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'I made sure that Jay-Z was
helping Beyonce out,' Obama
reveals how he ensures the
first-time dad is pulling his
weight with the new baby

Daily Mail [UK], by Leslie Larson Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/21/2012 9:33:40 AM Post Reply

Amidst the frenetic schedule of the presidential campaign, President Barack Obama has revealed his key role in giving first-time dad Jay-Z advice on child rearing. The Commander-in-Chief, speaking to Cleveland radio station Z107.9 on Friday, called the rap mogul and his superstar wife Beyonce 'good friends' and dished on what the first couple and the showbiz powerpair talk about when they spend time together. Calling the Grammy Award-winning duo 'down to earth folks,' the President said isn't blinded by their glitz and makes sure

Orwell's Eton tutor is named as Fifth
Man as art critic reveals Andrew
Gow was Cambridge Five spymaster

Daily Mail [UK], by Adam Luck Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 10/21/2012 9:30:23 AM Post Reply

The final member of the infamous ‘Cambridge Five’ spy ring has been unveiled as George Orwell’s former tutor at Eton. Cambridge classics don Andrew Gow is alleged to have been the spymaster and confidant of notorious double agent and so-called ‘Fourth Man’ Anthony Blunt. The revelation is contained in Outsider II, the new memoir by Blunt’s close friend, Brian Sewell, who is convinced that Gow was the final piece in the jigsaw. The Cambridge Five included notorious traitors Kim Philby, Donald Maclean and Guy Burgess, who persuaded MI5 agent Blunt to join Soviet intelligence. Mr Sewell, who became

Wanna Die? Try Government-
Run Healthcare in
the United Kingdom

Townhall, by Daniel J. Mitchell Original Article

Posted By: Judy W.- 10/21/2012 9:17:05 AM Post Reply

I’m not a fan of the American healthcare system. It suffers from huge inefficiencies because of problems such as third-party payer, which is caused by government programs such as Medicare and Medicaid along with a system of tax code-driven over-insurance in the supposedly private sector. But regardless of how much I grouse about the damage government causes in the United States, I can say with considerable confidence that the government-run system in the United Kingdom has even larger problems. Here are some of the shocking details from a report in the UK-based Daily Mail.

Bad News: That 5-second food
rule is about 4 too long

Investor's Business Daily, by Andrew Malcolm Original Article

Posted By: SurferLad- 10/21/2012 9:15:03 AM Post Reply

Sorry to be the bearer of myth-crushing news, but that rule about germs being too slow to jump onto dropped food within five seconds seems to be untrue. Not that anyone will alter their behavior anyway. Researchers at San Diego State University report that their scientific tests using baby carrots placed on various surfaces found that germs did, in fact, attach themselves to the food well within the famous five-seconds.

A Real American Hero

Foreign Policy, by Todd Gitlin Original Article

Posted By: abuela10- 10/21/2012 9:00:53 AM Post Reply

George McGovern's father was a miner turned Methodist minister, and the future senator grew up poor. No matter, perhaps: There are children of ministers who grew up poor in once-populist strongholds during the Great Depression and then devote their lives to forgetting where they came from or priding themselves on having pulled themselves up by their bootstraps and left the losers trailing in the dust. COMMENTS (0) SHARE: Share on twitter Twitter Share on reddit Reddit More... There were no doubt other 19-year-olds beside George McGovern, who, on hearing the news from Pearl Harbor, rushed off to enlist in the Army Air Forces.

A Socialist Agenda
Behind Florida's New
Race-Based Education Standards?

American Thinker, by M. Catharine Evans Original Article

Posted By: magnante- 10/21/2012 8:38:25 AM Post Reply

You may never have heard of Amy Wilkins, but she played a major role in the Florida public school system's recent changes in standards of student achievement.Wilkins started out as a community organizer and former worker with the Children's Defense Fund (CDF), and is now VP for an education nonprofit with ties to former CDF personnel. The grandniece of civil rights icon and NAACP president Roy Wilkins has done a 180-degree turn from pushing unreasonably high benchmarks for evaluating schools based on testing outcomes

Ambassador Stevens warned of Islamic
extremism before Benghazi attack

Washington Times, by Guy Taylor Original Article

Posted By: pineledger- 10/21/2012 8:04:51 AM Post Reply

Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, in a diplomatic cable from Libya last June, cited the apparent rise of “Islamic extremism” and the spotting of “the Al Qaeda flag” over buildings outside the city of Benghazi, where he and three other Americans were ultimately killed in an attack on Sept. 11. The previously classified cable is among 166 pages of documents made public Friday by Rep. Darryl E. Issa, the Republican chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, who says they expose an egregious shortage of security
Staff has split wide headline.

