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David Cameron suffers Commons
defeat on EU budget

Guardian [UK], by Nicholas Watt Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 10/31/2012 6:24:23 PM Post Reply

David Cameron will face a battle to secure parliamentary backing for any EU budget deal that falls short of a real terms cut after he suffered his first major Commons defeat on EU spending. Senior Conservative MPs, who stopped short of joining 53 Eurosceptic rebels in the division lobbies, served notice that they will turn against the government if Cameron refuses to harden his position (Snip)at an EU summit later this month. Downing Street moved to reach out to the rebels by dispatching William Hague to declare that the government would "take note" after 51 rebel Tories

Americans Slip From Minnesota
to Somali Terror Group: FBI

ABC News, by Lee Ferran Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/31/2012 6:20:24 PM Post Reply

Young American men continue to slip through a terrorist recruiting pipeline from the homeland to join the ranks of jihadists half a world away in East Africa, with two going as recently as three months ago, according to federal officials. The FBI confirmed a report by Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) that in July two young men disappeared from their neighborhoods in Minneapolis and are believed to have traveled to Somalia to join al-Shabaab, the embattled al Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group. Under "Operation Rhino," for years the FBI has been investigating what has been described as a recruiting pipeline

What was Obama told at the
September 10, 2012, NSC
meeting on ‘9/11 threats’?

Washington Post, by Marc Thiessen Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 10/31/2012 6:16:47 PM Post Reply

On the White House Web site, the president’s calendar for September 10, 2012 — the day before the Benghazi, Libya, attack — is blank and and the daily press guidance says “The President has no public events scheduled.” But the president did have an important meeting that day. In an e-mail exchange over President Obama’s record of skipping his daily intelligence meetings, National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor wrote me the following: (Snip) For example, the President had a briefing with the Principals Committee to review 9/11 threats and mitigation efforts on September 10th.

Iowa is second state to forbid
international observers at elections

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Julian Pecquet Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/31/2012 6:14:52 PM Post Reply

Iowa on Wednesday became the second state to warn international election observers to stay away from its polling sites or face arrest, following Texas. The 56-member Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) is planning on sending 150 election observers to monitor polls across the country, as it has since 2002. (Snip) “My office met with two delegation representatives last week to discuss Iowa’s election process and it was explained to them that they are not permitted at the polls,” Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz, a Republican, said in a statement. “Iowa law is very

Obama tells New Jersey:
"We are here for you"

CBS News, by Stephanie Condon Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 10/31/2012 5:58:00 PM Post Reply

President Obama and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie today flew over the Jersey Shore to assess the devastation that Superstorm Sandy left in its wake, stopping at a community center to reassure the storm's victims that state and federal officials are working together to help the state recover. "We are here for you," Mr. Obama told residents during a news conference following their tour. (Snip) "We will not quit until this is done," Mr. Obama said. "We are not going to tolerate red tape, we are not going to tolerate bureaucracy." Christie praised the president's response to the storm, saying "he has sprung into action

Jesse Jackson Jr. votes absentee,
plans no election-night event

Chicago Tribune, by Katherine Skiba Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/31/2012 5:55:12 PM Post Reply

Washington - Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., who has been on a medical leave since June and is seeking re-election next Tuesday, has voted by absentee ballot and has no plans for an election-night event, a spokesman said today. Kevin Lampe, a Chicago political consultant, made those facts known in answer to questions from the Tribune. Jackson, 47, suffers from bipolar depression and gastrointestinal issues. The South Side Democrat began his leave June 10 and has not staged a public appearance or campaign event since. After taking the leave, Jackson on June 15 entered Sierra Tucson,

Reversal of fortunes sends
Spaniards to Latin America

Reuters, by Gabriel Stargardter and Paul Day Original Article

Posted By: PageTurner- 10/31/2012 5:29:02 PM Post Reply

MEXICO CITY/MADRID - After joining the euro in 1999, Spain's economic boom made it the land of opportunity for millions of Latin American migrant workers. But since the decade-long boom turned to bust roughly four years ago, many of those immigrants have returned, joined by a growing number of disillusioned Spaniards who hope that Latin America, with its developing economies and low cost of living, has more to offer. Spaniards are traditionally reluctant to emigrate and they are among the least likely in Europe to go abroad for work.

