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Libya: Why the Crime Is
Worse than the Cover-up

National Review Online, by David French Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/17/2012 4:14:59 PM Post Reply

Unfortunately, I missed the debate last night while flying from San Francisco to Nashville, but I do hope that Candy Crowley enjoyed her one — and only — debate-moderating opportunity. After she put her thumb on the scales so decisively on the Libya issue, no sentient Republican will ever agree to her as moderator again. Frankly, however, while “what did the administration know and when did it know it” is an important question to ask, it pales in comparison to the underlying failure that led to the attack. Put simply, the security withdrawal and attempted “normalization”

9/11 "mastermind" sports
camouflage at trial

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/17/2012 4:14:32 PM Post Reply

Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba - A self-styled terrorist mastermind wore a camouflage vest for the first time Wednesday at his military war crimes tribunal, a clothing choice previously denied because of fears it might disrupt the court. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who has told authorities he was the mastermind of the Sept. 11 hijacking plot, wore the woodland-style camouflage vest with a white tunic and turban at a pretrial hearing at the U.S. base in Guantanamo, Cuba. (Snip) Mohammed, whose bushy beard is dyed a rust color with henna, considers himself a prisoner of war, and he wanted the same

Romney ad says Medicare, Social
Security "at risk" under Obama

CBS News, by Stephanie Condon Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/17/2012 4:07:37 PM Post Reply

Using a clip of Mitt Romney's remarks during Tuesday night's presidential debate, a new Romney campaign ad argues that President Obama's policies have failed, specifically charging that Medicare and Social Security are "at risk" under Mr. Obama's leadership. A May study by the Maryland-based research firm Sentier Research did find that real median American income in March was down by $4,300 since January 2009, when Mr. Obama took office. And while the technical number of unemployed persons stands at 12.1 million, it's true there are about 23 million Americans looking for more work -- that is, they're only employed part-time

The Murders in Libya, The Presidential Debate,
and The Pattern of Obama Foreign Policy

PJ Media, by Barry Rubin Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/17/2012 4:07:10 PM Post Reply

While foreign policy did not figure large in the second presidential debate, the Middle East again emerged as the overwhelming international issue. In the beginning of the debate, President Barack Obama claimed that he put a high priority on energy independence, an assertion well refuted by Governor Mitt Romney. A president who wants energy independence from the unreliability of Middle East supplies has many options: he could easily expand oil drilling on federal land, promote the use of new technology to produce oil and gas, approve a major pipeline from Canada, and continue production

Holiday shoppers to splurge --
on themselves -- this season

CNBC News, by Christina Cheddar Berk Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/17/2012 3:51:52 PM Post Reply

Holiday shoppers plan to deck the halls and splurge a bit more on themselves this year, but overall spending will remain cautious this holiday season as shoppers hunt out the bargains they know they’ll find this time of year, according to the results of a new survey. The average holiday shopper will spend $749.51 on gifts, décor, greeting cards and more, up slightly from the $740.57 they actually spent last year, according to the survey conducted by BIGinsight for the National Retail Federation. (Snip) ‘One for You, Two for Me’ This year, holiday shoppers are looking to treat themselves, according to

Terrorist attempts to blow
up Federal Reserve Bank

New York Post, by Larry Celona Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/17/2012 3:45:30 PM Post Reply

A Middle Eastern man tried to blow up the Federal Reserve Bank in Lower Manhattan this morning, law-enforcement sources told the Post. The terrorist parked a van filled with what he thought were explosives outside of the Liberty Street building, sources said, then tried to set them off using a cell phone detonator. The suspect, who was not immediately identified, was provided the explosives from an undercover FBI agent that he met on the Internet and believed to be an accomplice, the sources said. The suspect raised red flags after posting about Jihad online, they said.

