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UN Representative Calls For
Establishing A 'World Capital'
- In Islamic Istanbul

Cybercast News Service, by Dan Gainor Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 11/2/2012 2:53:49 PM Post Reply

The world needs a global capital and it should be the capital of Islamic Turkey, Istanbul, according to a UN special representative. Richard Falk, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Palestinian human rights, wrote a Nov. 1, 2012, opinion piece for the controversial al Jazeera English site calling for a "global capital" because of integration "by markets, by globally constituted battlefields, by changing geopolitical patterns." (Snip) Falk recommended what al Jazeera called a "modest proposal" that should move the world past "the persisting tendency is to view the hierarchy of global cities from a West-centric perspective: London, New York, Paris,

Prediction: Romney
Wins in an Upset

Chicago Daily Observer, by Russ Stewart Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 11/2/2012 2:45:41 PM Post Reply

President Barack Obama is poised on the precipice of defeat. 2008’s Obama idolatry has evolved into 2012’s Obama fatigue. The enthusiasm, bordering on adulation, has withered; the “hope” has diminished; and the “change we need” is now the object of derision. Obama is, at best, a well-intentioned but clueless blunderer who needs 8 years to accomplish what Ronald Reagan did in four; or, at worst, an incompetent. (Snip) In all likelihood, the next president will be a colossal failure, beset by intractable debt and revenue deficiencies. For each party, losing now is winning later. If Obama wins in 2012, Republicans

Mood of the Nation:
Some optimism amid struggles

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 11/2/2012 2:41:58 PM Post Reply

On the eve of the 2012 elections, The Associated Press interviewed dozens of Americans to try to gauge the economic mood of the nation. People were asked about jobs, housing, gas prices, retirement and other issues. Among them were: - Adrienne Cragnotti, 46, and Mike Eiler, 41, of Chicago. She's a self-employed photographer; he's an unemployed former copy editor. Despite career setbacks and a declining living standard, Cragnotti and Eiler remain optimistic. - Hilda Mitrani, 51, of North Miami Beach, Fla. The Great Recession and slow economic recovery have devastated her public relations and marketing business. But Mitrani says positive

4 Afghan police killed
in insider attack

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 11/2/2012 2:40:55 PM Post Reply

Kabul, Afghanistan - Four Afghan police officers were shot dead Friday in southern Helmand province in an insider attack by their colleagues, officials said. Mohammad Toryali, police chief of Grish district, said the shooting occurred at a police outpost during a shift change. The officers on duty were killed by four of their colleagues who had arrived to replace them, Toryali said. The killers fled.

The good news in
the rising jobless rate

CNN Money, by Chris Isidore Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 11/2/2012 2:37:36 PM Post Reply

New York - Sometimes, an increase in the unemployment rate is good news for the economy. October was one of those months. The rise, to 7.9% from 7.8% in September, was due to more people entering the job market. Many of those who had stopped searching for work were encouraged enough by the economy to start looking once again. In determining the unemployment rate, the Labor Department surveys households to see how many people are in the labor force -- either on the job or looking for work. October's survey showed 578,000 more people than in September. About 170,000 of

Romney rallies Wisconsin faithful

Chicago Sun-Times, by Kara Spak Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 11/2/2012 2:33:22 PM Post Reply

West Allis, Wis. Four days before the presidential election, with 10 Wisconsin electoral votes up for grabs, Mitt Romney spent Friday morning at State Fair Park rallying the faithful to make one last Badger blitz to get Republicans to the polls. “We are four days away from a fresh start,” Romney said. “Four days away from the first day of a new beginning. My conviction that better days are ahead is not based on promises and hollow rhetoric but solid plans and proven results.” (Snip) A variety of polls show that Obama and Romney are either in a dead heat

Illegal Immigrant Seeks to Scrap
Georgia Driver License Law

Atlanta Journal Constitution, by Jeremy Redmon Original Article

Posted By: pc1eszm- 11/2/2012 2:29:52 PM Post Reply

An illegal immigrant from Mexico is challenging the constitutionality of the state’s driver license law in a case the Georgia Supreme Court is set to hear Monday. Fernando Castillo-Solis says the law — which requires motorists who have lived in Georgia for 30 days or more to get a state-issued license before driving — discriminates against illegal immigrants. At issue is a part of the law that says motorists can’t be convicted of driving without a license if they can later present their licenses in court. Since illegal immigrants are ineligible for Georgia licenses, they don’t have the same protection.

