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The Con Artist Par Excellence

Canada Free Press, by Alexander Levkovsky Original Article

Posted By: julia3521- 10/18/2012 3:16:01 PM Post Reply

Watching the second presidential debate, I kept thinking that what I saw was a debate between a competent businessman Romney and a crafty con artist Obama. And I kept thinking that Barack Obama is not alone in this category, that the United States of America lives now in the age of con men.

Illinois Democratic Sen. Dick
Durbin: Cuts to workers’ hours a
‘bad result’ of Obamacare [Video]

Daily Caller, by Nicholas Ballasy Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/18/2012 3:12:20 PM Post Reply

Illinois Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin, the second-ranking Democrat in the Senate, told The Daily Caller that “several” areas of President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act could be “improved” and acknowledged that a “bad result” of the law is that companies are cutting workers’ hours to avoid paying for their health insurance. For example, Darden Restaurants, which operates the Olive Garden and Red Lobster restaurants, is reportedly limiting employees’ hours due to the health care law’s regulations on businesses.

Libya: Clashes in former
Gadhafi stronghold kill 6

Associated Press, by Esam Mohamed Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/18/2012 3:11:49 PM Post Reply

Tripoli, Libya - Medical officials say clashes between pro-government militias and fighters in a former stronghold of the late Libyan leader, Moammar Gadhafi, have killed at least six people. The officials said Thursday that nearly 80 people also have wounded in the fighting that began Wednesday in Bani Walid, some 140 kilometers (90 miles) southeast of Tripoli. The town was the last to fall to revolutionary fighters during Libya's civil war last year. But residents later expelled government forces and the town has since remained outside of state control.

NY bomb plot: Obama
was a possible target

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/18/2012 3:02:40 PM Post Reply

New York - The Bangladeshi man snared in an FBI terror sting considered targeting President Barack Obama before settling on a car bomb attack on The Federal Reserve in New York City, a law enforcement official said on Thursday. The official, who was not authorised to speak publicly about the investigation and talked on condition of anonymity, stressed that the suspect never got beyond the discussion stage. (Snip) However, Belal Ahmed, a spokesperson for the university, said Nafis was a terrible student who was put on probation and threatened with expulsion if he didn't bring his grades up. Nafis eventually

Belafonte fears Romney will
implement ‘unbridled capitalism’

Washington Examiner, by Joel Gehrke Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/18/2012 3:00:37 PM Post Reply

Harry Belafonte has grudgingly decided to support President Obama’s reelection because he believes Mitt Romney will bring in an era of “unbridled capitalism.” “If unbridled capitalism prevails with the current electoral process, and Mitt Romney makes it, then I think we’re in for a terrible, terrible future,” Belafonte told The Huffington Post on Tuesday. “If he doesn’t make it, then I think we have a chance to look at the democratic institutions and be more sensitive to poverty, women’s issues, children, etc.” The optimism about Obama apparent at the end of that statement must have recently returned to Belafonte.

Whoopi Goldberg blows it on
Mormonism and military service

Daily Caller, by Jeff Poor Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/18/2012 3:00:21 PM Post Reply

As “The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg demonstrated on Thursday, sometimes it is a good idea to brush up on subject matter when you want to pose a “gotcha” question in the heat of a political campaign. Mistakenly believing that Mormons are forbidden from fighting, Goldberg asked Mitt Romney’s wife Ann Romney how she would comfort the families of fallen American soldiers should her husband become president. (Snip) “No, that’s not correct.” Ann Romney replied. “We have many, many members of our faith that are serving in armed services.”But that didn’t deter Goldberg, who said that she understood that Mitt Romney

St. Louis Zoo to change Halloween
display of ghosts with
black faces hanging from trees
over complaints it looked like lynchings

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/18/2012 2:52:00 PM Post Reply

St. Louis - The St. Louis Zoo will change a Halloween display of about 10 ghosts with black faces hanging from trees after complaints that it resembled lynchings. KMOV reported an outside vendor made and installed the decorations, which includes faceless ghosts with a light in the head. At night, the light shines through but during the day, the black faces are all that's visible. Spokesman Wyndel Hill says zoo officials decided after hearing some complaints to take the display down. He says the zoo did not intend to offend anyone.

