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Hurricane Sandy looms over
10-day sprint to U.S. election

Reuters, by Lisa Lambert and Sam Youngman Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 10/27/2012 7:32:41 PM Post Reply

President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney campaigned feverishly in closely contested battleground states on Saturday but changed travel plans to avoid Hurricane Sandy, the massive storm approaching the U.S. East Coast. With just 10 days before Election Day and polls showing the national race a dead heat, Romney was holding three rallies in Florida, whose 29 electoral votes are the biggest prize among states considered too close to call. He told supporters that Obama was focusing his campaign on small things, and swore he would win the election, to chants of

Marco Rubio's daughter
injured in car accident

Tampa Bay Times [FL], by Alex Leary Original Article

Posted By: bloggybayou- 10/27/2012 7:18:06 PM Post Reply

Sen. Marco Rubio's 12-year-old daughter Amanda was injured in a car accident earlier Saturday in Miami, his office said. "She was airlifted to Miami Children's hospital. She is in stable condition," his office said in a statement. "Sen. Rubio was notified of the accident after coming off stage while campaigning with Governor Romney in Kissimmee, Florida. He is enroute to Miami." Detail about the accident was not available Saturday evening. Rubio and his wife, Jeanette, have three other children: Daniella, Anthony, and Dominic.

Benghazi: A Reader
Assesses the Evidence

Power Line, by John Hinderaker Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 10/27/2012 7:17:03 PM Post Reply

A reader, relying on publicly available information, has reconstructed what we know and can infer about what happened in Benghazi. I haven’t tried to verify all of his facts nor do I necessarily vouch for his inferences, although in general they seem reasonable. But his analysis is, I think, a valuable contribution to our understanding, and I reproduce it here in slightly edited form: This last week may have finally broken the protective wall around the POTUS. Between the comments of Hillary Clinton, Gen. Petraeus, Defense Secretary Panetta and the FOX News report, the picture of what really transpired

Obama explains 'bullsh***ter' remark

CNN, by Ashley Killough Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/27/2012 7:14:06 PM Post Reply

President Barack Obama took heat this week for calling his Republican opponent, Mitt Romney, a "bullsh***ter" while speaking with a writer from Rolling Stone magazine, but the president on Friday said he didn't use the comment until the interview had finished. "You know, this was a conversation after an interview, a casual conversation with a reporter," Obama told a reporter with KUSA, a local CNN affiliate based in Denver. Douglas Brinkley, who penned the article, wrote that while he and the magazine's executive editor, Eric Bates, were at the White House for the interview,

Study: Aspirin May
Help Some Colon Cancers

Associated Press, by Marilynn Marchione Original Article

Posted By: PLPointer67- 10/27/2012 6:58:22 PM Post Reply

NEW YORK — Aspirin, one of the world’s oldest and cheapest drugs, has shown remarkable promise in treating colon cancer in people with mutations in a gene that is thought to play a role in the disease. Among patients with the mutations, those who regularly took aspirin lived longer than those who didn’t, a major study found. Five years after their cancers were diagnosed, 97 percent of the aspirin users were still alive versus 74 percent of those not taking the drug. Aspirin seemed to make no difference

Street lights turned off in
their thousands to meet
carbon emission targets

Telegraph [UK], by Claire Duffin Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 10/27/2012 6:57:18 PM Post Reply

Lights are being turned off on motorways and major roads, in town centres and residential streets, and on footpaths and cycle ways, as councils try to save money on energy bills and meet carbon emission targets. The switch-off begins as early as 9pm. They are making the move despite concerns from safety campaigners and the police that it would lead to an increase in road accidents and crime. The full extent of the blackout can be disclosed following an investigation by The Sunday Telegraph--which comes on the day that clocks moved back an hour, making it dark earlier

U.N. Calls for Boycott of Caterpillar,
Motorola, and Hewlett-Packard

Breitbart's Big Peace, by AWR Hawkins Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 10/27/2012 6:48:28 PM Post Reply