Experts: Dogs, Bathtubs
Scarier than al Qaeda

Washington Free Beacon, by Adam Kredo Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/17/2012 3:40:59 PM Post Reply

Americans have an “irrational fear” of terrorism and are more likely “to be killed by a dog than a jihadi terrorist,” according to a left-leaning national security expert who rejected the notion that al Qaeda is alive and well despite the terror group’s recent murder of a U.S. ambassador in Libya. “I just think it’s a fact that al Qaeda is essentially dead,” Peter Bergen, director of the New America Foundation’s (NAF) National Security Studies Program, told a crowd of reporters and foreign policy observers Tuesday during a debate on al Qaeda’s global influence. “Dead in its terms to do

100% Right 0% of the Time

Foreign Policy [Washington, DC], by Micah Zenko Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/17/2012 3:36:51 PM Post Reply

Two weeks ago, General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, delivered the Landon Lecture to hundreds of U.S. servicemembers and students at Kansas State University. During the question and answer session, a cadet in the Air Force ROTC asked, "What [do] you see being the focus of our nation in 5 to 10 years, where I'll be serving?" (Snip) 2. In February 2011, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates told West Point cadets: "When it comes to predicting the nature and location of our next military engagements, since Vietnam, our record has been perfect. We have never once

Rom’s blow for leadership
staggers Comeback Kid

New York Post, by Michael Goodwin Original Article

Posted By: Hooverdog- 10/17/2012 3:31:04 PM Post Reply

It’s the future, stupid. If the test of last night’s showdown is whether President Obama was more aggressive and energetic than he was in the first debate, then he wins the Comeback Kid award. But if the standard is who is more focused and better prepared to create jobs and improve the American economy in the next four years, then the winner was Mitt Romney. He looks and sounds increasingly like a man who is ready to take on the enormous challenges of being president.

Mitt Romney Says President Obama
Has Failed America’s Women
as He Recalls ‘Great’ Debate

ABC News, by Emily Friedman Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/17/2012 3:12:39 PM Post Reply

Chesapeake, Va. - Mitt Romney offered his own summary of Tuesday’s fiery presidential debate to voters here, saying President Obama has failed to present a plan for the next four years and has “failed America’s women.” “Now, I have to be honest with you: I love these debates. You know, these things are great. And I think it’s interesting that the president still doesn’t have an agenda for a second term,” said Romney. (Snip) “[She asked]: Why is it that there are 3.6 million more women in poverty today than when the president took office?” said Romney. “This president has

Republicans Seize on Bankruptcy of
Battery Maker That Received
$249M in Federal Loan Guarantees

ABC News, by Devin Dwyer Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/17/2012 3:08:48 PM Post Reply

The bankruptcy filing Tuesday of an electric car battery maker that received $249 million in federal loan guarantees and that President Obama had touted as a poster child for green-energy jobs has given fresh fodder to Republicans and presidential nominee Mitt Romney, who have attacked Obama’s green-energy initiatives as a waste of taxpayer funds, yielding few new jobs. (Snip) As recently as July 2011 Obama touted the company as evidence his plan for a green-energy economy was taking hold. “Here’s A123, a clean-energy manufacturer in Michigan that just hired its 1,000th worker as demand has soared for its vehicle components,”

Reporter's Notebook: Remembering
an Ex-SEAL, Fallen in Libya

ABC News, by Lee Ferran Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/17/2012 3:02:43 PM Post Reply

Sitting astride their surfboards in the chilly Pacific on a late California morning, dozens of the men and women who had been close to Glen Doherty watched solemnly as a longtime friend poured the fallen former SEAL's ashes into the ocean, while yelling at the top of his lungs, "I love you, Glen!" (Snip) Glen Doherty, 42, was killed in the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on an American diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya alongside fellow former SEAL Tyrone Woods, U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and State Department computer expert Sean Smith. I had the privilege of meeting Glen a few months

Gallup: Romney Up 51-45%,
Proving Biden Lost Debate

Breitbart's Big Government, by John Nolte Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/17/2012 2:54:37 PM Post Reply

All we heard after the vice presidential debate last Thursday night was how much good the cackling, slightly unbalanced Joe Biden had done for an Obama campaign that had been rocked by Mitt Romney's overwhelming performance in the first presidential debate. Well, now we know that just isn't the case. Since the debate, Gallup shows Romney moving from a two-point lead to a six-point lead. Today, Romney beats the president 51-45%. State polls, which are always lagging indicators, have also shown movement towards Mitt Romney. Absolutely nothing we've seen in those numbers indicates that Joe Biden's classless, childish, buffoonish debate