Mitt Romney, as Viewed
by the New York Times

Weekly Standard, by Irwin M. Stelzer Original Article

Posted By: abuela10- 10/21/2012 7:34:16 AM Post Reply

One can’t help being in awe of the New York Times. The ingenuity it displays in running down Mitt Romney, if applied to a more useful project, would be a national treasure. Consider Alessandra Stanley’s report (comment?) on Candy Crowley’s performance as debate moderator, and Romney’s reaction. “Mr. Obama kept his eyes on his Republican opponent, whereas Mr. Romney’s gaze kept straying over to the moderator, Candy Crowley of CNN, peevishly calling on her to give him more time…

Benghazi: Obama and His Ilk
Hung Chris Stevens and Others
Out to Dry

Townhall, by Doug Giles Original Article

Posted By: PageTurner- 10/21/2012 6:46:02 AM Post Reply

This past Friday the State Department released internal docs showing that Chris Stevens, U.S. Ambassador to hell’s corridor in Libya, begged Obama’s boys in D.C. to ramp up security in Benghazi. And, as we all know now, he got nothing from the State Department but was allowed to be tortured and murdered by “democracy seekers” from the “Religion of Peace” in the “liberated” nation of Libya. As far as I am concerned, blood is dripping from Obama’s golf-gloved campaign hands. Whatever do I mean, you ask? Well, according to James Rosen’s findings in the newly released damning papers,

Gosh, Who Talks Like
That Now? Romney Does

New York Times, by Michael Barbaro and Ashley Parker Original Article

Posted By: pineledger- 10/21/2012 6:06:09 AM Post Reply

Goffstown, NH--At a campaign stop in Rockford, Ill., not long ago, Mitt Romney sought to convey his feelings for his wife, Ann. “Smitten,” he said. Not merely in love. “Yeah, smitten,” he said. “Mitt was smitten.” It was a classic Mittism, as friends and advisers call the verbal quirks of the Republican presidential candidate. In Romneyspeak, passengers do not get off airplanes, they “disembark.” People do not laugh, they “guffaw.” Criminals do not go to jail, they land in the “big house.” Insults are not hurled, “brickbats” are.

Obama and Romney Must
Address the Pakistan Problem

Daily Beast, by Bruce Riedel Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/21/2012 6:01:15 AM Post Reply

The toughest foreign-policy issue our next president will face is Pakistan, the most dangerous country in the world. The battle for the soul of this critical nation is underway; we need to hear at Monday’s debate how President Obama and Governor Romney intend to get the right outcome. Malala Yousafzai, a 14-year-old girl, is fighting for her life in a hospital in Birmingham, England, because she believes girls should get an education. She was shot in the head by the Pakistani Taliban for her beliefs. Her story epitomizes her country’s story. It is a battlefield between extremists,

On Monday, Obama must
come clean on Benghazi

New York Daily News, by Andrea Tantaros Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/21/2012 5:53:28 AM Post Reply

This week’s presidential debate should have provided voters with some answers on the tragedy that happened in Benghazi, Libya on Sept. 11. Instead, we heard more confusing statements from President Obama. But this Monday, at the third and final presidential faceoff between Obama and Romney, the focus will be on foreign affairs — and the President must finally come clean. There are two main issues: the failure by the Obama administration to secure the consulate in Libya in the run-up to the attack, and the conflicting stories and lack of credible information in the weeks that followed.

