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Michael Bloomberg: No
'diss' to President Obama

Politico, by Kevin Cirilli Original Article

Posted By: PChristopher- 10/31/2012 1:32:53 AM Post Reply

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said at a news conference Tuesday evening that he declined President Barack Obama’s offer to visit New York City in the midst of Hurricane Sandy’s aftermath, saying that a trip to New Jersey would suffice. “I talked to the president today and I talked to his chief of staff [Jack Lew] today, particularly about a trip here. What I pointed out to him is that we would love to have him, but we‘ve got lots of things to do,” Bloomberg told reporters.

Housing Agency: 'We Have Fun'
- With Public Money

NewsChannel 5 [Nashville, TN], by Phil Williams Original Article

Posted By: Ribicon- 10/31/2012 12:42:11 AM Post Reply

Nashville, Tenn. — It's a state agency that's supposed to help meet the housing needs of the Tennessee's neediest families. But a NewsChannel 5 investigation discovered the Tennessee Housing Development Agency also spends lots of money having fun. They call it "employee development." "We work together as a team, we play together as a team," agency spokesperson Patricia Smith insisted. Our exclusive investigation discovered that the state housing agency spent tens of thousands of dollars having fun. We caught up with longtime THDA executive director Ted Fellman. "Can you say that you've used the public's money well?" NewsChannel 5 Investigates asked.

Ford earns $1.6 billion in 3Q,
best-ever results in North America

Detroit Free Press, by Alisa Priddle Original Article

Posted By: Ribicon- 10/31/2012 12:08:30 AM Post Reply

Ford reported a $1.6 billion third-quarter net income as its best-ever quarterly results in North America more than offset continuing losses in Europe. Revenue was $32.1 billion for the quarter. Pretax profits of $2.3 billion in North America more than made up for a $468 million pretax loss in Europe. Other regions were all in the black. The earnings per share of 40 cents beat the street’s expectations of 30 cents and year-ago’s 34 cents. “This is the third quarter in a row where we earned over $2 billion and had an operating margin over 10%,”

Deutsche Bank may have
violated Iran sanctions

Jerusalem Post [Israel], by Benjamin Weinthal Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/30/2012 11:16:08 PM Post Reply

Berlin - Flagship German financial institution Deutsche Bank appears to be embroiled in violations of Iran sanctions, the German television channel n-tv reported Tuesday on its website. According to the report, Deutsche Bank confirmed in its quarterly business report on Tuesday that US investigators were probing the banking giant for violating the trade embargo on Iran. The possible violation deals with a financial transaction with the Islamic Republic in US dollars. Deutsche Bank says it will now cooperate with the authorities, though it had previously refused to comment on the allegations.

NYC Marathon organizers
assess options

Agence France-Presse, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/30/2012 11:06:56 PM Post Reply

New York City Marathon organizers continued to plan for Sunday's race as the metropolis coped with the chaotic aftermath of deadly superstorm Sandy. "The marathon has always been a special day for New Yorkers as a symbol of the vitality and resiliency of this city," New York Road Runners president Mary Wittenberg said in a statement. "NYRR continues to move ahead with its planning and preparation. We will keep all options open with regard to making any accommodations and adjustments necessary to race day and race weekend events."

RNC left with hoards
of cash but little time

Washington Times, by Luke Rosiak Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 10/30/2012 11:06:38 PM Post Reply

A late surge of support and months of restrained spending have left the Republican National Committee flush with cash with little time to spend it — $68 million as of Oct. 17, which was nearly seven times the amount the Democratic National Committee had in the bank. Adding in the cash from other presidential campaign committees, the mismatch still was stark: $156 million for Mitt Romney and his GOP allies to $94 million for President Obama and his allies. State Republican parties also had 50 percent more cash

Down ticket, few reach
for Obama’s coattails

Washington Times, by David Sherfinski Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 10/30/2012 11:05:10 PM Post Reply

President Obama’s hope-and-change coalition powered his party to wins up and down the ticket in 2008, but the campaign this year has taken on a far more self-serving focus, as both Mr. Obama’s campaign and his fellow Democrats see benefits in keeping their space from each other. From Virginia to Ohio to Arizona, the president’s 2008 magic has worn off. He never mentioned his Capitol Hill allies in his address at the Democratic National Convention and hasn’t been as focused on campaigning for them this time. “He doesn’t have the coattails he had in ‘08,”