The U.N. Human Rights Council (HRC) is calling for a boycott of U.S. companies that do business with Israel. Dominated by countries like Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, and Libya, the HRC is known to be hostile toward Israel. For this reason, the Bush Administration refused to take part in the HRC, yet the Obama administration has fully participated. The HRC is calling for "legal and economic warfare" on Caterpillar, Motorola, and Hewlett-Packard, because these companies refuse to quit doing business with Israel. Companies in Europe targeted for boycott include Volvo, the Dexia Group,

Newspaper insert
tells Romney biography

CNN, by Gregory Wallace Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/27/2012 6:43:22 PM Post Reply

Voters in several battleground states may open their newspapers and find Mitt Romney's biography this weekend. The Ending Spending Action Fund super PAC has printed 4.5 million magazine-style newspaper inserts that will appear as advertisements in more than 150 newspapers in five states in coming days, a source with knowledge of the group's activities told CNN. (Snip) This 12-page piece leads with Romney's biography, from his upbringing through his marriage, business career, wife's illness, and public service. The story emphasizes the influence upon Romney of his parents and his wife, Ann.

Why did Obama choose to
“stand down” in Benghazi?

Power Line, by Paul Mirengoff Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 10/27/2012 6:27:31 PM Post Reply

As John and Scott point out, the CIA has issued a statement making it clear that “no one at any level in the CIA told anybody not to help those in need [in Benghazi]; claims to the contrary are simply inaccurate.” That statement surely was issued with the approval, and presumably at the direction, of the CIA’s director, General Petraeus. Who, then, made the several decisions denying help to the Americans in Benghazi who needed it? Who, initially, told CIA to “stand down” in face of the attack? Who decided that American defense forces an hour or two away

Third-party candidates could tilt
election outcome in closely fought states

Boston Globe, by Tracy Jan Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/27/2012 6:27:23 PM Post Reply

Washington - They campaign in near anonymity, these third-party contenders who stand no shot at the presidency. Their supporters are castigated for wasting their votes. But don’t write them off just yet. In hotly contested swing states, their presence on the ballot may alter the course of the election. In Virginia, where Mitt Romney and President Obama are running neck and neck, former Republican congressman Virgil Goode’s crusade for the Oval Office could draw conservatives and tip the state away from Romney. In “live free or die” New Hampshire, Libertarian Gary Johnson, the former

Ten Questions for the White House

Weekly Standard, by William Kristol Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 10/27/2012 6:19:22 PM Post Reply

Friday, in response to questions regarding the events of September 11 in Benghazi, President Obama said this: "Nobody wants to find out more what happened than I do. But we want to make sure we get it right, particularly because I have made a commitment to the families impacted as well as to the American people, we're going to bring those folks to justice. So, we're going to gather all the facts, find out exactly what happened, and make sure that it doesn't happen again but we're also going to make sure

Bachmann, surprisingly, faces
strong challenge in Minn.

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Cameron Joseph Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/27/2012 6:16:22 PM Post Reply

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) is facing a surprisingly tough reelection battle. The Tea Party favorite and former presidential candidate has over the years warded off a succession of well-funded challengers with a combination of hard work and huge fundraising hauls. But her challenger this time around, moderate businessman Jim Graves (D), is better suited to the district than previous opponents, and has a new line of attack: That she has abandoned Minnesota and is more interested in being a national figure. (Snip) Polls show a surprisingly close race, especially since the newly redrawn district is

Has General Ham Been Fired?

