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Canada man votes using
his dog's name; a 'test'

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/26/2012 6:03:15 PM Post Reply

Fredericton, New Brunswick - An official with a Canadian political party is raising questions about the integrity of the opposition's leadership race in his province after he was able to vote using his dog's name. Jean-Paul Soucy said Friday that he registered his dog "Pitou," or "puppy" in English, to vote online for one of the three candidates vying for the top Liberal job at Saturday's leadership convention in New Brunswick. The executive director of the province's Conservative party says he wanted to test the Liberal voting system but couldn't use his own name because he's a member of another

Why I Think Obama Is Toast

Powerline, by Dan McLaughlin Original Article

Posted By: DaddyO- 10/26/2012 5:58:30 PM Post Reply

Barack Obama is toast. This is not something I say lightly. I generally try to remain cautious about predictions, because the prediction business is a humbling one. (snip) Obama needs to have a decisive advantage in Democratic turnout, roughly on the order of – or in some places exceeding – the advantage he enjoyed in 2008, when Democrats nationally had a 7-point advantage (39-32). Yet nearly every indicator we have of turnout suggests that, relative to Republicans, the Democrats are behind where they were in 2008.

Did Queen Elizabeth suspect
Cambridge Spy a decade before
confession?

Telegraph [U.K.], by Steven Swinford Original Article

Posted By: PageTurner- 10/26/2012 5:45:22 PM Post Reply

Anthony Blunt, the fourth member of the notorious Cambridge Soviet spy ring, was a distant cousin of the Queen Mother and later became Surveyor of the King's pictures. According to the newly-released diaries of Guy Liddell, Deputy Director of the MI5, the Queen mother became suspicious after Blunt intimated during one of their meetings that he was an atheist. Britain's spy chiefs, however, were so thoroughly duped by the spy ring that they refused to believe that Blunt could be a double agent. Liddell recalls meeting Sir Alan "Tommy" Lascelles, then King George VI's private secretary, in July 1951

Obama hails the Hajj and Eid al-Adha

Investor's Business Daily, by Andrew Malcolm Original Article

Posted By: SurferLad- 10/26/2012 5:45:15 PM Post Reply

Statement by President Obama on Hajj and Eid al-Adha: Michelle and I extend our best wishes for a joyful Eid al-Adha to Muslims in the United States and around the world. We also congratulate the millions of peaceful pilgrims who are performing the Hajj, including thousands of American Muslims. Throughout the year, Muslims join members of many faiths in serving those suffering from hunger, disease, and conflict. Muslim communities will continue this practice as they celebrate Eid by distributing food and charity to those in need. Such acts of compassion underscore the shared values

Obama: Will wash
cars for budget deal

Washington Times, by Dave Boyer Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 10/26/2012 5:42:07 PM Post Reply

After four years of being criticized for failing to work with Republicans, President Obama joked Friday that he'll even do household chores for congressional GOP leaders to get a bipartisan deficit reduction deal if he's elected to second term. "I'll wash John Boehner's car, I'll walk Mitch McConnell's dog," Mr. Obama said in an interview Friday with radio host Michael Smerconish, referring to the Speaker and Senate minority leader, respectively. Policymakers in Washington are grappling with how to handle looming tax increases and spending cuts that are set to take place in January —

Ecuador's president praises
Obama, wishes him luck in
election

Foreign Policy, by Uri Friedman Original Article

Posted By: PageTurner- 10/26/2012 5:37:25 PM Post Reply

With the outcome of the U.S. election so uncertain, foreign heads of state have generally refrained from expressing support for either presidential candidate. But as my colleague Josh Keating has noted, leaders like France's Francois Hollande, Russia's Vladimir Putin, and Venezuela's Hugo Chavez have suggested that they're partial to Barack Obama. Now, it seems, we can add Ecuador's Rafael Correa to the list. During an interview with a Chilean radio station on Friday, Correa noted that he didn't want to "interfere in the internal matters of other countries." But what he said afterward sounded a whole lot

Obama extends
Eid greetings to
Muslim community

Express Tribune (Pakistan), by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 10/26/2012 5:27:25 PM Post Reply

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama extended his warm wishes on the eve of Eidul Azha to Muslims in the United States and around the world. A statement issued by the White House read, “Michelle and I extend our best wishes for a joyful Eidul Azha to Muslims in the United States and around the world.” “We also congratulate the millions of peaceful pilgrims who are performing the Hajj, including thousands of American Muslims,” it added. The American president said that Muslim communities join members of many faiths to help the disadvantaged. He said that on the occasion of Eidul Azha

Bursting at the seams:
Uncompromising pictures from
inside America's overcrowded
prison system show the cramped
lives lived by more than
two million inmates

Daily Mail (UK), by Steve Nolan Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/26/2012 5:17:56 PM Post Reply

These revealing pictures illustrate America's prison system at breaking point - with overcrowding in the nation's jails at its highest for eight years. Correctional institutions across the U.S are bursting at the seams with more than two million Americans behind bars. The worst hit state, California, houses 140,000 inmates when its 33 adult prisons are only designed to hold a maximum of 80,000. Overall, the Bureau of Prisons Network is around 39 per cent over 'rated capacity' - their highest level since 2004 - with that figure expected to soar to 45 per cent above its limit by 2018.