Bad Rules

Creators Syndicate, Inc., by John Stossel Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/17/2012 2:52:15 PM Post Reply

We take free speech for granted in America, unlike elsewhere. The furor over that anti-Muslim video is the latest reminder of that. But freedom of speech is never safe, even here. Many colleges now impose "civility codes." Civility is nice, but enforcing a "civility rule" against offensive speech would put an end to lots of useful provocative speech. As a University of North Carolina student put it, "A picture of Mitt Romney would offend 70 percent of residence hall students." Taping my Fox Business Network show at UNC, I also learned that the college, to "protect" women, had dropped the

Blind stroke victim shot in the
back with 50,000-volt taser
by police who mistook his
white stick for a Samurai sword

Daily Mail [UK], by Kerry McDermott Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/17/2012 2:45:54 PM Post Reply

A police force has apologised to a blind grandfather who was shot in the back with a 50,000-volt taser stun gun after officers mistook his white stick for a samurai sword. Two-time stroke-victim Colin Farmer, 61, said he thought he was being attacked by muggers when he was hit with the weapon by the officer, who then handcuffed the retired company director as he fell to the ground. Officers had been dispatched to Chorley, Lancashire - where Mr Farmer had been on his way to meet friends for a drink in a local restaurant - following reports of a man

Libya Singles Out Islamist as
a Commander in Consulate
Attack, Libyans Say

New York Times, by David D. Kirkpatrick Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 10/17/2012 2:34:57 PM Post Reply

CAIRO — Libyan authorities have singled out Ahmed Abu Khattala, a leader of the Benghazi-based Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia, as a commander in the attack that killed the American ambassador to Libya, J. Christopher Stevens, last month, Libyans involved in the investigation said on Wednesday. Witnesses at the scene of the attack on the American Mission in Benghazi have said they saw Mr. Abu Khattala leading the assault, and his personal involvement is the latest link between the attack and his brigade, Ansar al-Sharia, a puritanical militant group that wants to advance Islamic law in Libya.

Obama's missed debate opportunities
against Romney may cost him

Christian Science Monitor, by Jeremy Mayer Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/17/2012 2:33:02 PM Post Reply

President Obama had a tough assignment for Tuesday night’s presidential debate. He had to repair the self-inflicted damage he did with his pathetic performance in the first debate, energize the Democratic base with aggressive attacks on Mitt Romney and a sharp defense of his record, but not alienate the sliver of undecided voters in swing states who will decide the presidency. And he had to do this in a town hall format, where direct attack on your opponent is a little more challenging. By contrast, all Mr. Romney had to do was avoid gaffes and keep up his reasoned critique

Abbott lays off 550

Chicago Tribune, by Peter Frost Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 10/17/2012 2:32:33 PM Post Reply

Abbott Laboratories on Wednesday laid off 550 workers across several of its business units and said it plans to cut "several hundred" additional workers in 2013. The North Chicago-based company said the job cuts, 100 of which were in Chicagoland, affect workers in its nutrition, medical devices, established pharmaceuticals and diagnostics units. None were in the company's proprietary pharmaceutical division, which will be spun off Jan. 1 as an independent company called AbbVie, a spokesman said. Abbott revealed the cuts in its third-quarter earnings release. The company took a $478 million pre-tax

Libya rebels 'executed' Gaddafi
loyalists, says rights group (Video)

Global Post [Boston], by Priyanka Boghani Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/17/2012 2:29:17 PM Post Reply

Libyan rebels appeared to have "summarily executed" Gaddafi loyalists when they overran the dictator's hometown last year, said Human Rights Watch. The report by the rights group, released Wednesday, claimed that some of the rebels in the militias that fought to ouster Muammar Gaddafi committed war crimes, according to the Associated Press. (Snip) The press release from HRW said the report "presents evidence that Misrata-based militias captured and disarmed members of the Gaddafi convoy and, after bringing them under their total control, subjected them to brutal beatings.""The evidence suggests that opposition militias summarily executed at least 66 captured members of

