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Ethanol Mandates Plague Developing
Countries With Rising Food Prices

New American, by Brian Koenig Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/16/2012 4:13:27 PM Post Reply

The expanding use of ethanol in U.S. oil production, prompted by government mandates that require the use of biofuel in gasoline, is escalating the price of corn while plaguing poor countries with rising food prices. Critics worldwide are now questioning the federal government’s ethanol mandates, as the use of American-produced corn for biofuel has added more than $6.5 billion to the food import bills of developing countries, particularly in North Africa and Central America. (Snip) The quantity of U.S. maize that goes into producing ethanol equals a sizable 15 percent of global corn production, which in turn has inflated food

Food price crisis:
What crisis?

BBC News [UK], by Richard Anderson Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 10/16/2012 4:12:20 PM Post Reply

Without water, crops cannot grow and the world cannot eat. And this year, there hasn't been enough of it. The US has seen its worst drought in more than 50 years, vast swathes of Russia have been left parched by lack of rain, India has had a dry monsoon, while rainfall in South America early in the year fell well below expectations. As a direct result, harvests of many crops have been decimated, forcing the price of some cereals back up towards levels last seen four years ago, a time when high prices sparked riots in 12 countries across the world

Republicans determined not to let Barack
Obama off the hook despite Hillary
Clinton insistence she bears
responsibility for Benghazi

Daily Mail [UK], by Toby Harnden Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 10/16/2012 4:09:47 PM Post Reply

Republicans are showing no sign of letting up on President Barack Obama over the death of four U.S. officials in Benghazi despite Hillary Clinton, his Secretary of State, taking 'responsibility' for the debacle. Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, blasted Obama and Clinton after her intervention, which threw the president a potential lifeline in tonight's second presidential debate against Mitt Romney. 'I think it’s a 3 a.m. call,' he told MSNBC, referring to the famous Clinton ad aimed against Obama in 2008. 'The buck stops at the White House. That's what Hillary Clinton said

WaPo Dept. of Burying the Lede:Jesse Jaackson Jr.
Thought he was reincarnated chariot driver - Thread Closed

The Examiner, by Sean Higgins Original Article

Posted By: whiskey- 10/16/2012 4:09:12 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:

Obama could drive 'a stake through
his own heart' in do-or-die debate
against Romney tonight

Daily Mail [UK], by Toby Harnden Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 10/16/2012 4:05:50 PM Post Reply

The Romney campaign goes into tonight's second presidential debate confident that the race has shifted decisively in their direction and that a below par performance by Barack Obama could doom him to defeat on November 6. A senior adviser to Mitt Romney told MailOnline: 'The President could drive a stake through the heart of his own campaign tonight if he's not careful. 'If he doesn't give a vigorous enough defence of his last four years in office, if he tries to place blame everywhere else, if he doesn't articulate what the next four years will look like beyond just giving

Cavalcade of Stars Hits
Obama for America Website

ABC News, by Jilian Fama Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/16/2012 4:05:35 PM Post Reply

Obama is pulling out the big guns just in time for the second presidential debate. The president has tapped his network of celebrity supporters, releasing a slew of star-studded ads on the Obama for America campaign website. At least five videos in the past few days have been posted on Obama’s campaign YouTube channel. They cover topics including early voting, gay rights, and the importance of getting out and voting (for Obama, of course.) Rap mogul Jay- Z, long-time supporter and friend of the Obamas, released a special wed ad supporting the president called “The Power of Our Voice.”

Soda Industry Sues NYC
Over Supersized Soda Ban

New American, by Raven Clabough Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/16/2012 4:02:06 PM Post Reply

In September, New York City became the first to approve a ban that prohibits the sale of sugary drinks over 16 ounces in restaurants, movie theaters, and stadiums. However, the soda industry is prepared to fight and has filed a lawsuit against the ban. The Board of Health approved the ban last month, which is set to take effect in March of 2013. The ban does not apply to diet sodas, fruit juices, dairy drinks, or even alcoholic beverages. Likewise, it does not apply to drinks sold in grocery stores. Establishments that do not comply with the ban could face

American Crossroads makes
$11M ad buy to help Romney

Washington Examiner, by David Freddoso Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/16/2012 3:59:00 PM Post Reply

