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Winds of Change

Foreign Policy [Washington, DC], by Ty McCormick Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/30/2012 2:33:21 PM Post Reply

Hurricane Sandy's pummeling of the eastern United States has already thrown the presidential campaign off course and disrupted early voting in several states, but could she be the deciding factor in this election? Political scientists have found that bad weather on Election Day typically benefits Republicans, but how much Sandy will affect voter turnout on November 6 remains a mystery. The same can be said of the potential political fallout from the storm. Will President Barack Obama look strong and commander-in-chief-like as he stares down the hurricane, as Sen. John McCain

To live and die in Benghazi,
Libya without leadership from America

Fox News, by Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer (ret.) Original Article

Posted By: pigop- 10/30/2012 2:29:57 PM Post Reply

What is it like to spend your last moments on earth fighting for your life? To have devoted your life, and your life's work, to a great nation -- to serve it well and honorably -- and serve for it with courage and distinction, to all come down to a last, frantic few seconds, spent defending you and your fellow Americans and call for the cavalry to come help, and no cavalry comes--and you die. This is what the two former Navy SEALs, under the employment of CIA, Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty, faced in their final moments in Benghazi on September 11, 2012. It is not a question of could we have

French PM Ayrault says 35-hour
week rethink 'not taboo'

BBC News, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/30/2012 2:28:10 PM Post Reply

France's Prime Minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault, has suggested the 35-hour week brought in by his Socialist party in 2000 is open to review. Asked about the possibility of restoring the 39-hour week during a meeting with newspaper readers, he said, "Why not? There is no taboo." His remarks sparked a political storm and Mr Ayrault later appeared to play them down. (Snip) The shorter week was the flagship reform of the previous Socialist government, which was in office during a boom at the end of the 1990s. The Socialists are struggling to revive the economy. Mr Ayrault's comments come ahead of a

At least 38 dead, millions
without power in Sandy's wake

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/30/2012 2:25:58 PM Post Reply

NEW YORK — Millions of people from Maine to the Carolinas awoke Tuesday without electricity, and an eerily quiet New York City was all but closed off by car, train and air as superstorm Sandy steamed inland, still delivering punishing wind and rain. The U.S. death toll climbed to 38, many of the victims killed by falling trees. The full extent of the damage in New Jersey, where the storm roared ashore Monday night with hurricane-force winds of 80 mph, was unclear. Police and fire officials, some with their own departments flooded, fanned out to rescue hundreds.

Sandy's economic impact

CNN Money, by Chris Isidore Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/30/2012 2:25:29 PM Post Reply

New York - The impact of Hurricane Sandy on the lives of residents of the Northeast will be great. Millions are without power, likely for an extended period of time. Businesses -- from the nation's stock exchanges and all the way on down to thousands of corner stores -- have been shut down. The total cost of property damage and lost business is estimated to run between $10 billion to $20 billion, according to Eqecat, which provides loss estimates to the insurance industry. (Snip) But economists surveying the immediate aftermath of the storm say there may be little if any impact on the nation's

Suspended Non-Reanimation

National Review Online, by Michael Walsh Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/30/2012 2:23:34 PM Post Reply

Does anyone else find it deliciously ironic that Hurricane Sandy has forced the “suspension” of the Obama campaign while the president play-acts the role of nurturer-in-chief in the aftermath of the storm? Recall that John McCain disastrously suspended his “campaign” four years ago to sit around and look worried about the unfolding financial crisis, and while that alone did not cost him election, it did allow candidate Obama to both eat McCain’s lunch out on the hustings and appear as “no-drama Obama” to an electorate that knew virtually nothing about the nice young man, in

French Youth Movement
Opposes Islamization

New American, by James Heiser Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/30/2012 2:23:11 PM Post Reply

In France, a new youth movement is targeting the negative influence Islam is having on French society. Actually, a video by Generation Identitaire (Generation Identity) has issued a video, Declaration of War, in response to what is perceived to be an Islamist war against Western society: “We are the generation who get killed for glancing at the wrong person, for refusing someone a cigarette, or having an ‘attitude’ that annoys someone.” Meanwhile, the establishment media are declaring the group to be “far right” and ignoring the circumstances which have led to the emergence of such a movement.