Mondale, Kerry
among attendees at
McGovern funeral

Rapid City Journal (SD), by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 10/26/2012 5:17:03 PM Post Reply

Former Vice President Walter Mondale and U.S. Sen. John Kerry are among the hundreds of people who have turned out for a funeral to honor former U.S. Sen. George McGovern. Mondale and Kerry arrived shortly before the service was to start at the Washington Pavilion in Sioux Falls. McGovern, a three-time Democratic presidential candidate, died Sunday. He was 90. Following news of McGovern's death, Kerry released a statement saying McGovern was a "voice of clarity and conviction at a time when America needed it most." Also in attendance is one-time presidential hopeful Gary Hart.

Hillary Clinton gives Obama
an espresso machine

The Hill [Washington DC], by Judy Kurtz Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/26/2012 5:12:41 PM Post Reply

Perhaps hoping to give him a jolt, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reportedly gifted President Obama with an espresso machine earlier this year. A Thursday story in The Wall Street Journal makes no mention of the occasion behind the caffeine-filled present. Obama has stopped at many a coffee shop along the campaign trail, but has been seen in photos sipping on cups of Joe rather than espresso. According to the Journal report, during the gift-giving session, Obama gave Clinton an iPad case

Newell Rubbermaid Plans to
Cut 10% of Jobs in Restructuring

Bloomberg News, by Duane D. Stanford * Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 10/26/2012 5:08:55 PM Post Reply

Newell Rubbermaid Inc. (NWL), the maker of Sharpie pens and Calphalon cookware, hired a former Unilever strategist to help run the company under a new structure and plans to cut 10 percent of its jobs. Chief Executive Officer Michael Polk has reorganized in two new units as he seeks to boost sales outside the U.S., the Atlanta-based company said today in a statement. One unit, focused on brand development, will be run by Mark Tarchetti, Unilever’s former head of global strategy. The other, focused on sales, distribution and supply

Sen. Harry Reid taken to
hospital after Las Vegas
rear-end car crash
involving 6 vehicles

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 10/26/2012 5:03:51 PM Post Reply

LAS VEGAS — Troopers say Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has been taken to the hospital after what appears to be a rear-end crash on an interstate through Las Vegas. Nevada Highway Patrol Office spokesman Jeremie Elliott says he doesn’t know Reid’s condition after the crash, which happened about 1:10 p.m. Friday on Interstate 15. The freeway runs parallel to the Las Vegas Strip. Elliott says six vehicles were involved in the apparent chain-reaction crash, including two Las Vegas police vehicles, two civilian vehicle and two Capitol Police vehicles.

Boston Globe: Romney rejected birth
certificate changes for gay parents

Yahoo! News, by Liz Goodwin Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 10/26/2012 5:00:22 PM Post Reply

Mitt Romney rejected a plan while governor of Massachusetts that would have allowed same-sex married couples to both be listed as the parents of children born to them, the Boston Globe reports from state records it obtained this month. After the state's highest court legalized gay marriage in 2003, the Registry of Vital Records presented a plan to change the "father" box on Massachusetts birth certificates to say "father or second parent." Romney rejected the plan, the paper writes, and said same-sex parents would have to personally request that the governor's office change their children's birth certificates.

Obama Campaign Posts Picture
Of Romney Wearing Dunce Cap

Mediaite, by Andrew Kirell Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/26/2012 4:47:30 PM Post Reply

On Tuesday afternoon, the Obama campaign posted to its official Tumblr page a photoshopped image of GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney seated on a stool, wearing a large dunce cap.The image features the caption: “Sums it up.” It is unclear who created the picture, but the raw photograph seems to have been taken from the town hall-style presidential debate at Hofstra University several weeks ago. The campaign’s Tumblr page typically features behind-the-scenes photographs and videos of the president on the campaign trail,

Fallen Benghazi hero’s
father: the Administration
is pushing “a pack of lies”

Human Events, by John Hayward Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/26/2012 4:44:40 PM Post Reply

Apologies if the audio on this clip is a bit soft – it was when I played it on my computer – but here’s Charles Woods, father of slain ex-SEAL Tyrone Woods, calling into Megyn Kelly’s Fox News show to denounce the “pack of lies” pushed by the Obama Administration on the death of his son. “I do not appreciate lies,” said Woods. ”I’m a loving person. I love my son, and I want to honor him. Facts are coming out right now. The reason I am even speaking up,

George Zimmerman judge: 'Stand
your ground' hearing in April

Orlando Sentinel, by Rene Stutzman and Jeff Weiner Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 10/26/2012 4:39:24 PM Post Reply

SANFORD – After more than two hours of argument, the judge in the second-degree murder case against George Zimmerman said she will not rule today on the state's request for a gag order. (Snip) However, near the end of the hearing, the judge and lawyers agreed to put another high profile issue on their calendars: Zimmerman's "stand your ground" hearing, where he will ask to have the case thrown out, was set for 45 days before the June 10 trial.