Judge rules for cheerleaders
in Bible banner suit

Associated Press, by Chris Tomlinson Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/18/2012 2:47:43 PM Post Reply

AUSTIN, Texas—A judge says an East Texas school district policy barring cheerleaders from quoting biblical scripture on banners at high school football games appears to violate their free speech rights. KFDM television in Beaumont reports that District Judge Steve Thomas issued an injunction allowing the Kountze (KOONTZ) High School cheerleaders to continue displaying such banners pending the outcome of a lawsuit about the matter. He previously granted a temporary restraining order allowing the practice to continue. The school district ordered the cheerleaders to stop quoting Bible verses after receiving a complaint from the Freedom From Religion Foundation.
Link repaired by staff.

Jail time for rapper
might not hurt sales

Chicago Sun-Times, by Thomas Conner Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/18/2012 2:46:55 PM Post Reply

Lawyers for Chicago rapper Chief Keef sparred with Cook County prosecutors Wednesday over whether to jail the Chicago rapper for probation violations stemming from three earlier delinquencies. Following a meteoric rise and a successful single (“I Don’t Like”) through Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. label, Keef was just signed to Interscope Records and has been in California recording tracks for a debut hip-hop album. Would jail time stall a promising career before it starts? Serving time hasn’t exactly slowed down some rappers’ careers. Hip-hop stars cycle in and out of jail, releasing albums while incarcerated. Before he did time for weapons charges,

Family shocked at Bangladesh
man's arrest in NY
terror bomb plot

New York Daily News, by John Marzulli Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/18/2012 2:42:14 PM Post Reply

The Al Qaeda wanna-be accused of plotting to bomb the Manhattan Federal Reserve building came from a middle-class Bangladeshi family that spent its last dime sending him to the U.S. Stunned relatives of suspect Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis insisted on his innocence Thursday as the terror suspect sat behind bars without bail. “My son can't do it," Nafis’ weeping father, banker Quazi Ahsanullah, told The Associated Press in his home in the Jatrabari neighborhood in north Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. “He is very gentle and devoted to his studies.” Nafis arrived in the U.S. in January on a

President Obama cedes the
future to Mitt Romney

Politico, by Rich Lowry Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/18/2012 2:38:23 PM Post Reply

President Barack Obama has been onstage with Mitt Romney now for a collective three hours and has yet to enunciate anything within hailing distance of a second-term agenda. He wants to “win the future,” he just doesn’t have a very clear idea about how to do it. His slogan is “forward,” but his campaign is unmistakably backward-looking. His case for reelection has about as much to do with the last four years of the Bush administration as the next four years of the prospective second Obama administration.

Generation XXX Gets Sex
Education From Porn, Says Film

ABC News, by Susan Donaldson James Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/18/2012 2:33:52 PM Post Reply

Three young women from disparate backgrounds have one thing in common: They are bombarded daily by a culture that is saturated with sex -- from rap lyrics to the fashion industry to cyberporn. Winnifred, 12, a precocious New York City girl on the cusp of adulthood, wears fish-net stockings and low-cut tops, striving to emulate her musical idol, Lady Gaga. Laura, a 22-year-old kindergarten teacher from Alexandria, Va., saves her money for vaginal plastic surgery, convinced reducing the size of her labia will change her life. (Snip) Perhaps they do not represent typical American youth, but they all feel the

Al Smith Dinner Keeps
Religious Freedom in the News

National Review, by Kathryn Jean Lopez Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/18/2012 2:32:06 PM Post Reply

Kim Daniels highlights an important message about where Mitt Romney and Barack Obama will find themselves tonight: With one move Cardinal Dolan has ensured that the erosion of religious liberty will receive national attention at a time when all eyes are on the candidates. That attention will only be heightened after last week’s vice-presidential debate, in which Vice President Biden wrongly asserted that the mandate doesn’t force religious institutions to refer, pay for, or act as a vehicle for contraception, a claim strongly rejected by the Catholic bishop’s conference, which Cardinal Dolan heads.