City surpasses 2011’s murder total

Chicago Sun-Times, by Stefano Esposito Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/30/2012 2:18:22 PM Post Reply

Carlos Alexander was going through his morning routine: Go to the store near his house. Get a cup of coffee and a Chicago Sun-Times. On Monday morning, he was shot and killed on his return trip, a milestone murder in a bloody year in Chicago’s neighborhoods — a year already worse than 2011. The 33-year-old father of four’s slaying was the 436th murder in Chicago in 2012, one more than the total for all of last year. Two additional shooting deaths were recorded later Monday, bringing the total to 438. The violent year has grabbed international attention. For Alexander’s family, it brought

The Benghazi Coverup:
Are Reporters Embarrassed?

Power Line, by John Hinderaker Original Article

Posted By: Mike PHX- 10/30/2012 2:16:41 PM Post Reply

The media formerly known as mainstream have largely failed to cover the Benghazi scandal. For the most part, they haven’t covered the most explosive aspects of the scandal–those most threatening to Obama’s re-election hopes–at all. If they had any pride, this devastating Michael Ramirez cartoon would shame them:

Man in Afghan uniform
kills 2 British troops

Associated Press, by Heidi Vogt Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/30/2012 2:15:51 PM Post Reply

Kabul, Afghanistan - A man wearing an Afghan police uniform shot and killed two British soldiers at a checkpoint in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, international military officials said. The assault appeared to the be the latest in a string of insider attacks that have threatened the partnership between international troops and the Afghan forces (Snip) A statement from the NATO military coalition said only that the assailant was wearing a police uniform, leaving open the possibility that the attacker was a militant posing as a policeman. The statement did not provide details on the shooting,

The Wages of Libya

National Review Online, by Victor Davis Hanson Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/30/2012 2:15:35 PM Post Reply

We have had ambassadors murdered abroad before, but we have never seen anything quite like the tragic fate of Chris Stevens. Amid all the controversy over Libya, we have lost sight of the human — and often horrific — story of Benghazi: a U.S. ambassador attacked, cut off and killed alone, after being abused by frenzied terrorists, and a second member of the embassy staff murdered, as two American private citizens rushed to the rescue, heroically warding off Islamist hit teams, until they were overwhelmed and also killed. Seven weeks after the tragedy in Benghazi, new government narratives just keep

Labor Department Aims to Publish
U.S. Jobs Report on Time

Bloomberg News, by Carlos Torres Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/30/2012 2:13:17 PM Post Reply

Washington - The Labor Department is striving to issue its monthly report on employment in the U.S. in three days as scheduled, a spokesman said today. “The employees at the Bureau of Labor Statistics are working hard to ensure the timely release of employment data on Friday, November 2,” Carl A. Fillichio, the department’s senior adviser for communications and public affairs, said in an e- mailed response to a Bloomberg inquiry. The statement was similar to one made yesterday. (Snip) Payrolls probably rose by 125,000 workers in October, and the jobless rate increased to 7.9

German jobless rate grows
for first time in 3 years

Global Post [Boston], by Lizzy Tomei Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/30/2012 2:10:41 PM Post Reply

German unemployment in October turned out to be twice as high as analysts had predicted, with the jobless rate growing for the first time since 2009, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. The Associated Press characterized the rate as "stable," unchanged from the previous month in raw terms. But both AP and Bloomberg reported a seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 6.9 percent, meaning the number of people without jobs had risen by 20,000 over September. "As the year-end approaches, it will become more difficult for Germany to remain untouched by Europe's recession," Frank Weise, the chief of

Gov. Romney addresses
supporters in Kettering

WHIO-TV [Dayton, OH], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: ohioTom- 10/30/2012 2:09:47 PM Post Reply

Kettering - First it was off, then it was on, then “on hold,” but when the doors of James S. Trent Arena opened at 8 a.m. today, a few hundred supporters of GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney were there, bearing bags of canned goods, cartons of bottled water and packages of diapers to donate to victims of the storm that flooded much of the East Coast Monday. At shortly before noon, cheers erupted near the line of donations: It was Romney, in jeans and a checked shirt, greeting the crowd of about 2,500. “We have heavy hearts, as you know, with all the suffering going on” he said.