Parents Attack Daughter
With Acid For Talking to Boy

ABC News, by Muhammed Lila Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 11/2/2012 2:29:43 PM Post Reply

Pakistani parents in a remote village allegedly killed their 15-year-old daughter by pouring acid all over her face and body after they caught her talking to an unknown boy, according to local police and hospital officials. The incident happened in Kotli, a small town in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. The parents allegedly confessed to the attack after she spoke with a boy outside their house. According to local police, the girl's father, Mohammed Zafar, became enraged when he found his teenage daughter, Anvu Shah, with the boy outside their home.

Romney wins endorsement
from 150 former POWs

Human Events, by Hope Hodge Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 11/2/2012 2:27:56 PM Post Reply

Not long ago, the Romney campaign announced it had recruited more than 300 retired military generals for a special advisory board. Now the campaign boasts the endorsement of 150 of the nation’s most revered military heroes. 150 former prisoners of war have now endorsed the Republican challenger, according to a campaign announcement made this week. The list includes well-known figures, such as Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), Rep. Sam Johnson (R-Texas) and former Federal Trade Commissioner Orson Swindle, all of whom were held captive in North Vietnam during the Vietnam war. Other names are more obscure.

San Francisco transit aims
to snuff out private rival

Times 247, by Katherine Timpf Original Article

Posted By: ktimpf- 11/2/2012 2:23:04 PM Post Reply

On a typical work day in San Francisco, at least 27 private employers are picking up workers in shuttle buses — complete with cushioned seats and WiFi — at more than 200 stops across the city. The transit option is a booming private enterprise that reduces traffic congestion and air pollution. Some in the city want to snuff it out, San Francisco-style, with government regulations and fees. San Francisco Supervisor John Avalos wants to eliminate the cushy private shuttles and charge employers to use the Municipal Transit Agency's spartan buses, according to the San Francisco Examiner.
Headline split by staff.

Democrats biggest losers
since 2008 in swing states?

Hot Air, by Ed Morrissey Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 11/2/2012 2:22:57 PM Post Reply

According to a new study by the liberal group Third Way, pollster assumptions in the swing states may be very, very wrong. While many pollsters — like CBS/NYT/Quinnipiac and PPP, just to name two — assume that the electorate model for Tuesday will be similar to 2008, the Third Way study on partisan registration in eight states shows something very, very different. In each of these states, Democratic registration has trailed that of independents and Republicans by significant amounts — and in six of the eight states, Democratic registration has declined, sometimes dramatically (Snip) In 6 states—Colorado, Florida, Nevada, New

Reid: We Won't
Work With Romney

Breitbart's Big Government, by Ben Shapiro Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 11/2/2012 2:16:18 PM Post Reply

Today, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid pledged to stonewall any attempt by Mitt Romney to pass his agenda if elected. “Mitt Romney’s fantasy that Senate Democrats will work with him to pass his ‘severely conservative’ agenda is laughable,” spat Reid. Of course, when Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) suggested two years into President Obama’s presidency (after the stimulus package and Obamacare) that Obama’s failures to lead in bipartisan fashion made his defeat his first political priority, the left went insane; they still cite the line as evidence that

House panel wants answers on
costly White House dinners

Washington Examiner, by Richard Pollock Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 11/2/2012 2:14:22 PM Post Reply