U.S. Spent $27 Million
on ‘Ineffective’ Pottery
Classes--in Morocco

Cybercast News Service, by Elizabeth Harrington Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/18/2012 2:31:35 PM Post Reply

The federal government spent $27 million teaching Moroccans how to make pottery, a project that yielded less than stellar results, according to Sen. Tom Coburn’s recently released Waste Book 2012. Some pottery students showed up just to get the free lunches, and one pottery class reported just 10 regular students, according to information compiled by Coburn. The Oklahoma Republican’s annual catalogue of frivolous government spending says the pottery program began in 2009 as part of an attempt to “improve the economic competitiveness of Morocco.” Coburn said a review by the Inspector General for the

U.S. Directly Deposited
Welfare Payments to Person
Using ATM—In Vietnam

Cybercast News Service, by Matt Cover Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/18/2012 2:27:10 PM Post Reply

The federal government in 2011 directly deposited $5,262 in improper welfare payments into the bank account of a foreign-born U.S. citizen who was living in Hanoi, Vietnam--and who withdrew the funds via an ATM. The improper Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits were discovered when the inspector general of the Social Security Administration (SSA) audited a sample of 250 SSI recipients who were foreign born citizens. The IG published the results of the audit on Sept. 27. The new audit was a follow-up to a study the IG did in 2008 that discovered that

Mali Islamists bulldoze
more tombs in Timbuktu

Reuters, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 10/18/2012 2:25:08 PM Post Reply

Heavily armed Islamists bulldozed the tombs of three local Sufi saints near Mali's desert city of Timbuktu on Thursday, residents said, the latest in a series of attacks in the rebel-held north that critics say threaten its cultural heritage. "They arrived aboard six or seven vehicles, heavily armed," said Garba Maiga, a resident of Timbuktu, listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site for its ancient shrines. "They flattened everything with a bulldozer and pulled up the skeletal remains."

Election 2012:
North Carolina President

Rasmussen Reports, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/18/2012 2:21:39 PM Post Reply

Mitt Romney has now extended his lead to six points in North Carolina following this week's second presidential debate. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in the Tar Heel State, taken last night, finds Romney with 52% support to President Obama’s 46%. One percent (1%) is still undecided. (Snip) Still, by a 52% to 39% margin, voters in North Carolina think Obama is more likely to win the presidential election. Fifty percent (50%) say the president has a better understanding of the middle class than his Republican opponent, while 42% think Romney is more in sync with
Headline split by staff.

Special Report: 3.4% of U.S.
Adults Identify as LGBT

Gallup, by Gary J. Gates & Frank Newport Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/18/2012 2:14:00 PM Post Reply

Princeton, N.J. - The inaugural results of a new Gallup question -- posed to more than 120,000 U.S. adults thus far -- shows that 3.4% say "yes" when asked if they identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender. These results are based on responses to the question, "Do you, personally, identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender?" included in 121,290 Gallup Daily tracking interviews conducted between June 1 and Sept. 30, 2012. This is the largest single study of the distribution of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) population in the U.S. on record. By comparison, the National Opinion

'Al-Qaida ideals entrenched
in Sinai jihadi groups'

Jerusalem Post [Israel], by Joanna Paraszczuk Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/18/2012 2:05:00 PM Post Reply

Salafist-Jihadist groups in Sinai claim ideological affinity with al-Qaida, a reformed Egyptian jihadist appointed as an official mediator between the authorities and extremist groups in the troubled peninsula said Thursday. Dr. Mohammed Ghazlani told Egypt's el-Watan newspaper that a number of Sinai's Salafist Jihadi groups, among them Tawhid wal-Jihad ('One God and Holy War') have embraced al-Qaida's extremist Islamist ideologies. Tawhid wal-Jihad's terror operations have included bomb attacks in Sinai tourist resorts in Sinai in 2004 and 2005 which left 34 people dead.
Headline corrected by staff.

