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Historical treasures
missing from National Archives

CBS News, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Rumblehog- 10/27/2012 12:07:33 AM Post Reply

Precious historical artifacts like the Wright Brothers airplane patent, the bombing maps for the nuclear attack on Japan, the original eyewitness radio report of the Hindenburg disaster and photos taken by the astronauts on the moon are just some of the items stolen from our National Archives. So much of our past has been pocketed by thieves that the National Archives has formed a recovery team to get them back. Bob Simon reports on this alarming trend -- and the conman now serving seven years in prison for the largest theft of historic artifacts in U.S. history

Romney on economy: Obama
'made the problem worse'

Associated Press, by David Espo and Steve Peoples Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 10/26/2012 11:41:43 PM Post Reply

AMES, Iowa — Seizing on fresh evidence of economic sluggishness, Republican challenger Mitt Romney said Friday that President Barack Obama inherited a bad situation when he took office and then "made the problem worse." Obama looked ahead to the second term he's hoping to win. Referring to the two top Republicans in Congress, the president said he was prepared to "wash John Boehner's car" or "walk Mitch McConnell's dog" if it would help complete an elusive deal to cut future deficits by trillions of dollars. The two campaign rivals faced a common danger

Audit: Green jobs stimulus
program wastes cash

Washington Times, by Stephen Dinan Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 10/26/2012 11:37:02 PM Post Reply

President Obama’s green jobs training program, which was part of his stimulus, has failed on most key jobs measures, according to a new internal audit that found it was training workers who already had jobs that didn’t need green energy skills, and was failing to place new enrollees in jobs once they finished the training. The Labor Department’s inspector general also said grantees who received the green jobs-training money did a poor job of reporting their results. Only 38 percent of those who have completed training got jobs based on it, and only 16 percent

White House considering new tax cut

Washington Post, by Zachary A. Goldfarb Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 10/26/2012 11:35:02 PM Post Reply

The White House is weighing the idea of a tax cut that it believes would lift Americans’ take-home pay and boost a still-struggling economy, according to people familiar with the administration’s thinking, as the presidential candidates continue battling over whose tax policies would do more for the country. Obama administration officials have concluded that the economy, while improved, is still fragile enough that it may need another bout of stimulus. The tax cut could replace the payroll tax cut championed by President Obama

Romney, Obama could split
popular and electoral college
vote, polls suggest

Washington Post, by Karen Tumulty Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 10/26/2012 11:32:41 PM Post Reply

Most polls at this moment suggest GOP nominee Mitt Romney is in the lead nationally, but surveys in the nine or so swing states are registering a narrow advantage for President Obama. So here’s a prospect worth contemplating: What if Romney carries the popular vote, but Obama regains the presidency by winning 270 votes or more in the electoral college? “I think it’s a 50/50 possibility — or more,” said Mark McKinnon, who was a political strategist for former president George W. Bush. “If the election were held tomorrow, it wouldn’t just be a possibility

Is Anna Wintour pressuring designers
to steer clear of Ann Romney? - Thread Closed

Fox News, by Hollie McKay Original Article

Posted By: LanieLou- 10/26/2012 11:25:03 PM Post Reply

"Honored to see First Lady Michelle Obama wearing our Spring 2013 dress at the final presidential debate," boasted the Twitter account of fashion label Thom Browne soon after Monday night's debate. Yet over at the Twitter account of OscarPRGirl, the official publicist for Oscar de la Renta, not a word was uttered about the fact that Ann Romney had donned a dark teal dress from the designer's collection. But that's nothing new. Designers, stylists and fashion industry publicists routinely clamor to outfit First Lady Michelle Obama, with press releases flying out the door

Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan
feed off Americana vibe at
rally in North Canton - Thread Closed

Plain Dealer, by Henry J. Gomez Original Article

Posted By: horacer- 10/26/2012 11:06:18 PM Post Reply

NORTH CANTON, Ohio — An autumn chill. Live country music. A sea of blue jeans and ball caps flowing into nearby neighborhoods. Lately Mitt Romney's outdoor rallies in Ohio have taken on a distinct feel, sound and look as his crowds grow in size and the weather lends itself to a high school football atmosphere. The Republican nominee for president feeds off this Americana vibe, and Friday night at Hoover High School was no exception. An audience of 8,500 gathered around the school's baseball diamond to hear Romney and his running mate, U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan.

Obama: 'Not personally aware' of
security requests before Libya attack

Fox News, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: PChristopher- 10/26/2012 11:05:11 PM Post Reply

President Obama said Friday he was "not personally aware" of any request for more security by U.S. diplomats in Libya before the Sept. 11 strike on the consulate. The president addressed questions about those requests during an interview on "The Michael Smerconish Show." Several weeks ago, former security officers testified on Capitol Hill that they had sought additional protection in the months leading up to the attack -- further, a recently released cable from Ambassador Chris Stevens himself on the day of the attack noted "growing problems with security" in Benghazi.

Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan feed
off Americana vibe at rally in North Canton

Plain Dealer, by Henry J. Gomez Original Article

Posted By: horacer- 10/26/2012 11:03:54 PM Post Reply

Chronic Fatigue Economy

Wall Street Journal, by Editorial Original Article

Posted By: Moritz55- 10/26/2012 10:41:34 PM Post Reply

The economy plowed ahead at a 2% growth rate in the third quarter, which thrilled more than a few of our liberal friends who think it's enough to re-elect President Obama. We'll soon find out if they're right, but there's no doubt their prosperity standards are slipping. In the third quarter of 1992, growth came in at 4.2% (3.4% for the year) and Democrats called it a catastrophe. The third-quarter figure means that growth for the first nine months of 2012 has been a paltry 1.7%. That's slower than last year (1.8%), which was slower than the year before (2.4%). The current recovery

Panetta Says We Lacked
Real-Time Benghazi Intel

Investor's Business Daily, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: HollowLeg- 10/26/2012 10:25:15 PM Post Reply

Despite real-time video, emails to the White House and desperate cries for help, our defense secretary says we didn't send rescue forces to our Benghazi consulate because we didn't know what was going on. In a statement bordering on the Kafkaesque, Leon Panetta told a news conference Thursday that four Americans, including our Libyan ambassador Chris Stevens, were left to die without a rescue attempt by nearby U.S. military forces because there's "a basic principle here, and the basic principle is that you don't deploy forces into harm's way without knowing what's going on,

The Incredible Shrinking President

National Review Online, by Mark Steyn Original Article

Posted By: supersid- 10/26/2012 10:17:12 PM Post Reply

‘We’re going to have that person arrested and prosecuted that did the video,” said Hillary Clinton. No, not the person who made the video saying that voting for Barack Obama is like losing your virginity to a really cool guy. I’ll get to that in a moment. But Secretary Clinton was talking about the fellow who made the supposedly Islamophobic video that supposedly set off the sacking of the Benghazi consulate. And, indeed, she did “have that person arrested.” By happy coincidence, his bail hearing has been set for three days after the election, by which time he will have served

Petraeus Throws Obama Under the Bus - Thread Closed

The Weekly Standard, by William Kristol Original Article

Posted By: post cretaceous- 10/26/2012 9:44:41 PM Post Reply

Breaking news on Benghazi: the CIA spokesman, presumably at the direction of CIA director David Petraeus, has put out this statement: "No one at any level in the CIA told anybody not to help those in need; claims to the contrary are simply inaccurate.” It would have been a presidential decision. There was presumably a rationale for such a decision. What was it? When and why—and based on whose counsel obtained in what meetings or conversations—did President Obama decide against sending in military assets to help the Americans in need?

Absentee ballots may have
been destroyed in crash

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Bubbasuncle- 10/26/2012 9:27:46 PM Post Reply

Tallahassee, Fla. - Federal officials say that absentee ballots being sent to U.S. military serving in Afghanistan may have been burned in a plane crash. A top official in the Federal Voting Assistance Program this week notified election officials across the nation that a transport plane crashed at Shindad Air Base on Oct. 19. The crash resulted in the destruction of 4,700 pounds of mail inbound to troops serving in the area. Federal officials in their email to state election offices said they did not know if any ballots were destroyed. They also said the

(Video) Obama dodges question
on denial of help for Americans
in Benghazi

Washington Times, by Kerry Picket Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/26/2012 9:20:13 PM Post Reply

President Barack Obama appeared on Colorado's KUSA's 9 News on Friday and was asked by reporter Kyle Clark if the Americans who were killed at the U.S. consulate in Beghazi were denied help during the terrorist attack and if it was fair to "tell Americans that it is still under investigation and that we'll all find out after the election." President Obama never answered that question and managed to repeat his "three directives" several times. Transcript below (bolding is mine) PRESIDENT OBAMA: The election has nothing to do with four brave Americans getting killed and us

Obama wants to capture,
not kill, Libya killers

Daily Caller, by Neil Munro Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/26/2012 9:13:43 PM Post Reply

President Barack Obama told a radio interviewer Oct. 26 that his top priority is capturing — not killing — the “folks” who attacked and killed four Americans in Libya on Sept. 11. “My most important job as president is keeping the American people safe… and we are going to make sure, most importantly, that those who carried it out, that they are captured,” he told liberal radio host Michael Smerconish. But the president also acknowledged links between the Libyan attackers and al-Qaida, by saying that U.S. must guard against “groups throughout the Middle East

Obama chases after youth vote as
he discusses gay marriage, Facebook
and Bob Marley in MTV interview

Daily Mail [UK], by Hugo Gye Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/26/2012 9:06:12 PM Post Reply

Barack Obama today made a new attempt to shore up the youth vote with a live interview on MTV. The President sat down at the White House with anchor Sway Calloway and delivered a careful pitch based around youth-friendly topics such as climate change, college tuition and gay marriage. He also opened up about his personal life, revealing that he has banned his daughter from using Facebook for security reasons, and talking about his anguish at seeing his friends' family members die in gun violence in Chicago. The questions for

Senators demand White House
declassify Libya video

Associated Press, by Kimberly Dozier Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 10/26/2012 9:01:47 PM Post Reply

Washington -- Republican senators are demanding that the Obama administration make public the surveillance video taken during last month's deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya, which killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans. Sens. John McCain, Lindsey Graham and Kelly Ayotte wrote to President Barack Obama's defense secretary, CIA director and attorney general demanding that the video be declassified. In the run-up to the presidential election, Republicans have accused the Obama administration of distorting the account of the attack on Sept. 11 that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.