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa today demanded that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton turn over documents concerning what he called "excessively lavish" spending for official White House state dinners. Issa also released a video titled "All the President's Parties" comparing President Obama's promises to cut wasteful federal spending with examples of extravagance drawn from the dinners for foreign dignitaries. (Snip) The Examiner reported on Oct. 26 that a May 2010 Obama state dinner for Mexican President Felipe Calderón cost nearly $1 million, or $4,700 per attendee. Three other Obama state dinners since 2009 cost half a

'The city is talking about
getting ready for the
marathon… we're pulling bodies
out of the water': Congressman
lashes out at New York officials
for pushing ahead with event

Daily Mail (UK), by Eddie Wrenn & Beth Stebner Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 11/2/2012 2:13:54 PM Post Reply

Hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers are still suffering black-outs, with wide swathes of the city still without electricity. But the media centre for this Sunday's New York Marathon - which is still going ahead despite the widespread devastation landed on the city - will no suffer such problems. For organisers have installed two emergency generators, as well as a back-up, to keep news of the event flowing. The three generators could provide power for 400 homes - and the revelation has prompted outrage in a city which, in parts, has suffered four nights without heat or electricity.

In critical Ohio, Obama rips
Romney ad on auto industry
as ‘scare’ tactic

Washington Post, by David Nakamura Original Article

Posted By: kennedylaw- 11/2/2012 2:11:42 PM Post Reply

President Obama on Friday blasted Mitt Romney for using “scare” tactics in claiming that U.S. car companies are moving jobs to China, and the Republican challenger warned in another battleground state that reelecting the president would lead to another showdown in Congress next year over the debt ceiling. Obama, speaking in this town about 12 miles northwest of Columbus, accused Romney of frightening Americans with false claims of job losses “just to scare up some votes.”

Why Restoring New York’s Power
Isn’t Easy: The Trouble with Salt

Time Magazine, by Olivia B. Waxman Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 11/2/2012 2:09:58 PM Post Reply

On a cold, dark Thursday night at 10:00 p.m., a blue and white Con Edison van is parked across the street from the substation on East 13th street, off the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Drive in Manhattan. Two workers in sky blue hard hats get out. They walk over to a manhole and remove the cover. Without a word, one of them grabs a hose from the van and lowers it down. The rest of the hose flops over the ground, extending to the sewer drain at the corner of the street. Steaming hot water slowly streams out.

MSNBC Had More Negative
Coverage Of Romney Than
Fox News Did Of Obama,
Says Pew

Mediaite, by Meenal Vamburkar Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 11/2/2012 2:09:18 PM Post Reply

A new survey released by Pew examined the negative coverage both President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney have received in the mainstream news as well as in social media. While MSNBC and Fox News are often seen as two sides of the same partisan coin, the survey found one network to be notably more negative toward a candidate. Seventy-one percent of MSNBC’s coverage of Romney, from August 27 to October 21 of this year, was negative (with three percent being positive). By contrast, Fox News’ negative coverage of Obama during the same period came in at 46 percent

Let them eat cake!

New York Post, by Andrea Peyser Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 11/2/2012 2:04:49 PM Post Reply

Let them eat moldy pastry! Celebrity twit Debra Messing and various heartless other stars proved beyond doubt that some fabulous New Yorkers don’t have hearts beating in their cold, dead chests. Fires were barely snuffed out in Breezy Point. The dead were still being counted from here to Jersey. And the bodies of two tiny Staten Island brothers, 2, and 4, who were ripped by Hurricane Sandy from the arms of their frantic mother on Monday, were finally found yesterday, 20 yards from each other. They were gone. But the rich, the famous and narcissistic weren’t about to let

Utility workers pelted with eggs
after Bridgeport, Conn.
mayor blasts provider

FOX News, by Cristina Corbin and AP staff Original Article

Posted By: CEP- 11/2/2012 1:58:06 PM Post Reply

Angry residents pelted utility crews with eggs as they tried to restore power in Bridgeport, Conn., after the mayor claimed the local power company had "shortchanged" the state's largest city as it tries to recover from superstorm Sandy. United Illuminating workers reported eggs and other objects being thrown at them a day after Mayor Bill Finch said the utility was taking care of wealthy suburbs while his constituents suffered. The unrest caused United Illuminating to pull its workers out until the city agreed to provide police protection.

