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Sandy Now a Hurricane,
and a Serious U.S. Threat

PJ Media, by Brendan Loy Original Article

Posted By: killerbee- 10/24/2012 4:18:08 PM Post Reply

Tropical Storm Sandy was upgraded to a hurricane at 11:00 AM Eastern Time, and its central pressure has dropped another 5 millibars in the 90 minutes since the last reading, indicating a rapidly strengthening storm. Thankfully, Sandy will soon run out of time to strengthen further. Unfortunately, the reason for this is that Hurricane Sandy is nearing landfall in Jamaica, where the impact will be worsened by the storm’s ongoing intensification — all else being equal, strengthening hurricanes are more damaging than weakening or steady-state hurricanes of the same stated intensity at landfall.

War Horses Fade Into History
While Bayonets Still Linger

Bloomberg News, by Flavia Krause-Jackson Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/24/2012 4:10:09 PM Post Reply

Washington - It may say something about the state of U.S. politics today that the high point of a presidential debate about the foreign policy challenges America faces in the 21st Century was a comment about horses and bayonets. (Snip) In 2004, the Marines ordered some 90,000 OKS-3S new model bayonets from the Ontario Knife Co. in Franklinville, New York, a unit of Servotronics Inc. (SVT) of Elma, New York. According to a report on the Marine Corps website, the new “multi-purpose knife” is more durable than the old M-7 bayonet and also doubles as a combat knife. Some elements

Will Smith and Jada Pinkett
to host fundraiser luncheon
for Michelle Obama and
tickets cost $2,500-per-head
(but the price QUADRUPLES if
you want your picture with
the First Lady)

Daily Mail (UK), by Meghan Keneally Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/24/2012 4:08:34 PM Post Reply

Police and the Los Angeles sheriff's department did a security sweep of Will Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett's mansion on Tuesday. The detailed inspection comes in advance of a visit by Michelle Obama, as the power couple will be hosting a fundraising lunch in her honor on Thursday. Salma Hayek and Lady Gaga's manager Troy Carter are also spearheading the luncheon, with few other details being released with the exception of the pricey meal ticket. Scroll down for video- TMZ reports that to simply attend, and presumably eat, at the event, each person will have to pay $2,500-per-head.

Obama says if he wins, it
will be thanks to Latino voters

San Francisco Chronicle, by Jana Kasperkevic Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/24/2012 4:02:54 PM Post Reply

With less than two weeks left before the general elections, newspapers all over the nations have been announcing their endorsements of either President Barack Obama or the Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney. Some newspapers, such as Des Moines Register, got the chance to interview the two candidates prior to making their decision as to which one to endorse. The Des Moines Register’s editorial staff received a surprise request from the White House yesterday – to keep their interview with President Obama off the record. After the interview, Des Moines Register Vice President and Editor Rick Green wrote a blog post

Islamic militant group
in Syria rejects truce

Associated Press, by Barbara Surk Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/24/2012 4:00:26 PM Post Reply

Beirut - The current international peace plan seeking to stop Syria's civil war suffered a major setback Wednesday when an al-Qaida-inspired militant group rejected a cease-fire proposed by the international envoy. Lakhdar Brahimi, the U.N.-Arab League envoy for Syria, said the government in Damascus and some rebel leaders had agreed to a four-day truce during the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday, which starts Friday. The modest scope of the proposal reflected how short the international community is on ideas — and even that appeared doomed. Both sides have agreed to previous, more ambitious cease-fires in the past only to break them,

Maya Angelou
pens Obama e-mail

Washington Post, by Rachel Weiner Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 10/24/2012 3:59:56 PM Post Reply

Poet Maya Angelou has turned her talents on an unpoetic medium — the campaign e-mail — to urge supporters of President Obama to head to the polls. “I am not writing to you as a black voter, or a woman voter, or as a voter who is over 70 years old and six feet tall. I am writing to you as a representative of this great country — as an American,” she writes. “It is your job to vote. It is your responsibility, your right, and your privilege.

