having “some kind of constitutional right to a cell phone with a predialed 911 at your bedside might be better protection than a gun.” “I’m not sure I actually have captured the entire question, but it does occur to me that one thing that I thought about from time to time is that maybe you have some kind of constitutional right to have a cell phone with a predialed 911 number

WaPo Dept. of Burying the Lede:
Jesse Jackson Jr. thought he
was reincarnated chariot driver

Washington Examiner, by Sean Higgins Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/16/2012 2:12:32 PM Post Reply

In a story on the front page of the Washington Post about the controversies surrounding reclusive Illinois Democratic congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., readers have to wade through 23 paragraphs before they hit the story’s most interesting nugget of information: The prince [Jackson] was erecting the foundations of a power base, diving into countless local races by endorsing candidates, seeding the region with mayors and other local officials who would be loyal supporters. But he could be mercurial, former associates say. Jackson sometimes boasted that he was a reincarnated Greek chariot driver, [political operative Frank] Coconate said.

Aide: Mitt Romney Will Ask
Obama to ‘Man Up’ on Libya

National Journal, by Jonathan Miller Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/16/2012 2:06:34 PM Post Reply

A foreign policy adviser to Mitt Romney, in a preview of the second presidential debate, said on Tuesday that Romney will ask President Obama to "man up" on his response to the terrorist attack in Libya that left four Americans dead. Richard Williamson, the former special envoy to Sudan under President George W. Bush, was asked on Fox News how Romney would bring up the issue of September’s attack on the American mission in Benghazi in the debate. "I think Governor Romney, quite properly, will be asking questions, probing, and trying to ask the

Vikram Pandit steps down as
Citigroup CEO in stunning move

New York Post, by Mark DeCambre Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/16/2012 2:02:13 PM Post Reply

In a surprising shakeup, Vikram Pandit is out as head of Citigroup. The chief executive, who led the beleaguered bank for five years, will be replaced by veteran staffer Michael Corbat, effective immediately, the bank said in a statement today. “Given the progress we have made in the last few years, I have concluded that now is the right time for someone else to take the helm at Citigroup,” said Pandit, who is also stepping down from the bank's board. Sources believe Pandit's sudden exit was a choice made by the board

Will Hillary resign?

Daily Caller, by Ken Blackwell Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 10/16/2012 2:02:03 PM Post Reply

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has stepped forward to say she accepts responsibility for the fact that our consulate in Benghazi was refused enhanced security. This is another example of her willingness to take one for the team. But what does it mean? Will she “accept responsibility” by resigning her office? This is what is meant by accepting responsibility in most parliamentary democracies. As secretary of state, she surely knows that any of her NATO colleagues who accepted responsibility for such a debacle would immediately surrender his office.

Military Insider: Ambassador
Rice Just Confirmed Obama
White House Lie

Ulsterman Report, by Ulsterman Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/16/2012 1:52:19 PM Post Reply

In a recent interview with the very Obama-friendly Washington Post, Ambassador Susan Rice said something very interesting that would appear to confirm the belief that it was senior advisers within the Obama White House who told her to lie to the American public regarding the true nature of the Benghazi Massacre that killed four Americans – including a United States ambassador. According to a longtime military insider, the quote from Ambassador Rice leaves NO DOUBT – it was the Obama White House that told her exactly what to say.

Obama-named GM chief
touted 'working for' China

Washington Examiner, by Paul Bedard Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/16/2012 1:38:37 PM Post Reply

With a new poll showing growing American anger with the auto bailout, a conservative group is readying a new ad to air in presidential election battleground states that quotes the Obama appointed head of General Motors crowing about building cars in overseas and working "for China." "Our commitment to working in China, with China, for China remains strong," said GM boss Dan Akerson in a 2011 visit to Shanghai. During that speech he also blurted out, "Seven out of ten of our vehicles were made outside the United States." Let Freedom Ring, a group

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