Sen. Charles Schumer: Feds Can't
Nickle-and-Dime New York
Over Hurricane Sandy

New York Daily News, by Ken Lovett Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 10/31/2012 5:24:38 PM Post Reply

Sen. Charles Schumer called the fallout from Hurricane Sandy a “national disaster” and called on a federal government to cover at least 90% of the costs. “This is one of the biggest disasters to have ever struck this state and even this country,” Schumer said at an afternoon briefing with Gov. Cuomo. “The federal response has to measure that scope and be equal to that that scope.” “We cannot cut corners. We cannot count nickels and dimes. This isn’t a New York disaster, a Connecticut disaster, a Jersey disaster. It is national disaster. It needs to be treated that way by every member of Congress,

GM cuts thousands of
jobs, expects to lose up to
$1.8 billion in Europe this year

MLive [Ann Arbor, MI], by Michael Wayland Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 10/31/2012 5:08:00 PM Post Reply

Detroit, MI- General Motors Co. has cut thousands of jobs in Europe with more on the way, officials announced today. The Detroit-based automaker said it has cut 2,300 jobs in Europe this year and wants to trim 300 more by year’s end in an effort to cut $300 million in costs this year and an additional $500 million by mid-decade, when GM expects to break even. “This is not new news to the people internally,” said Vice Chairman Steve Girsky, who is leading the restructuring in Europe, during a conference call to discuss third-quarter earnings. “We’re not in the habit on announcing things and

No big bad wolf behind
Lance Armstrong investigation

Indianapolis Business Journal, by Anthony Schoettle Original Article

Posted By: bldrrepub- 10/31/2012 5:05:59 PM Post Reply

When I arrived at attorney Bill Bock’s office in the Chase Tower on Oct. 22, I didn’t meet the person I expected. Yes, it was Bock, the lead attorney for the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency and one of two people chiefly responsible for stripping Lance Armstrong of seven Tour de France titles. But it wasn’t the aggressive, vindictive ax grinder that I thought might sit across the table from me in his ninth-floor office overlooking Monument Circle. And he wasn’t glowing even though just four hours before our meeting, the International Cycling Union had upheld USADA’s Armstrong findings.

It Wasn’t Just Four Americans
Abandoned in Benghazi

PJ Media, by Bob Owens Original Article

Posted By: MissMolly- 10/31/2012 4:50:59 PM Post Reply

The few media that are covering the abandonment of Americans in Benghazi have focused — and not without merit — on the four Americans that perished over the course of the seven-hour battle. Ambassador Chris Stevens and diplomat Sean Smith were not the only Americans in the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, however, a fact some of us have lost sight of in our focus on the dead. Nor were Glen Doherty and Ty Woods the only casualties among the forces that disobeyed orders from the Obama administration not to rescue the consulate staff. When terrorists surrounded the consulate

Nobody better tell the NYT editorial
board about the Waffle House Index

Hot Air, by Mary Katharine Hame Original Article

Posted By: MissMolly- 10/31/2012 4:48:13 PM Post Reply

As flood waters were pouring into every low point in New York City Monday night, the New York Times took the opportunity to knock Mitt Romney for remarks he made during the Republican primary about federal disaster assistance in an editorial entitled, “A Big Storm Requires Big Government.” (Snip) The restaurant chain has a guide for serving limited menus if there is “gas but no electricity, or a generator but no ice,” which allows the company to keep the supply chain fine-tuned and perishables headed where they’re used, not wasted. It becomes, literally, a port in a storm

Romney slammed by MSNBC's Mitchell
for collecting storm supplies

Fox News, by Tim Graham Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/31/2012 4:44:45 PM Post Reply

Even when Mitt Romney cancels campaigning and works to provide Hurricane Sandy relief, the media elites are still dropping bombs on him. The hurricane has given Obama "invaluable imagery and opportunity to be seen in command,“ said CNN’s Dana Bash. Meanwhile, Washington Post columnist Al Kamen cracked that Romney is “finding that, unlike franks and beans, charity and politics can be a tricky mix.” The “tricky” part of the mix is the media. Their opportunistic bashing of Romney’s food drive shows it doesn’t matter what the Republicans will do, the media will stick to anti-Romney talking