FLOTUS compares end of
election to ‘horrible workout’

Washington Examiner, by Joel Gehrke Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/26/2012 8:58:10 PM Post Reply

First Lady Michelle Obama told supporters to think of the last 11 days of this election as if it’s a “horrible workout” coming to a close. “Treat these 11 days like the last five minutes of a horrible workout,” Mrs. Obama, who has emphasized the need for physical fitness– especially among children — over the last four years, told donors today in California. You can get through anything. Just bear down. Don’t look at the clock too much.” She especially requested more money. “Keep writing those checks,”

Are Some in the Chain of Command
Still Haunted by Carter's Failed
Rescue in 1979?

RushLimbaugh.com, by Rush Limbaugh Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/26/2012 8:55:19 PM Post Reply

RUSH: Now to the phones since it's Open Line Friday. Doug in San Antonio. Great to have you on the program, sir. Hello. CALLER: Hi, Rush. Thanks. I wanted to speak to the question of when the president knew and why Secretary Panetta refused to support the CIA annex request either to move to the consulate or to reinforce. Within a few minutes of the consulate being under attack -- I'm a retired lieutenant colonel special operations planner for 15 years -- the personal security detail for the ambassador notified the

Students choosing Mom's house
instead of Animal House

The Record [Hackensack, NJ], by Stephanie Akin Original Article

Posted By: Ribicon- 10/26/2012 8:41:19 PM Post Reply

Megan Byrne of Hillsdale lived on campus her first year of college for a simple reason: She figured she would make more friends in a dorm than at her parents' house 20 minutes away. But after freshman year, she decided to move back home for another simple reason. "It was basically just the economics," said Byrne, a sophomore at Ramapo College in Mahwah. "It was too expensive." A recent study suggests that Byrne is now in the majority. As college tuition continues to rise and students contribute more toward their education, 51 percent of American college students decided this year

Wisconsin: Tied at 49, Romney Camp
Running Ads in Minnesota?

Townhall, by Guy Benson Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/26/2012 8:29:14 PM Post Reply

Oh my : President Obama and Mitt Romney are now tied in the critical battleground state of Wisconsin. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Wisconsin Voters shows the president and his Republican challenger each earning 49% support. One percent (1%) likes another candidate, and two percent (2%) are undecided. Ninety-six percent (96%) of Badger State voters say they are sure to vote in this election. Romney leads 51% to 47% among these voters. Among the 90% who say they’ve already made up their minds whom they will vote for, it’s Romney 51%, Obama 48%. If those undecideds break away from

Tales of fraud from the Obama
admin’s green-energy crypt

Hot Air, by Erika Johnsen Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/26/2012 8:20:33 PM Post Reply

You may recall that Abound Solar, one of President Obama most favoritest subsidized poster children, declared bankruptcy (not to be confused with electric-car battery maker and Obama-stimulus-recipient A123 Systems that declared bankruptcy just a couple of weeks ago — there are just so many to keep track of) and subsequently became the subject of a criminal investigation. The Denver Post has an update with some details of that developing investigation: (Snip) In addition, there are allegations that Abound may’ve knowingly sold defective panels to customers and misled financial institutions when the company was seeking loans… so that’s pretty terrific.

Controversial book skewers
Biden but is ignored by media

Fox News, by Dan Gainor Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/26/2012 8:14:34 PM Post Reply

Imagine a scathing look at a vice presidential candidate. Put a “R” after that candidate’s name, like Sarah Palin, and you get big-name books, a controversial film and lots of news coverage. Put a “D” after that candidate’s name, even when he’s still the sitting vice president, and it gets almost no attention. That’s the case with Jeff Connaughton, “a Biden Senate staffer turned lobbyist” who just published a book called “The Payoff” that Politico says “lacerates” the vice president.

Obama: Banks Must Be Regulated
Because They Make Profits

Breitbart's Big Government, by Tony Lee Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/26/2012 8:02:51 PM Post Reply

President Barack Obama on Wednesday said the real reason why banks need to be regulated is because they exist to make profits. On an appearance on the "Tonight Show" with Jay Leno, Obama spoke about some of the regulations his administration has supported and enacted, insisting "smart regulations" are needed because "these financial institutions are in it to make money." "But, look, these financial institutions are in to make money and that’s why we need some smart regulations and this is an example of the difference in this campaign because my opponent says he wants to roll back all those

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