Cindy Sheehan Was Cheered,
Charles Woods Is Ignored

Investor's Business Daily, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: HollowLeg- 10/30/2012 11:04:39 PM Post Reply

Libya: As the father of a former Navy SEAL slain at Benghazi wonders why our secretary of state lied to him, we wonder why our CIA director abetted a lie that contradicted counterterrorism officials and the FBI. During the 2004 presidential campaign, a media eager to deny George W. Bush a second term made Cindy Sheehan, who lost a son in Iraq, a national heroine and reported virtually her every word and move. "Cindy Sheehan," gushed NBC News, "is single-handedly bringing the Iraq debate to Mr. Bush's doorstep." But nobody in a mainstream media eager to see

New York Stock Exchange
will reopen Wednesday

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 10/30/2012 11:02:46 PM Post Reply

NEW YORK — The New York Stock Exchange will reopen for regular trading Wednesday after being shut down for two days because of Hurricane Sandy. The exchange said in a statement Tuesday that its building and trading floor are fully operational. Tuesday marks the first time since 1888 that the NYSE remained closed for two consecutive days due to weather. The last time was due to a massive snow storm. Sections of Manhattan were inundated with water and power was shut off to thousands of people and businesses. Global markets rebounded Tuesday

French CEOs call for huge
cuts to welfare charges

France 24, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/30/2012 11:00:25 PM Post Reply

French business leaders on Sunday applied fresh pressure on Socialist President François Hollande, whose popularity is waning in the face of a stagnant economy and high unemployment, to reduce employment charges as part of efforts to promote business competitiveness. In an open letter to the government published in Sunday newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche, the heads of some 98 private companies said that the French economy had “reached the limit of what was tolerable”. (Snip) “Our (profit) margins are at record lows,” they said, adding that France was suffering record levels of unemployment that in September breached the three-million mark

NY Times Called Bush’s 2.7% GDP
a ‘Letdown,’ But Obama’s
Lower GDP a ‘Steady Improvement’

Newsbusters, by Brent Baker Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/30/2012 10:54:25 PM Post Reply

The leftist bias of the New York Times beautifully encapsulated in seven words used about a week before two presidential elections. Headline over Saturday’s editorial on the third quarter GDP creeping up to 2.0 percent under Democrat Barack Obama: “Slow but Steady Improvement.” Headline twenty years ago (October 29, 1992) when Republican incumbent George H.W. Bush was in the White House and the third quarter GDP nearly doubled to 2.7 percent: “Gross National Letdown.” FNC’s Bret Baier noted the contrasting spins, speculating in his Tuesday night “Grapevine” segment: “The New York Times seems to be changing with the time when

For campaigns’ traveling press
corps, social media has changed
way game is played

Washington Post, by Jason Horowitz Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 10/30/2012 10:48:23 PM Post Reply

DAVENPORT, IOWA — The White House press corps got off the bus. At a fairground here, the group followed a young woman in waxy red lipstick who held a sign that said, “Drop Gear Here.” As law enforcement officers “swept” the “dirty” media types “clean” with mag wands, television reporters killed time by using the hindquarters of a giant plaster cow as the backdrop for their playful iPhone camera reports. A woman from the White House travel staff held a sign that said, “Follow Me,” while another yelled, “To the right! To the right! To the right!” The reporters trudged

Obama forced to defend
Democratic turf, as Romney goes
after Minnesota, Pennsylvania

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 10/30/2012 10:47:24 PM Post Reply

MINNEAPOLIS — Mitt Romney is suddenly plunging into traditionally Democratic-leaning Minnesota and Pennsylvania, and his GOP allies are trying to put Michigan into play. It’s forcing President Barack Obama to defend his own turf — he’s pouring money into television ads in the states and dispatching top backers — in the campaign’s final week. The question is: Why this Republican move? GOP efforts in the trio of Rust Belt states could indicate that Romney is desperately searching for a last-minute path to the needed 270 Electoral College votes — without all-important Ohio. Or just the opposite, that he’s so confident