The Tea Party gets a news site

Politico, by Dylan Byers Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/31/2012 4:43:40 PM Post Reply

Tea Party conservatives are getting their very own news site. The Tea Party News Network, self-described as "the only trusted news source and the antidote to mainstream media bias," is already live but will announce its launch tomorrow morning, with plans to start live video on election day. TPNN claims to have a "war room of 40-plus volunteers" who will operate out of the Venetian Resort in Las Vegas, and has established partnerships with the Talk Radio Network and radio host Rusty Humphries, who will be co-anchoring the election night coverage. "There are plenty of news

Valerie Jarrett: If Re-Elected, Obama's
'Going to Spend a Lot More Time
Traveling Around the Country'

Cybercast News Service, by Susan Jones Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/31/2012 4:36:11 PM Post Reply

Valerie Jarrett, the senior adviser to President Barack Obama, says her boss wants to spend more time on the road if he's re-elected. Obama, who has campaigned practically non-stop for months, finds it "energizing," Jarrett said Saturday in an interview with MSNBC's "Morning Joe" in Nashua, N.H. "Everybody has always said that you really can't be prepared to be the president, and then until you're the president, you don't know exactly what it's going to be like," Jarrett said. "And so I think one of the things that he (Obama) has said, upon reflection, is that he's going to spend a lot more time traveling

Obama Tells Americans,
'We Leave Nobody Behind'

Cybercast News Service, by Susan Jones Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/31/2012 4:36:06 PM Post Reply

When President Obama said on Tuesday that America leaves nobody behind, he was talking about the storm that devastated the East Coast. But in light of the terror attack in Benghazi -- and reports that his administration didn't do enough to defend the Americans who were still fighting for their lives hours after the initial attack -- his remark is resonating on Wednesday. "This is a tough time for a lot of people -- millions of folks all across the Eastern Seaboard," President Barack Obama said Tuesday when he dropped by the American Red Cross in Washington. "But America is tougher,

He** in Hoboken: National Guard
moves into flood-stricken city
after 25,000 residents are
trapped by flood waters filled
with live wires and raw sewage

Daily Mail (UK), by Peter Rugg & Mark Duell Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/31/2012 4:32:36 PM Post Reply

The scale of the mammoth challenge facing authorities in the US following Superstorm Sandy was clear to see today in the flood-hit state of New Jersey. National Guard troops arrived in the devastated city of Hoboken to help evacuate thousands of people still stuck in their homes. Trucks were delivering ready-to-eat meals and evacuating the area, across the Hudson River from New York City - half of which remains flooded two days after the storm struck. Thousands of people are still holed up in their brownstones, condos, and other housing in the square city.

Your Favorite Army
General Actually Sucks

Wired News, by Spencer Ackerman Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/31/2012 4:29:25 PM Post Reply

The U.S. Army only seems impressive. Yes, it’s got plenty of tactically competent and physically heroic enlisted soldiers and low-ranking officers. But its generals are, on the whole, crappy, according to a new book that’s sure to spark teeth-gnashing within the Army. That book is The Generals, the third book about the post-9/11 military by Tom Ricks, a fellow at the Center for a New American Security and the Washington Post’s former chief military correspondent. Scheduled to be released on Tuesday, The Generals is a surprisingly scathing historical look into the unmaking of American generalship over

With Hoboken isolated by
water, mayor asks residents,
businesses to donate food
for trapped neighbors

Jersey Journal [Hudson County, NJ], by Ron Zeitlinger Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/31/2012 4:25:24 PM Post Reply

Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer is appealing to the residents and business owners in the city to donate cans and other non-perishable food items to help the Hurricane Sandy relief effort. Zimmer said thousands of people are still stranded in flooded areas and the priority is to get people with medical emergencies to safety first. The National Guard have 10 trucks at the ready, bring people shelters or getting them to a spot where they can meet up with family or friends to stay with. The Hudson County Office of Emergency Management and National Guard has brought food and water to distribute

Emails show Obama admin used
DOE loan money to help Harry
Reid’s 2010 campaign

Washington Examiner, by Joel Gehrke Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/31/2012 4:24:30 PM Post Reply