Libya E-mails Break;
Morning Shows Minimize
Pressure on Team Obama

Newsbusters, by Matthew Balan Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/24/2012 3:55:23 PM Post Reply

On Tuesday evening, CBS broke wide open a story on State Department e-mails showing the White House knew on September 11 that the consulate in Benghazi was subjected to a terrorist attack, and that terrorists took credit on Facebook and Twitter. But by Wednesday, the three network morning shows weren't leaping to follow up. ABC and CBS combined devoted just over a minute to the story, while NBC completely ignored it. By contrast, all three newscasts showed that they were more interested in helping the Democrats in Indiana, aggressively spotlighting Indiana Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock's faith-based affirmation that he

How Texas pays the bills

National Review Online, by Kevin D. Williamson Original Article

Posted By: Hooverdog- 10/24/2012 3:54:01 PM Post Reply

Susan Combs, Texas’s comptroller, dropped an interesting piece of news in an interview today: The state’s sales-tax collections this year will exceed $24 billion — an all-time high. Revenues have been up for 30 months in a row now. I have had many tussles with conservatives who in my view take too simplistic a view of the relationship between tax rates and economic growth, but here is a very good example of adding to revenue without raising taxes. Strong growth makes all of the fiscal math a great deal easier.

Gender Gap in Election Fueled
More by Men Than Women

Gallup, by Frank Newport Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/24/2012 3:51:06 PM Post Reply

Princeton, NJ - Despite the great attention paid to the importance of the women's vote in the 2012 election, there has been a larger change in men's than in women's preferences compared with 2008. Barack Obama's support is down seven percentage points among men versus three points among women. In Gallup's latest 21-day rolling average of likely voter preferences, based on interviewing conducted Oct. 1-21, Romney leads Obama by 14 points among men, whereas Obama and John McCain were tied among men in Gallup's final pre-election estimate in 2008. Obama currently leads Romney by eight percentage points among women, whereas

This might be China's
third J-20 stealth fighter

Foreign Policy, by John Reed Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/24/2012 3:46:58 PM Post Reply

A quick update on China's stealth fighter program: Photos newly published on a Chinese Web sites show what might be a third prototype J-20 stealth jet. China has two different types of stealthy-looking fighters: the large J-20 and the smaller J-31. Many speculate that because of its large size, the J-20 is high-speed interceptor designed to fly out and shoot down enemy bombers -- similar to the old Soviet MiG-25 Foxbat -- or that it is a high-speed stealthy bomber designed to use a combination of stealth and speed to penetrate enemy air defenses and fire cruise missiles or bombs at

Video: Romney draws massive
crowd to remote Colorado location

Hot Air, by Ed Morrissey Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/24/2012 3:42:39 PM Post Reply

I’m not sure that there is anything that is directly noteworthy about a massive crowd for a major-party candidate at the end of the presidential cycle. Both candidates will have at least 60 million people voting for them in this election, which means there are going to be lots of people who will show up for these kinds of events. But will they climb hills and mountains and trek out to the middle of nowhere to do it? The Denver Post put together this visually stunning video of Mitt Romney’s event at Red Rocks, which also shows the difficulties that

'Boston Globe' Joins
Obama's Dirty Trick Brigade

Breitbart's Big Journalism, by John Nolte Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/24/2012 3:39:42 PM Post Reply

We know Gloria Allred has personally met with Barack Obama. We also know Gloria Allred is currently attempting to create a whiff of scandal to aid and abet Obama's war on women narrative over some nonsense involving a scorned woman and a divorce settlement from the nineties. Furthermore, we also know this is how the Axelrod/Obama machine operates to win elections because unsealing divorce records to destroy opponents is exactly what they've done before. (Snip) . In other words, had it wanted to, the Globe could've requested these records months or even years ago. But by doing so this week

Prison, $7 Billion Fine
for French Rogue Trader

Associated Press, by Elaine Ganley Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/24/2012 3:36:01 PM Post Reply

The Paris appeals court on Wednesday ordered former Societe Generale trader Jerome Kerviel to spend three years in prison and pay back a staggering €4.9 billion (about $7 billion) in damages for one of the biggest trading frauds in history. The 35-year-old Kerviel, who never profited personally from his unauthorized trades, says he was a scapegoat for the bank and a victim of a financial system that runs on greed and profits.(Snip) His lawyer David Koubbi called the verdict "absolutely lamentable" and said his team will consider taking the case to France's highest court. Because Kerviel cannot realistically
Snip added by staff.