All those attacks did
Obama no good

Washington Post, by Jennifer Rubin Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 10/30/2012 10:45:16 PM Post Reply

President Obama and Mitt Romney are balancing storm damage empathy with campaigning. As the New York Times reported, “even as the candidates altered their campaigning, their dueling television commercials were roaring along on Tuesday. The campaigns and their third-party allies are making a final push on already saturated airwaves with millions of dollars worth of new commercials.” Living in the swing state of Virginia we’ve seen (or rather muted or changed channels on) hundreds of TV ads from the campaigns, parties and third-party groups. It’s hard to imagine

Long days for
millions in Sandy's wake

CBS News and Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 10/30/2012 10:40:32 PM Post Reply

PITTSBURGH - The most devastating storm in decades to hit the country's most densely populated region upended man and nature as it rolled back the clock on 21st-century lives, cutting off modern communication and leaving millions without power Tuesday as thousands who fled their water-menaced homes wondered when — if — life would return to normal. A weakening Sandy, the hurricane turned fearsome superstorm, killed at least 50 people, many hit by falling trees, and still wasn't finished. It inched inland across Pennsylvania, ready to bank toward western New York to dump more of its water

The 99% Halloween: Redistributing
candy to make an
anti-tax argument [Video]

Daily Caller, by David Martosko Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/30/2012 10:40:02 PM Post Reply

Out of the mouths of babes, apparently, comes a hatred of redistributing wealth. Especially when that wealth is made of chocolatey goodness. Just in time for Halloween, political commentator Steven Crowder took the tax policies of Democratic politicians to a “trunk or treat” church event, asking children with the most candy to pay “their fair share” to kids with less. The results, captured on a hidden camera, were predictable. (Snip) “I didn’t steal it,” Crowder retorts in the video. “I’m redistributing it so it’s fair.”

As many as 50 Obama-backed
green energy companies
bankrupt or troubled

Daily Caller, by Michael Bastasch Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/30/2012 10:36:32 PM Post Reply

The October bankruptcy of solar company Satcon Technology Corp. puts the number of bankrupt or troubled green energy companies as high as 50, according to one estimate. During the first presidential debate, Republican candidate Mitt Romney said the Obama administration had doled out $90 billion to green energy companies, half of which he said had failed, which sparked a media-wide debate over the accuracy of the claim. (Snip) Of the 33 companies that received 1705 loan guarantees, only three have declared bankruptcy. However, when other subsidies, outside of the 1705 loan guarantees are factored in, the number of government-backed green

Bloomberg to Obama:
Stay Out of NYC

Breitbart's Big Government, by Ben Shapiro Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 10/30/2012 10:05:43 PM Post Reply

President Obama has been a busy bee the last two days, spending a huge swath of time with the press and in front of the cameras. Aside from using the White House website as his personal PR firm – putting out pictures of himself with the folks at FEMA and the Red Cross and in the White House situation room, and giving updates stating that he had “expressed his concern” and been informed “throughout the night” – Obama desperately wanted to visit New York City to let the photographers capture him overseeing the damage. He wanted his hero moment.

Hurricane Sandy plunges
presidential race into uncertainty

New York Daily News, by Jonathan Lemire Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 10/30/2012 9:43:55 PM Post Reply

Hurricane Sandy plunged the presidential campaign into an unprecedented period of uncertainty, leaving both sides scrambling to grasp the right tone for voters coping with a historic natural disaster. The monster storm, likely the biggest “October surprise” in history, left both campaigns without a script, forcing them to make uncharted, and potentially politically-damaging, decisions on the fly. Some campaign rallies were cancelled, while others were rebranded as hurricane fundraisers. Ads continued to air, but swing state residents without power couldn’t see them. And some pollsters scuttled

Mitt Romney plans Pennsylvania
ad blitz. Can he turn state red?