Susan Boyle's fairy tale
dream tempered by reality

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: MissMolly- 10/21/2012 5:48:28 AM Post Reply

LONDON — She dreamed a dream, and it came true. But what happened next for Susan Boyle? The middle-aged church volunteer from a small town in Scotland became an instant global celebrity in 2009 with her heart-stopping rendition of the "Les Miserables" number "I Dreamed a Dream" on a TV talent show. A week is a long time in showbiz — and in our hyper-speed online age three and a half years is an eternity — but Boyle is still going strong. She has sold millions of records, received an honorary doctorate,

The Revenge of the Soccer Moms

Atlantic, by Molly Ball Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/21/2012 5:45:04 AM Post Reply

CHANTILLY, Virginia -- Remember the War on Women? A few months ago, it seemed like the battle for women's votes was one Democrats had decisively won. While (male) Republican politicians talked about transvaginal ultrasounds, legitimate rape and the like, Democrats laughed all the way to the bank. President Obama's steady double-digit leads with women in poll after poll were a major reason he stayed ahead of Mitt Romney for months on end. Then suddenly, a couple of weeks ago, Obama's edge with women began to melt away. More than any other group, women have accounted for Romney's surge

Obama, Sex Toy Sellers, and
Fake Military Voting Rights

PJ Media, by J. Christian Adams Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/21/2012 5:40:43 AM Post Reply

Few organizations are as skilled at spending billions of dollars while accomplishing little as the federal government is. The Obama administration’s failure to protect military voters demonstrates this — across America, ballots have failed to mail on time to overseas service members. It is a mistake that keeps repeating every two years, and Americans should demand it never happens again. When you learn more about the rogue’s gallery the Obama administration counts as engaged, you’ll understand the administration’s failures better. But let’s start with our old friend Eric Holder. Sadly, multiple states failed to send military ballots

The 'War on Women' Backfires

American Thinker, by Clarice Feldman Original Article

Posted By: DW626- 10/21/2012 5:40:26 AM Post Reply

One of the intriguing aspects of this election is how the Democrats' shameless and clueless appeal to women is ending with the vaporization of the historic "gender gap" among voters. The Lady Parts Convention From the prancing Code Pink vulvas outside the convention venue to the choice of speakers, there was no doubt that the Democrat Convention was aimed at securing the women's vote. Indeed, Balkanizing women and minority voters was then as significant a part of the Obama strategy as securing the electoral votes of Ohio is now to them.

Why America is breaking for Romney

Washington Examiner [DC], by Conn Carroll Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/21/2012 5:35:16 AM Post Reply

Before the first presidential debate on Oct. 3, Mitt Romney trailed President Obama 49 percent to 46 percent in the RealClearPolitics national poll average. After Americans got to meet the real Romney during the first presidential debate -- not the caricature created by Obama's omnipresent negative television ads -- Romney pulled ahead of Obama in the RCP average, 47 percent to 46 percent. Democrats had hoped the second debate would provide a more aggressive Obama an opportunity to expose the debate Romney as a fraud. And two flash polls taken after Tuesday's debate

Democrat Momentum Unstoppable!

National Review Online, by Mark Steyn Original Article

Posted By: Pluperfect- 10/21/2012 5:31:35 AM Post Reply

This headline in The Reno Gazette-Journal caught my eye: Fluke Takes Center Stage In Reno Which sounds kind of a big deal: I mean, the cliché “center stage” implies you’re the star, the center of attention, the one everyone’s there to see. And sure enough, in the picture underneath, standing in front of an Obama-Biden banner, there she was: Sandra Fluke, a social justice advocate and campaign surrogate for Democratic President Barack Obama, speaks in Reno on Saturday. And then I read the first sentence: Sandra Fluke, the woman at the center

Twenty Questions

Weekly Standard, by Stephen F. Hayes Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/21/2012 5:28:44 AM Post Reply

At about 3 p.m. on Thursday, October 18, Barack Obama strode into the Manhattan studios of Comedy Central for a taping of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. The two men discussed several issues, including Libya. Stewart noted the exchange between Obama and Mitt Romney on that subject at the debate earlier in the week and asked Obama about the “confusion within the administration” over the attack that left Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans dead in Benghazi. “Why? What was it that caused that confusion?” -Stewart asked.