It's Jejune in October

Wall Street Jounal, by James Taranto Original Article

Posted By: BamaMan- 10/26/2012 4:34:41 PM Post Reply

Lena Dunham lost her innocence when she voted for Barack Obama, or so the 26-year-old actress-directrix claims in a creepy new ad for the campaign. "Your first time shouldn't be with just anybody," Dunham--no relation to Stanley Ann, as far as we know--tells the camera. "You want to do it with a great guy." She plays off that ambiguous antecedent for a wearisome 63 seconds. Her own "first time," she explains, was in 2008, with Obama, "someone who really cares about and understands women. . . . My first time voting was amazing. It was this line in the sand:

Dem's amendment would
give 29 more electoral votes
to popular-vote winner

The Hill [Washington DC], by Jonathan Easley Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/26/2012 4:14:48 PM Post Reply

The head of the House Democratic campaign arm this week proposed a constitutional amendment that would give the winner of the popular vote in the presidential race an additional 29 electoral votes. Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) did not offer an explanation in the joint resolution filed in the House for why he was proposing to change the way elections in the U.S. are decided. Under the Constitution, the candidate who wins at least 270 electoral votes wins the presidency, regardless of the popular vote. The prospect of a split between the popular vote and the Electoral College usually provokes cries

Get Ready For U.S.-Europe Free Trade

Investor's Business Daily, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: PageTurner- 10/26/2012 4:05:47 PM Post Reply

Trade: Europe's Parliament has moved to revitalize the continent's weak economy by clearing the way for a free-trade agreement with the U.S. A baby step, yes, but if it succeeds, it'll be the mother of all trade pacts. By a vote of 526-94, the European Parliament approved its first resolution calling for talks on a U.S.-European free-trade agreement, starting in the first half of 2013. "We wanted to send a strong political signal in favor of opening negotiations with the United States in order to create a real trans-Atlantic market with enormous opportunities for growth," said EU's Vital Moreira before the vote.

Afghan immigrant often argued
with wife before slitting
her throat, daughter says

Toronto Star [Canada], by Peter Small Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/26/2012 3:54:48 PM Post Reply

An Afghan immigrant who slit his wife’s throat used to regularly get into such loud, abusive arguments with her that neighbours noticed and police showed up, their daughter said. “It was really embarrassing. Sometimes they would just start in front of people,” Tamana Khairi testified at her father’s 2009 preliminary hearing. (Snip) The trial has already heard that Randjida Khairi, 53, defended their six adult or teenaged children’s increasing Westernization, while it angered her husband. Randjida Khairi would periodically threaten to leave him, but would be held back by their Afghan culture, the daughter said.

Who gets rich off
'free' government phones

CNN Money, by Jordan Malter Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/26/2012 3:47:07 PM Post Reply

New York - One of America's fastest-growing wireless carriers is a company you've probably never heard of: Tracfone Wireless. It's the U.S. arm of a telecom empire controlled by the world's richest man, Carlos Slim, and it's the biggest player in an increasingly lucrative market: subsidized mobile phones for low-income Americans. (Snip) Where does the money for Lifeline subsidy come from? You. Take a look at your phone bill and you'll see a charge -- typically a few dollars a month -- for payments to the "Universal Service Fund." That's the umbrella program covering various ventures, including Lifeline, that are

Election 2012:
Massachusetts Senate

Rasmussen Reports, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/26/2012 3:39:59 PM Post Reply

Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren has now moved to a five-point lead over Republican incumbent Scott Brown in Massachusetts’ U.S. Senate race. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Massachusetts Voters finds Warren with 52% support to Brown’s 47%. (Snip) The survey of 500 Likely Voters in Massachusetts was conducted on October 25, 2012 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.
Headline corrected by staff.

Father of Slain Former SEAL, New
Report, Raise Questions About
Response to Benghazi Attack

ABC News, by Jake Tapper Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/26/2012 3:37:29 PM Post Reply

Charles Woods, the grieving father of one of the security officials killed in the terrorist attack on the U.S diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya – former Navy SEAL Tyrone Woods – called into conservative media outlets this week, offering some unflattering descriptions of his interactions with the president and top officials of his administration. Woods called into the Lars Larson Show and The Glenn Beck Program earlier this week. (Snip) White House officials declined to comment on Woods’ description of his interactions with the president and vice president. State Department Deputy Spokesperson, Mark Toner said in a statement, “Since the
Headline resplit by staff.

Obama endorses gay
marriage in 3 states

Reuters, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/26/2012 3:30:27 PM Post Reply

Seattle - President Barack Obama on Thursday endorsed state ballot initiatives to legalise same-sex marriage in Washington state, Maryland and Maine as he sought to galvanise gay and lesbian enthusiasm for his re-election bid. Statements issued by the Obama campaign in those three states urging voters to approve the gay-marriage measures on their respective 6 November ballots came five months after Obama became the first US president to express support for the right of same-sex couples to wed.

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