American Thinker, by Mike Johnson Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 10/27/2012 6:13:38 PM Post Reply

Has General Carter F. Ham, commander of U.S. Africa Command, been fired for defying Leon Panetta on Benghazi? Glenn Reynolds, the Instapundit, ran a piece Saturday afternoon titled "Interesting Rumor Concerning General Carter Ham and Stand Down Order." This piece is presented as a rumor. It suggests that General Ham was told to stand down from sending aid to Benghazi, that General Ham on his own decided to proceed, and that he was then relieved of his command. Remember, all rumor at this point. On 18 October 2012, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta participated

'Stand Down': U.S. Had Two Drones,
AC-130 Gunship, and Targets
Painted in Benghazi

Breitbart's Big Peace, by AWR Hawkins Original Article

Posted By: Robinsolana- 10/27/2012 6:11:20 PM Post Reply

Reports indicate two drones and an AC-130 gunship were in the area when Benghazi was attacked, yet their resources were not used. This runs completely against the current explanation coming out of the White House, which is that Obama did everything he could once he learned of the attack. You'll remember that in the second presidential debate, Obama said that as "soon as I was aware the Benghazi consulate was being overrun, I was on the phone with my national security team." The not-so-subtle intimation is that Obama was stepping up to the protect the U.S. personnel who were in Libya.

Warren up by six points
over Brown in Massachusetts

Daily Caller, by Grae Stafford Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/27/2012 6:03:07 PM Post Reply

Elizabeth Warren, the Democratic challenger to Republican Sen. Scott Brown, has opened up a six-point lead over her GOP rival, according to a new poll. Speaking to CBS earlier this week, Warren hit Brown hard on his record as senator and described the enthusiastic response she is receiving from voters. “The folks that I’m meeting, day after day after day … they’re saying to me, ‘You go girl, you know, he voted against jobs and that affects me, he voted against the extension of unemployment, and that affects me.’”

Republicans appear to
be winning early vote

Express-News [San Antonio, TX], by Brian Chasnoff Original Article

Posted By: Lost in Santa Fe- 10/27/2012 5:58:50 PM Post Reply

Red alert, local Democrats: One week into early voting, Republicans are beating you in turnout. This analysis comes courtesy of fourth-day data from early voting sites across Bexar County, comparing turnout in 2008 to this year's numbers. Democrats, of course, swept elections in 2008, when Barack Obama won the presidency and, incidentally, beat John McCain in Bexar County by more than five percentage points. (Snip) “The voters for the more Republican precincts appear to be more motivated in this election,”

The media and Mormonism,
on the eve of the election

Human Events, by John Hayward Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/27/2012 5:52:55 PM Post Reply

At the end of August, Ed Klein, author of The Amateur: Barack Obama in the White House, wrote an editorial for Fox News in which he described a meeting headed by Obama’s campaign manager, David Axelrod. “According to my sources inside the campaign, Axelrod & Co. discussed what might be called the nuclear option: unleashing an attack on Romney’s Mormon faith via the mainstream media,” Klein wrote. The primary strategic goal would be turning evangelical voters, a key element of George Bush’s winning 2004 coalition, away from Romney. Klein’s sources told him Axelrod

Obama to nominate Army
Gen. Rodriguez to lead AFRICOM

Stars and Stripes, by Jennifer Hlad Original Article

Posted By: Robinsolana- 10/27/2012 5:50:00 PM Post Reply

Washington — President Barack Obama will nominate Army Gen. David Rodriguez to succeed Gen. Carter Ham as commander of U.S. Africa Command and Marine Lt. Gen. John Paxton to succeed Gen. Joseph Dunford as assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced Thursday. Both appointments must be confirmed by the Senate. Rodriguez is the commander of U.S. Army Forces Command and has served in a “variety of key leadership roles on the battlefield,” Panetta said. He’s “a proven leader” who oversaw coalition and Afghan forces during

Barack Obama for Re-Election

New York Times, by Editorial Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 10/27/2012 5:46:59 PM Post Reply

The economy is slowly recovering from the 2008 meltdown, and the country could suffer another recession if the wrong policies take hold. The United States is embroiled in unstable regions that could easily explode into full-blown disaster. An ideological assault from the right has started to undermine the vital health reform law passed in 2010. Those forces are eroding women’s access to health care, and their right to control their lives. Nearly 50 years after passage of the Civil Rights Act, all Americans’ rights are cheapened by the right wing’s determination to deny marriage benefits to a selected