US, SKorea ready to respond
to NKorea provocation

Associated Press, by Matthew Pennington Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/24/2012 3:27:57 PM Post Reply

Washington - The U.S. defense chief expressed relief Wednesday that North Korea has not followed through on a threat to launch a military strike in response to South Korean activists floating anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the border. Leon Panetta said the U.S. and its ally South Korea would continue to watch for provocations from the North, and would be prepared to respond if they take place. (Snip) South Korean activists, mostly North Korean defectors, on Monday floated balloons carrying tens of thousands of leaflets critical of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The activists eluded South Korean police trying to stop

Mitt Romney’s testimony in Staples
founder’s divorce case to
be considered for public
release in open court

Boston Globe, by Callum Borchers Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/24/2012 3:22:27 PM Post Reply

Canton - Mitt Romney’s 1991 testimony in the divorce of Staples founder Tom Stemberg will be considered for public release on Thursday in open court and with television cameras rolling at Norfolk Probate and Family Court. The court on Wednesday rejected Stemberg’s request to close the hearing, siding with the Globe, which is seeking access to the impounded testimony of Romney, now the Republican nominee for president. Stemberg’s ex-wife, Maureen Sullivan Stemberg, appeared in court on Wednesday and supported the release of Romney’s testimony. Robert G. Jones, an attorney for Romney, said the candidate has no position on whether his

The AAUW spin sisters strike again

American Enterprise Institute, by Christina Hoff Sommers Original Article

Posted By: Drive- 10/24/2012 3:12:02 PM Post Reply

This afternoon, the American Association of University Women (AAUW) will release its newest “research” report, Graduating with a Pay Gap. This report, according to the AAUW pre-publicity, is “an update of the 2007 AAUW report, Behind the Pay Gap, which found that just one year after college graduation, women are paid only 80 cents for every dollar men are paid.” Can the AAUW be trusted? Consider its record. The 2007 report does give readers the impression that millennial women are facing serious workplace discrimination. But buried on page 18, we find this qualification:

My mother abandoned me when
I was just eight:
Hugh Jackman's secret heartache

UK Daily Mail, by Daily Mail Reporter Original Article

Posted By: yourblueroom- 10/24/2012 3:07:57 PM Post Reply

Hugh Jackman has opened up about his painful childhood in a touching new interview. The Wolverine star, 44, revealed his mother, Grace Watson, walked out on his family when he was just eight. She left Australia for the UK and only broke the news to her five children via telegram. He later discovered she had battled depression and was 'struggling' as a parent.

Genocide and Communism
Threaten South Africa

New American, by Alex Newman Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/24/2012 3:07:16 PM Post Reply

Along a highway on a grassy hill, thousands of white crosses — each one representing an individual victim of brutal farm murders, or plaasmoorde in Afrikaans — are a stark reminder of the reality facing European-descent farmers in the new South Africa. One of the iron crosses was planted last year in memory of two-year-old Willemien Potgieter, who was executed on a farm and left in a pool of her own blood. Her parents were murdered, too — the father hacked to death with a machete. Before leaving, the half-dozen killers tied a note to the gate: “We killed them.