American Crossroads has announced an $11.1 million ad buy. The conservative super PAC is going up with this ad on cable and network television in precisely the eight states you’d expect: Colorado, Florida, Iowa, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Nevada, Ohio and Virginia. Ads will also run on Pandora Internet radio and two college football conference networks — the Big Ten and the SEC. The ad, clearly aimed at women, features a mother who poses questions for President Obama about the grim economy while sitting at her kitchen table:

China's coming dominance
will transform the West

Telegraph [UK], by Ed West Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 10/16/2012 3:58:56 PM Post Reply

Chinese world domination is not far off, a theme I normally come around to when I’ve had too much to drink (if you see me in a bar raising the issue, please call me a cab before I bore someone to death). The United States of America has overshadowed all our lives. It is not just its financial and military muscle--in almost every sphere of human activity America’s dominance has dwarfed that of any other country in a way that even Victorian Britain was unable to achieve, especially in its hold on popular culture. Had a US city hosting

Professors donate to Obama, opine
about election in the news

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Bob Cusack Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/16/2012 3:54:48 PM Post Reply

At least a half-dozen professors who gave political donations to President Obama have been quoted in news articles opining about his administration and the 2012 race for the White House. The findings of The Hill’s months-long investigation come as Republicans have been crying foul, alleging a media bias for Obama and against Mitt Romney. (Snip) The scholars say they didn’t tell reporters that they had donated to Obama, but would have had they been asked. It is not common practice for journalists to inquire about such political donations, however.

The Last Radicals

National Review Online, by Kevin D. Williamson Original Article

Posted By: johngalt1- 10/16/2012 3:52:51 PM Post Reply

There is exactly one authentically radical social movement of any real significance in the United States, and it is not Occupy, the Tea Party, or the Ron Paul faction. It is homeschoolers, who, by the simple act of instructing their children at home, pose an intellectual, moral, and political challenge to the government-monopoly schools, which are one of our most fundamental institutions and one of our most dysfunctional. Like all radical movements, homeschoolers drive the establishment bats.

Romney v Obama: when it comes to
debating, Obama might be the new
Messiah but he's no Bill Clinton

Telegraph [UK], by Tim Stanley Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 10/16/2012 3:52:26 PM Post Reply

Tonight is round 2 of the great presidential debates of 2012. Although this one will be less like a boxing match and more like a 90-minute edition of Oprah. The format is ordinary people asking questions from the audience, which means that the goal of the evening is empathy, empathy, empathy. Rather than scoring points against each other, the candidates have to show that they understand people’s problems, care about them and have solutions. It’s like a talk show for megalomaniacs. The format advantages Mitt Romney, as do the current poll numbers. The Canadian commentator Charles Adler summed

Poll: Romney Has Large Lead
in Rural Swing Counties

NPR, by Howard Berkes Original Article

Posted By: whiskey- 10/16/2012 3:50:27 PM Post Reply

As Mitt Romney and President Obama get ready for their second debate, a new bipartisan survey shows a surge for Romney in a key voter group following their first debate Oct. 3. The random cellphone and land line poll of 600 likely rural voters in nine battleground states Oct. 9-11 has Romney at 59 percent among the survey's respondents. Obama's support is now down to 37 percent among rural battleground

Tunisia: Attackers set
fire to Muslim saint shrine

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/16/2012 3:43:01 PM Post Reply

Tunis, Tunisia - Five masked men on Tuesday stormed into a 500-year-old shrine to a female Muslim saint near the capital Tunis that had previously been threatened by religious conservatives and set it on fire, the Interior Ministry said. Hardline Islamists are suspected in the attack on the shrine of Sayyeda Aicha Manoubia, a 13th century holy woman. It was one of several recent assaults on mausoleums for local saints. The attacks come as secularists increasingly worry that Tunisia's moderate Islamist ruling party is not confronting the extremist elements that have grown more active since the country's longtime dictator was

Adviser says Romney will ask
Obama to 'man up' on
Libya attack at debate

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

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/16/2012 3:37:43 PM Post Reply

Amb. William Richardson, a top foreign policy adviser to the Romney campaign, said Tuesday that the Republican nominee would call on President Obama to "man up" and "accept his responsibility" for the terrorist attack on the American diplomatic mission in Libya. In an interview with Fox News, Richardson said that despite a town hall debate format that involves more of an interaction with undecided voters than a back-and-forth between the candidates, he believed Romney could question "why we can't get transparency" about the attacks.