Christian Science Monitor, by David Grant Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 10/30/2012 8:59:44 PM Post Reply

Washington - What happens when political momentum collides head-on with cold, hard polling data? The answer could come Nov. 6 in Pennsylvania. On Tuesday, Mitt Romney added it to its list of “target states” for the last week of the campaign, meaning he will advertise in the commonwealth on Election Day and the day prior after largely ignoring the state for months. Groups allied with Romney will spend another $3 million on ads in Pennsylvania, as well. The reason for the switch? The Romney campaign is surging, operatives say. The Obama campaign, however, dismisses Mr. Romney’s “Big Mo”

Atlantic City mayor on
Gov. Christie's rebuke:
'Misinformed and ill-advised'

Today News, by Eun Kyung Kim Original Article

Posted By: had2- 10/30/2012 8:54:12 PM Post Reply

Atlantic City, N.J., famous for its boardwalk and casinos, is underwater this morning. The city's mayor, Lorenzo Langford, calls in to discuss the status of the flooded city and the harsh criticism he received from New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. Atlantic City mayor Lorenzo Langford escalated tensions with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie after the mayor said Tuesday he would welcome the chance over how he handled the city’s evacuation during Hurricane Sandy. A day earlier, Christie had criticized Langford as a “rogue mayor” for supposedly encouraging residents to ride out the storm

Iranian official says Tehran has
images of ‘forbidden’ Israeli
bases from Hezbollah drone

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: jeffblair- 10/30/2012 8:53:18 PM Post Reply

Iran has images of sensitive Israeli military bases taken by a drone that was launched by Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement and downed by Israel earlier this month, a senior Iranian lawmaker claimed Monday in the latest boast from Tehran about purported advances in the capabilities of its unmanned aircraft. The announcement gave no details about the photos — other than calling the Israeli bases “forbidden sites” — but it suggested Iranian drones have the ability to transmit data while in flight. It also appeared aimed at warning Israel about the options for retaliation for any possible strikes on

MSNBC Ridicules Romney for
Collecting Food and Supplies
for Sandy Victims

Newsbusters, by Noel Sheppard Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/30/2012 8:49:30 PM Post Reply

This one is really hard to believe, even for the most biased so-called "news network" in the nation. MSNBC on Tuesday totally trashed Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney for collecting food and supplies at a storm rally event in Ohio to be sent to victims of Hurricane Sandy (video follows with transcript and commentary):After introducing his Obama-supporting guests Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and Lehigh professor James Peterson, host Martin Bashir played a clip of the President speaking at the Red Cross headquarters in Washington Tuesday. When the clip concluded,

Clinton hits at Romney…
on climate change

Hot Air, by Erika Johnsen Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/30/2012 8:34:16 PM Post Reply

While President Obama has kept to the White House over the past couple of days, his surrogates are still out and about doing some of the heavy lifting for his campaign. Former President Bill Clinton was stumping for Obama in Ohio yesterday, and today he made the rounds in Minnesota (yes, that’s right — Minnesota. Oh, how the tables have turned!) The president himself and Team Romney have been scrupulously avoiding making a ‘political issue’ out of the human tragedy that comes with a hurricane as massively destructive as Sandy, but for some surely unfathomable reason, President

Forty-Eight Dead...and it's Not over:
Obama's grim warning as he
prepares to visit scenes of
hurricane 'major disaster'*

Daily Mail [UK], by Mark Duell & Jill Reilly Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/30/2012 8:21:35 PM Post Reply

The scale of the devastation left by Superstorm Sandy is mounting today as the death toll continues to rise - currently 48 people across the US and Canada have been reported dead, but the final figure is expected to be significantly higher. President Obama declared a 'major disaster' in New York and Long Island as flooded streets were littered with cars, homes were razed to the ground and tankers washed up on shore. The President warned that Sandy 'is not yet over' and announced that he would visit New Jersey on Wednesday to visit the scenes of the destruction.

Benghazigate Reveals the Perfidy
of Obama and Hillary Clinton

Cybercast News Service, by Rabbi Aryeh Spero Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/30/2012 8:19:31 PM Post Reply

Over the last five weeks, three distinct stages have unfolded in the Benghazi cover-up revealing the inner Obama and Clinton. At first blush, we thought Benghazi exposed the amateurish and irresponsible nature of the Obama administration. (Snip) Thus, long-time Arabist and leftist, Thomas Pickering, was chosen to lead the investigation with the goal, in typical Obama and leftist fashion, of blaming someone else or circumstances for disasters occurring under their watch. It is accepted somehow among liberals that we Americans are to indulge their administrations to “learn on the job” and perform better

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