Ford to Shut Two European
Factories With 4,900 Jobs Lost

Bloomberg News, by Alex Webb Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/24/2012 3:03:00 PM Post Reply

Ford Motor Co. (F) will shut two European assembly plants, its first car-factory closings in the region in a decade, and cut almost 4,900 jobs to stem losses that the company predicts will exceed $1 billion in 2012. (Snip) The European sovereign-debt crisis is set to lead to the biggest annual drop in car sales in 19 years. Manufacturers such as PSA Peugeot Citroen (UG), General Motors Co. (GM)’s Opel brand and Fiat (F) SpA have responded by shutting or outlining plans to close factories in an effort to restore earnings. Ford Chief Executive Officer Alan Mulally said last

Europe's manufacturing
gets weaker

CNN Money, by Mark Thompson Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/24/2012 2:59:57 PM Post Reply

London - A weak performance by eurozone factories in October suggests the region could fall deeper into recession in the fourth quarter, as businesses shed jobs in the face of declining orders. Preliminary data published Wednesday showed the weakest reading for eurozone manufacturing and service activity in 40 months, and a separate reading of business sentiment in Germany -- the region's largest economy - fell to its lowest level since February 2010. (Snip) Eurozone GDP shrank by 0.2% in the second quarter. It is expected to have contracted further in the third.

Republicans in Strong Position
to Keep U.S. House Control

Bloomberg News, by James Rowley & Roxana Tiron Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/24/2012 2:53:04 PM Post Reply

Washington - Republicans are in a strong position to keep control of the U.S. House of Representatives next year as political analysts predict that Democrats will be more than a dozen seats short of a majority in the Nov. 6 election. Republican gains in redistricting after the 2010 Census and the retirements of a group of moderate Democrats diminish the chances of a power switch for the 113th Congress. (Snip) Most freshmen backed by the anti-government-spending Tea Party are favored to win re-election, with the exception of Joe Walsh of Illinois. Others such as Allen West of Florida, Dan Benishek

Robin Hood tax gains
traction in Europe

CNN Money, by Ben Rooney Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/24/2012 2:49:00 PM Post Reply

Robin Hood may not have roamed Sherwood Forest for hundreds of years, but fans of his "steal from the rich, give to the poor" ethos appear to have made inroads into European tax policy. The European Union's executive body said Tuesday that 10 members of the 27-nation group had agreed to move forward with a Financial Transaction Tax, also known as the Robin Hood tax. (Snip) The idea of taxing financial transactions more broadly really started to gain ground earlier this year, when former French President Nicolas Sarkozy began touting it as a way out of Europe's financial crisis.

Russia says Syrian rebels
have US-made missiles

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/24/2012 2:40:32 PM Post Reply

Moscow - Russia's chief military officer says Syrian rebels have acquired portable air defense missiles, including U.S.-made Stinger missiles. Gen. Nikolai Makarov, the chief of the military's General Staff, didn't say how many such missiles the rebels had and who supplied them. Makarov said Wednesday in remarks carried by Russian news agencies that some of the weapons could have been delivered by commercial airlines, but he didn't elaborate.

Greece nears 2-year
bailout extension

CNN Money, by Mark Thompson Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/24/2012 2:38:23 PM Post Reply

London - Greece has reached a new deal with its international lenders, gaining two more years to make painful spending cuts and tax increases, and paving the way for the troubled nation to receive the next installment of bailout funding. A Greek finance ministry spokeswoman told CNN that the package of measures had been completed and Athens would be notifying the euro working group in the coming days, before presenting it to parliament in two draft bills next week. (Snip) By pushing the deadline to 2016, the troika deal will give Samaras breathing room to bring Greece's budget deficit under
Headline corrected by staff.

Nobel Mann Takes On
Revolting Peasants

National Review, by Mark Steyn Original Article

Posted By: Mike PHX- 10/24/2012 2:38:16 PM Post Reply

A few readers have asked for my reaction to the news that climatologist Michael Mann has decided to proceed with his suit against NR, me, Rand Simberg and the Competitive Enterprise Institute for mocking his hockey stick. I’m still working on my formal, bland, carefully lawyered official response, so for now just let me do cheap ad hominem cracks. I was intrigued to see in Dr. Mann’s press release of his suit the following biographical detail: Dr. Mann is a climate scientist whose research has focused on global warming.
Author's name corrected by staff.

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