State Dept. Walks Back Biden
Deadline on Afghanistan

Washington Free Beacon, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/16/2012 3:32:25 PM Post Reply

State Department officials said Tuesday that formal negotiations to extend U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan past 2014 are set to begin soon — contradicting claims by Vice President Joe Biden that U.S. troops will be “leaving in 2014, period.” Biden emphasized in last week’s vice presidential debate that U.S. troops would exit the country in 2014. (Snip) Grossman said Tuesday that the point of the upcoming negotiations is to agree on an extension of the U.S. troop presence well past 2014, for the purposes of conducting counterterrorism operations and training and advising the Afghan security forces. [...]

China to Shoot at High Frontier

Washington Free Beacon, by Bill Gertz Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/16/2012 3:26:39 PM Post Reply

China’s military is set to conduct a test of a new and more capable anti-satellite missile that United States intelligence agencies say can knock out strategic satellites in high-earth orbit, according to U.S. officials. However, a recent intelligence assessment said the test of the Dong Ning-2 direct ascent anti-satellite (ASAT) weapon is being delayed in an apparent effort to avoid upsetting President Barack Obama’s reelection bid, said officials who spoke on condition of anonymity. Intelligence reports from September and this month revealed China will test fire the new DN-2 missile from a ground base sometime in early to mid November.

Iraqi Shia militants fight
for Syria's Assad

Reuters, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: John c- 10/16/2012 3:20:57 PM Post Reply

BAGHDAD: Scores of Iraqi Shia militants are fighting in Syria, often alongside President Bashar al-Assad's troops, and pledging loyalty to Iran's supreme Shia religious leader, according to militia fighters and politicians in Iraq. Iraqi Shia militia involvement in Syria's conflict exposes how rapidly the crisis has spiraled into a proxy war between Assad's main ally Shia Iran and the Sunni Arab Gulf states supporting mostly Sunni rebels fighting the president. The conflict has already drawn in a stream of Sunni Islamist fighters from across the region

If O gets ‘aggressive’

New York Post, by John Podhoretz Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/16/2012 3:18:14 PM Post Reply

Candy Crowley: Welcome to this Town Hall-style forum, featuring the winner of the first debate, Mitt Romney, and Barack Obama, who promises to be less polite and more aggressive. The first question comes from a man with a ponytail. Ponytail Guy: Mr. President, can I sit on your lap and will you tell me everything is going to be OK? Obama: You can sit on my lap, certainly, but don’t try to sit in Mitt’s. He’s got some crazy underwear on under there. (Snip) Crowley: President Obama, let me ask you, why did Mitt Romney politicize the tragic killing of

Candy Crowley will disregard
debate agreement on Tuesday

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

Posted By: Drive- 10/16/2012 3:17:38 PM Post Reply

CNN's Candy Crowley, the moderator of Tuesday night’s presidential debate, plans to disregard the rules the campaigns signed on to and wield more control in the conversation between President Obama and Mitt Romney. Tuesday night’s debate at Hofstra University, the second presidential showdown, is a townhall organized around audience questions.The Obama and Romney campaigns agreed in advance on rules specific to the townhall format that rule out “follow up questions” and “comment” by the moderator.

Honey Boo Boo endorses Barack
Obama for President on
'Jimmy Kimmel Live'

New York Daily News, by Don Kaplan Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 10/16/2012 3:14:20 PM Post Reply

Honey Boo Boo has gone ga-ga for President Obama. The 7-year-old star of the hit TLC reality show, “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo,” endorsed the commander in chief Monday night during an appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” She had just learned from the late-night host that Mitt Romney said recently that he preferred “Jersey Shore” star Snooki over Honey Boo Boo when asked about his reality-TV preferences on “Live! With Kelly and Michael.” “Is there anything Mitt Romney can do to get your vote back?” Kimmel wondered. The little girl, whose real name is Alana Thompson, said: “I dunno.”

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

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