Hillary’s tough love

New York Post, by Editorial Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/21/2012 5:23:00 AM Post Reply

Score one for Hillary Clinton. We’ve had our share of differences with the secretary of State over the course of her two decades in the national spotlight. But occasionally, it seems, she gets it exactly right. In a Marie Claire magazine interview, Clinton responds to an article by former staffer Anne Marie Slaughter, the first female director of policy planning at the State Department. Slaughter’s piece In the July/August issue of The Atlantic, “Why Women Still Can’t Have it All,” explains how she left her high-profile post the previous year

Bam’s blind eye to illegal donors

New York Post, by Isabel Vincent & Melissa Klein Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/21/2012 5:21:18 AM Post Reply

The Obama re-election campaign has accepted at least one foreign donation in violation of the law — and does nothing to check on the provenance of millions of dollars in other contributions, a watchdog group alleges. Chris Walker, a British citizen who lives outside London, told The Post he was able to make two $5 donations to President Obama’s campaign this month through its Web site while a similar attempt to give Mitt Romney cash was rejected. It is illegal to knowingly solicit or accept money from foreign citizens. Walker said he used his actual street address in England

The looming shortfall
in public pension costs

Washington Post, by Robert Novy-Marx & Josh Rauh, Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/21/2012 5:18:50 AM Post Reply

How much will the underfunded pension benefits of government employees cost taxpayers? The answer is usually given in trillions of dollars, and the implications of such figures are difficult for most people to comprehend. These calculations also generally reflect only legacy liabilities — what would be owed if pensions were frozen today. Yet with each passing day, the problem grows as states fail to set aside sufficient funds to cover the benefits public employees are earning. In a recent paper, we bring the problem closer to home. We studied how much additional money would have to be devoted annually

Hating Breitbart — Loving Breitbart

Legal Insurrection, by Annie Sorock Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/21/2012 5:12:03 AM Post Reply

Last night I attended the opening night of the Andrew Breitbart documentary Hating Breitbart in St. Louis, MO. Seeing Andrew again on screen was a reminder of just how irreplaceable he is. Already I was starting to forget just how intelligent he was, how courageous, how humble, how entertaining, and how he “soaked up the hate” of the left so that others would feel less. The movie is a primer on Andrew Breitbart’s mission; director Andrew Marcus weaves a portrait of Andrew the man along with Breitbart’s great insight into the American landscape: that the war is with,

The October Surprise

PJ Media, by Michael Ledeen Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/21/2012 5:02:56 AM Post Reply

The New York Times reports (and the White House denies) that “The United States and Iran have agreed for the first time to one-on-one negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program, according to Obama administration officials, setting the stage for what could be a last-ditch diplomatic effort to avert a military strike on Iran.” Two of the three assertions in that lead paragraph are demonstrably false. One-on-one negotiations have been going on for years (most recently, according to my friend “Reza Kahlili,” in Doha, where, he was told, Valerie Jarrett and other American officials recently traveled for the latest talks).

Newspaper endorsements.
Should you care?

Hot Air, by Jazz Shaw Original Article

Posted By: Pluperfect- 10/21/2012 4:56:16 AM Post Reply

It’s a perennial tradition in American elections which dates back pretty much as long as we’ve had elections. The board of editors at most all of the major newspapers get together every four years and pen some long winded explanation of how they have carefully weighed all of the facts, considered the angles, and will now share with you their expert opinion about who you should vote for and why. It’s the coveted newspaper endorsement, and campaigns love to talk about them when they get them. (And they love berating the ones who endorse the opponent nearly as much.)

Martin Sheen and Woody
Harrelson to star in 9/11
'truther' film September Morn

Daily Mail (UK), by Snejana Farberov Original Article

Posted By: pineledger- 10/21/2012 4:40:20 AM Post Reply

The tragic events of September 11 have been dramatized several times on the big screen over the past decade, but now a new film starring Woody Harrelson and Martin Sheen takes another look at the attacks, this time from the perspective of conspiracy theorists. (Snip)According to the official synopsis, the movie aims to ‘provide an insight into the findings of the 9/11 Commission, intertwined with provocative perspectives of expert architects and scientists, CIA and Department of Defense officials, Department of Homeland Security officials and concerned American citizens.’

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