Romney collects supplies
in Ohio for storm victims

Associated Press, by Kasie Hunt Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/30/2012 2:05:02 PM Post Reply

Kettering, Ohio - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney collected relief supplies in Ohio on Tuesday in an attempt to strike the right tone after superstorm Sandy. ‘‘We have heavy hearts as you know with all the suffering going on in a major part of our country — a lot of people hurting this morning,’’ a jeans-clad Romney told several hundred supporters gathered at a suburban Dayton high school sports arena. ‘‘We’re looking for all the help we can get for all the families that need.’’ (Snip) Romney did not mention or criticize his Democratic opponent in during remarks that lasted less than

Benghazi -- no mere 'October surprise'

Los Angeles Times, by Jonah Goldberg Original Article

Posted By: Mike PHX- 10/30/2012 2:03:07 PM Post Reply

If you want to understand why conservatives have lost faith in the so-called mainstream media, you need to ponder the question: Where is the Benghazi feeding frenzy? Unlike some of my colleagues on the right, I don't think there's a conspiracy at work. Rather, I think journalists tend to act on their instincts (some even brag about this; you could look it up). And, collectively, the mainstream media's instincts run liberal, making groupthink inevitable. In 2000, a Democratic operative orchestrated an "October surprise" attack on George W. Bush, revealing that 24 years earlier, he'd been arrested for drunk driving.

WH Silent on When Obama
Learned of Benghazi Attack and
Whom He Ordered to Secure
U.S. Personnel There

Cybercast News Service, by Fred Lucas Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/30/2012 2:02:02 PM Post Reply

The White House is not saying when exactly President Barack Obama first learned of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, nor is it saying whom exactly Obama ordered to make sure our personnel in Benghazi were secured. (Snip) So what exactly was the “minute” Obama learned of the Benghazi attack and who exactly did he order to take action at that time to secure threatened American personnel? On Monday, Oct. 29, CNSNews.com contacted the White House by phone and e-mail and asked the following questions in writing: 1) “At exactly what minute and hour did

Power Fail: White House Directs
Storm Victims To … The Internet

Breitbart's Big Government, by John Nolte Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/30/2012 1:59:12 PM Post Reply

The people in need of the most help today after the devastating effects of Hurricane Sandy, are those living in a number of states along the East Coast that have lost power. And yet, at least according to Politico, while these people had the electricity necessary to get the information needed, neither the White House nor FEMA gave anyone instructions on where to turn for help or where to go for information in the event of a power outage: When President Barack Obama urged Americans under siege from Hurricane Sandy to stay inside and keep watch on ready.gov for the latest,

Elect Altschuler in
1st Congressional District

Newsday [Melville, NY], by Editorial Original Article

Posted By: Not your typical New Yorker- 10/30/2012 1:28:05 PM Post Reply

Two years ago, newcomer Randy Altschuler came within 593 votes of unseating incumbent Tim Bishop in a dramatic vote count that lasted for more than a month. Now he's back to try again, in a congressional race that's garnering national attention -- and dollars. House Speaker John Boehner dropped by Nissequogue recently, to raise money for Republican Altschuler, 41, who co-founded CloudBlue Technologies, an electronics recycling company. Independent spending in the contest has so far exceeded $3 million. On Friday, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo held a rally for Bishop in Hauppauge.

Hurricane Sandy:
Could it push back the election?