Obama's Approval Rating Has
Collapsed In The Past 3 Days

Business Insider, by Brett LoGiurato Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/27/2012 5:29:59 PM Post Reply

President Barack Obama's approval rating has fallen to dangerous lows for historical precedent on re-election in just the past three days, according to Gallup's rolling three-day average. (Snip) Obama's disapproval rating, meanwhile, jumped to 49 percent. That accounts for another 7-point change since Wednesday, meaning the total swing has been 14 points. The disapproval rating is the president's highest since mid-August. A lot of this could be statistical noise, considering such wild swings without any major-moving events in the past few days are extremely rare. But though Gallup's numbers are lower than

Obama avoids question on whether
Americans in Libya were
denied requests for help

Fox News, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/27/2012 5:26:32 PM Post Reply

President Obama declined to answer directly whether a CIA annex was denied urgent requests for military assistance during the deadly attacks last month on U.S. outposts in Libya. The president did not give a yes-or-no answer Friday when asked pointedly whether the Americans under attack in Benghazi, Libya, were denied requests for help during the attack. (Snip) Woods and at least two others ignored those orders and went to the consulate, evacuating survivors and Smith, who had been killed in the initial attack. They could not find the ambassador and returned to the CIA annex at about midnight.

Will Obama’s Benghazi
Cover-Up Succeed?

Power Line, by John Hinderaker Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 10/27/2012 5:23:49 PM Post Reply

Barack Obama’s prospects for re-election have been fading for some time now. As Mitt Romney surges, Obama flails, embarrassing himself with silly trivialities that are often summed up as Big Bird, binders and bayonets. That’s what happens when your record is so bad that you can’t talk about it; not truthfully, anyway. So it has been clear for a while that Obama’s re-election hopes can’t absorb another blow. Which the Benghazi story, to the extent the facts get out, surely is. That is why Obama made a decision early on to stop referring to the Benghazi debacle

Black Farmers Group
Endorse Republican in
Georgia Congressional Race
Against CBC's Sanford Bishop

Breitbart Big Government, by Lee Stranahan Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/27/2012 5:18:54 PM Post Reply

A group of black farmers led by Pigford critic Eddie Slaughter has endorsed Republican John House in the race for Georgia's 2nd district. House is running against longtime Democratic incumbent and Congressional Black Caucus member Sanford Bishop. In a video posted to Facebook, Slaughter discusses the many attempts the farmers made to expose fraud in the Pigford "black farmers" lawsuit. Breitbart News reported a series of stories in 2011 about Mr. Slaughter and his claim that when Sanford Bishop was informed about Pigford fraud by a group of black farmers,

The World Never Came Closer
To Nuclear War Than
On January 25, 1995

Business Insider, by Robert Johnson Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/27/2012 5:15:43 PM Post Reply

n the 67 years since the first nuclear weapon was used, there is only one time the so-called nuclear briefcases were broken out and opened up, and on January 25, 1995 they nearly launched Russia's nuclear arsenal at the United States. (Snip) The radar operators at Russia's Olenegorsk early warning station promptly reported the incoming missile to their superiors, but not a soul on duty within the military had been notified of Adolfsen's plans. The officers at Olenegork believed it could be the first leg of a U.S. nuclear attack. Four years after the Berlin Wall came down and Russia was

The Limits of American Power

Townhall, by Caroline Glick Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/27/2012 5:12:03 PM Post Reply

Monday's US presidential debate on foreign policy came and went. And we are none the wiser for it. Not surprisingly, at the height of the campaign season, neither US President Barack Obama nor his Republican challenger Gov. Mitt Romney was interested in revealing his plans for the next four years. But from what was said, we can be fairly certain that a second Obama term will involve no departure from his foreign policy in his current term in office. (Snip) If there was ever much to recommend it, the "sanction Iran into abandoning its nuclear weapons" policy is no longer

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