President Obama claims that political considerations did not influence the Energy Department’s green energy loan program, but newly-released internal emails show that his administration subsidized Nevada companies in order to help Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., win his 2010 reelection campaign. “And these are decisions, by the way, that are made by the Department of Energy, they have nothing to do with politics,” Obama said last week when asked about the green companies that have gone bankrupt despite receiving taxpayer support. The House Oversight and Government Reform

The looting begins: Thieves strike after
superstorm forces millions to abandon
their homes and businesses

Daily Mail [UK], by Adam Shergold Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/31/2012 4:21:31 PM Post Reply

As New York City spent a second night plunged in darkness shameless criminals got to work looting abandoned stores and homes across the metropolis. At least 13 suspected thieves have been arrested since Hurricane Sandy struck the city around 6.30pm on Monday evening. Thousands of police and National Guard troops are patrolling the city and keeping guard in the worst-hit areas in a bid to deter any opportunistic crooks. (Snip) Police have allegedly warned locals that looters were disguising themselves as utility workers. A police source told the Post that the ‘scumbags looting’ will not be tolerated

Anger Aside, Voters
Favor D.C. Status Quo

National Journal, by Ronald Brownstein Original Article

Posted By: supersid- 10/31/2012 4:15:00 PM Post Reply

Despite dissatisfaction with the nation’s direction and Washington’s performance, voters lean toward retaining the status quo in Washington, the latest United Technologies/National Journal Congressional Connection Poll has found. This final Congressional Connection Poll before the Nov. 6 election found that among likely voters, President Obama has reopened a slim advantage over Mitt Romney, (Snip) Overall, the survey found Obama leading Romney among likely voters by 50 percent to 45 percent, after the two tied at 47 percent each in a late-September Congressional

A Tale of Two Countries

Creators Syndicate, Inc., by Ben Shapiro Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/31/2012 4:10:57 PM Post Reply

It has become an accepted truism in American politics that both Democrats and Republicans want the same things: a prosperous America, a strong America, an America true to principles of freedom and liberty. Perhaps 50 years ago that was true. Today, it no longer is. The fact is that the Democratic Party and the Republican Party are no longer arguing over means; we are arguing over ends. Democrats know that economic prosperity for the broad swath of the United States cannot be bought with higher taxes; even Bill Clinton recognized as much in the 1990s, which is why he lowered

Iran offers to help cities
devastated by Hurricane Sandy

New York Post, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/31/2012 4:03:57 PM Post Reply

Even Iran feels bad for New York and the East Coast. One of America's greatest enemies offered its help to cities devastated by Hurricane Sandy, Iran's official news agency reported today. "Iran's Red Crescent is prepared to help the victims in the US," said Mahmoud Mozaffar, head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society's Relief and Rescue Organization. "Given its preparedness and ample experience in rescuing storms and floods victims, Iran's Red Crescent can provide relief assistance for those affected in New York." Mozaffar told Fars News Agency that the Red Crescent is ready to send

Unforgiving! Gene Hackman slaps
homeless man that verbally accosted wife

New York Daily News, by Meena Hart Duerson Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/31/2012 3:58:19 PM Post Reply

Gene Hackman proved he can act tough in real life as well as on screen on Tuesday, slapping a homeless man who threatened his wife. The 82-year-old Oscar-winning actor was with his wife Betsy Arakawa in downtown Santa Fe, N.M. around 1:30p.m. on Tuesday afternoon when a homeless man approached them menacingly, according to police. The man, identified by the Santa Fe New Mexican as 63-year-old Bruce Becker, approached the couple as they were leaving a restaurant and called Hackman’s wife a “c--t.” (Snip) Police were able to speak with both Becker and Hackman, who was still in

CBS: Romney Posts Big
Leads Among Independents

Breitbart's Big Government, by Mike Flynn Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/31/2012 3:54:46 PM Post Reply

Independents are the critical, deciding factor in American politics. Unaffiliated with either party, they are the voters candidates need to build a national coalition. The candidate who wins Independents wins the election. George W. Bush drew even with Independents against John Kerry. He won reelection by pushing GOP turnout to historically high levels. But no candidate has won the White House while losing Independents by a significant margin. Based on this alone, according to a new CBS poll, Obama is staring at defeat next week. (Snip) In Virginia, Romney leads Obama by a

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