Daily multivitamin pill can lower risk
of cancer, says first study of its kind

Daily Mail [UK], by Jenny Hope Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/17/2012 2:26:25 PM Post Reply

Taking a daily multivitamin pill can lower the risk of cancer, says the first study of its kind. Regular use for more than 10 years cuts the chances of men developing the disease by eight per cent – a modest but worthwhile reduction, claim researchers. They cannot identify a single vitamin or combination that works, but say the benefit comes from a broad combination of low dose vitamins. The US study only involved men so the same effect cannot be assumed for women, but experts believe it is likely to be similar. Almost 15,000 doctors took part in the study

Teacher in Egypt cut schoolgirls’
hair to punish them
for not wearing headscarf

Associated Press, by Haggag Salama Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/17/2012 2:23:02 PM Post Reply

Luxor, Egypt - A teacher in southern Egypt punished two 12-year-old schoolgirls for not wearing the Muslim headscarf by cutting their hair, the father of one girl said Wednesday, in an incident that stokes concerns over personal rights following the rise of Islamist political movements. The governor of Luxor province where the incident occurred called the teacher’s actions “shameful” and said she had been transferred to another school. But rights groups say that some Islamic conservatives have been emboldened by the success of groups like Muslim Brotherhood and the ultraconservative Salafi trend in parliamentary and presidential elections and have been

UN agency funded with Saudi money
wants to edit worldwide textbooks

Fox News, by Ben Evansky Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/17/2012 2:19:28 PM Post Reply

The UN agency that promotes education wants a say in how future textbooks are written, and Saudi Arabia -- a nation whose own school books have been criticized for promoting hatred of Christians and Jews -- is helping to bankroll the effort. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is currently working with member states to revise its strategy for the publication of textbooks and learning materials. According to UNESCO's website, experts from 21 countries met in Paris last month at a meeting financed by a $29,000 Saudi donation and focused in part on "ways to ensure that

President brings his
A-game, still fails

New York Daily News, by Derek Hunter Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/17/2012 2:16:17 PM Post Reply

Last night’s debate was another huge victory for Mitt Romney. Not because he landed any knock-out blows but because President Obama failed to land any solid punches. When a candidate has momentum and he doesn’t lose, then he wins. The President was more energetic than he was in the first debate, but he was still forced to deal with the reality of his failed record. (Snip) That set the tone for the night – Romney laying out a vision for the next four years and the President’s reminding voters of his failures of the past four.

Not a Game Changer

Weekly Standard, by Fred Barnes Original Article

Posted By: garnet- 10/17/2012 2:15:09 PM Post Reply

Too bad for President Obama that he saved his aggressive performance for his second debate with Mitt Romney. If he had done as well in the first debate, the presidential race might look different today.But it doesn’t. That Obama was stronger last night doesn’t mitigate the dire effects of the first nationally televised clash with Romney on Oct. 3. It’s the first debate that matters most. It usually has the biggest audience. It sets the stage for the subsequent debates and indeed for the rest of the campaign.

Michelle Obama: 'On Nov. 7
We're Going to Party Hard'

Weekly Standard, by Daniel Halper Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 10/17/2012 2:13:49 PM Post Reply

At a fundraiser today in New York, First Lady Michelle Obama expressed confidence in her husband's chances for reelection. "On Nov. 7 we're going to party hard," she said. Election Day this year is November 6. From the pool report: "After hearing my husband talk about his values and his vision at the debate last night, I'm pretty fired up," she said. "Let me tell I am so glad last night was such an awesome, awesome event," she said.

Obama touts fair pay for women,
despite records showing women
paid less in his own White House
[Video]

Daily Caller, by Caroline May Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/17/2012 2:12:40 PM Post Reply

At Tuesday’s Hofstra University presidential debate, President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney duked it out over pay equity for women, just as they have fought over female votes in the national polls. While Obama made the empathetic case for his single mother and his belief in equal pay — pointing out that the first bill he signed as president was the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act — he did not address reports this year that demonstrated that his own White House pays women less than men.
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