Nato can speed up
handover - Karzai

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/18/2012 2:01:04 PM Post Reply

Kabul - Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Thursday the nation's military and police are ready and willing to take full responsibility for security in the country if the US-led international coalition decides to speed up the handover to Afghan government forces. With support for the already unpopular war fading in the West, there has been growing speculation that Nato could accelerate withdrawal plans that currently call for the security transition to Afghan forces to be complete by the end of 2014, when all foreign combat troops are scheduled to leave the country.

Candy Crowley gets starring
role in anti-Obama video

Daily Caller, by Neil Munro Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/18/2012 1:58:51 PM Post Reply

CNN’s Candy Crowley has earned a new role — as spokeswoman in a pro-Romney, anti-Obama attack video. The attack ad shows Crowley saying to the camera that President Barack Obama’s administration “spent two weeks telling us this was about a tape, and there was, you know, this riot outside the Benghazi consulate, which there wasn’t.” The 106-second ad, titled “Acts of Terror,” was produced by American Crossroads, a GOP-affiliated advocacy group.

Election 2012 Likely Voters
Trial Heat: Obama vs. Romney - Thread Closed

Gallup, by Unattributed Original Article

Posted By: ucffan- 10/18/2012 1:58:48 PM Post Reply

All registered voters are asked: "Suppose the presidential election were held today, and it included Barack Obama and Joe Biden as the Democratic Party's candidates and Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan as the Republican Party's candidates. Who would you vote for?

'View' takes religion, military,
abortion shots at Ann Romney
after playing 'romantic'
softball with Obamas

Fox News, by Joshua Rhett Miller Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/18/2012 1:58:43 PM Post Reply

Whoopi Goldberg barely let Ann Romney settle into her seat on ABC's "The View" before pouncing on the first lady hopeful, asking why Mitt Romney didn't serve in Vietnam and if the couple is prepared to console families of fallen soldiers if voted into the White House. Unlike a recent joint appearance on the show by President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama during which questioning ranged from how romantic is the president to the couple's anniversary, the show's five hosts skipped the softball questions and got right into red meat —

Obama ad: Romney
would ban abortion

USA Today, by David Jackson Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 10/18/2012 1:57:18 PM Post Reply

President Obama has really been pushing women's issues lately, and now his campaign has a new ad out saying Republican Mitt Romney would ban abortion -- although it uses a truncated quote. The ad replays a moment during a Republican primary debate in which moderator Anderson Cooper asks GOP candidates, "If Roe v. Wade was overturned, Congress passed a federal ban on all abortions and it came to your desk -- would you sign it? Yes or no?" The ad quotes Romney as saying: "I'd be delighted to sign that bill."

Clinton: 'Americans Have To Decide
if They Believe People Like Me'

Cybercast News Service, by Eric Scheiner Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/18/2012 1:53:39 PM Post Reply

Former President Bill Clinton, who was held in contempt of court by a federal judge for giving false testimony, told an audience at an Obama campaign rally, “Americans have to decide if they believe people like me." Making his pitch for the incumbent president in Parma, Ohio Thursday, Clinton addressed the ailing economy, “The question is which path will fix it. What the American people have got to decide is whether they believe people like me, who are little bit on the outside of this, that this was the biggest economic crash since the great depression.”

Corzine’s Get Out of Jail
Free Card: Barack Obama

Chicago Daily Observer, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/18/2012 1:52:00 PM Post Reply

Good discussion between Santelli and Gary Kaminsky on MF Global fraud and Corzine. Runs 3 minutes. This was aired on CNBC the day after Santelli’s last interview with James Koutoulas. (Snip) “How could prosecutors drop a case where over one billion dollars in client money has gone missing, and where a CEO is throwing his hands up and saying he has no clue,” asks Cornelius Hurley, director of the Boston University Center for Finance, Law & Policy. “It gets your blood boiling,” says Hurley, former counsel to the Fed Board of Governors. He notes that the statute of limitation on

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