Politico, by Alex Guillen Original Article

Posted By: BillboardBabe- 10/30/2012 1:11:40 PM Post Reply

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is preparing for Hurricane Sandy to disrupt next week’s elections, agency Administrator Craig Fugate said Monday afternoon. “We are anticipating that, based on the storm, there could be impacts that would linger into next week and have impacts on the federal election,” Fugate said on a conference call with reporters. But any potential tinkering with Election Day would bring a bevy of legal issues. “Our chief counsel’s been working on making sure that we have the proper guidance,” he added. “We’re going through the regulatory policy and

Sandy knocks out HuffPo,
BuzzFeed and Gawker

CNN Money, by David Goldman Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 10/30/2012 12:59:59 PM Post Reply

New York - A number of popular websites went down late Monday after Superstorm Sandy took out a major Internet service provider. The Huffington Post, Gawker and many other sites were unreachable after Datagram, a New York-based provider of corporate Internet connections and servers, said it was battling flooding in its offices. The floods caused Datagram's fiber network to lose power, and the company said its backup generators were rendered useless because the diesel fuel pumps used to refuel generators were offline. Datagram is located on 33 Whitehall Street in Battery Park -- a

Sandy stymies Gawker,
HuffPost, other sites

Politico, by Alex Byers Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/30/2012 12:59:59 PM Post Reply

Some websites are still sputtering Tuesday morning as major flooding from the remnants of Hurricane Sandy wreaks havoc in New York, taking out at least one major data center. Websites for Gawker, Mediaite and the United Nations were still out of service as of 9 a.m. Tuesday, and BuzzFeed and The Huffington Post were still dealing with storm-related issues.Problems began to surface around 7 p.m. Monday, when the worst of the storm began to throttle the Big Apple. Information technology company Datagram, which hosts parts of those websites, experienced loss of power

FEMA, W.H. send storm
victims to Internet

Politico, by Steve Friess Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/30/2012 12:54:42 PM Post Reply

When President Barack Obama urged Americans under siege from Hurricane Sandy to stay inside and keep watch on ready.gov for the latest, he left out something pretty important — where to turn if the electricity goes out. Despite the heightened expectation of widespread power and cable television failures, everyone from the president to local newscasters seem to expect the public to rely entirely on the Internet and their TVs for vital news and instructions.None of the major cable or local news channels put emergency phone numbers or key radio station frequencies on their screens.

Michelle Obama Fails to Put
Politics Aside For One Day

Townhall, by Katie Pavlich Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/30/2012 12:38:23 PM Post Reply

On Monday evening Mitt Romney cancelled all campaign events through today and is even holding a distaster relief event in Ohio to help those who were crushed by Hurricane Sandy last night. President Obama also cancelled campaign events and White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said on Air Force one that this "wasn't a time for politics" and that people should focus on responding to the storm. But, Hurricane Sandy wasn't going to stop First Lady Michelle Obama from playing politics yesterday. She sent the following email to supporters in North Carolina and Virginia. From: Michelle Obama

National polls are meaningless
at this stage in the election

Yahoo! News, by David Rothschild Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 10/30/2012 12:33:59 PM Post Reply

One would think that Gallup, Pew, Rasmussen, every sufficiently wealthy news organization and anyone else interested in conducting a poll would be familiar with the basics of the American electoral system. Why they all insist on continuing to waste precious ink on national polls, then, is completely mystifying. Gallup's latest poll of registered voters reports that former Gov. Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama are tied nationally, 48 to 48 percent. Gallup's latest poll of likely voters, based on a complex set of assumptions about voter turnout, has Romney leading Obama by

Morning Joe Duo: Hurricane
Will Halt Romney’s Momentum,
Make Obama Look Presidential

Newsbusters, by Kyle Drennen Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/30/2012 12:33:36 PM Post Reply

Appearing on Monday's NBC Today, MSNBC Morning Joe co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski asserted that impending Hurricane Sandy would help Barack Obama in the election, with Scarborough proclaiming: "Mitt Romney had momentum….This was Mitt Romney's best weekend, and it stops. The momentum stops." Brzezinski eagerly predicted how the President would be perceived during the storm: "…expect command centers up and down the east coast and the President to be very visible at all of them, telling people about the federal dollars that are on the way, and that will be advantage Obama."Meanwhile, she claimed Romney

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