Albright raps 'disgusting Serbs'
in Prague book signing

Washington Examiner, by Paul Bedard Original Article

Posted By: lefthanded_rightminded- 11/2/2012 1:42:12 PM Post Reply

Clinton-era Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, confronted by pro-Serbian protesters who called her a war criminal during a recent book signing in her native Prague, pushed them aside as "disgusting Serbs" in a confrontation going viral on the internet. Displaying her trademark feistiness, Albright is seen in the video as sternly shouting "get out, get out," to the protesters who arrived with a film crew.

Reid says he can't work with Romney

Washington Times, by Stephen Dinan Original Article

Posted By: kennedylaw- 11/2/2012 1:40:28 PM Post Reply

Five days before the election, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has ruled out trying to work with Mitt Romney should he win next week. "Mitt Romney's fantasy that Senate Democrats will work with him to pass his 'severely conservative' agenda is laughable," Mr. Reid said in a statement on Friday, trying to puncture Mr. Romney's closing election argument that he'll be able to deliver on the bipartisanship President Obama promised in 2008 but has struggled to live up to.

NYC hotel owner refuses to
boot locals for marathoners

USA Today, by Barbara Delollis Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 11/2/2012 1:39:26 PM Post Reply

The owner of a Hilton Garden Inn hotel in Staten Island refuses to kick out his current guests, who lost their homes to superstorm Sandy, to runners arriving for Sunday's New York City Marathon. Hotel owner Richard Nicotra told Hotel Check-In Friday afternoon that local residents are relying on his hotel while they remain homeless due to the storm and that he won't let them down. Both Nicotra and his wife are second-generation Staten Island residents. Local cable channel NY1 first reported the story on Thursday.

More details about Romney’s
massive West Chester rally tonight

Cincinnati.com OH, by R.Richardson Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 11/2/2012 1:37:47 PM Post Reply

Kid Rock will join GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney at a massive rally in West Chester this evening. Doors for the Romney rally now open at 3:30 p.m. The event’s at The Square in Union Centre and the adjacent grass area. Parking is available at nearby Lakota West High School, the West Chester Library and the Union Centre Boulevard pavilion (the old bigg’s shopping center) at Union Centre and 747 (shuttle service available at this location), among other areas designated for parking.

Benghazi Culpability: Walls
Closing in on Administration

PJ Media, by Bob Owens Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 11/2/2012 1:19:43 PM Post Reply

The mainstream media is doing all that it can to avoid reporting on the Obama administration’s cover-up of the Benghazi scandal, where President Obama may have abandoned up to 32 Americans to die. Fox News is the only mainstream media outlet to undertake a concerted effort into sorting through the spin coming from the White House, and they’ve uncovered some maddening claims — including the latest bombshell, a classified cable from the consulate in August wherein the Regional Security Officer (RSO) warned they were understaffed and under-gunned: “RSO (Regional Security Officer) expressed concerns with the ability to defend Post

ABC and CBS Ignore Their
Own Reporters As Benghazi
Blackout Reaches 7 Days

Newsbusters, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 11/2/2012 1:14:18 PM Post Reply

For the seventh night in a row, ABC’s World News, CBS Evening News, and NBC Nightly News refused to give one single second of coverage to the Obama administration’s deceitful response to the terrorist attack on the US consulate in Benghazi on September 11. According to the Media Research Center, the last time Benghazi was discussed on one of the flagship network evening news casts was the October 25 edition of CBS Evening News. Since then, ABC News and CBS News have relegated coverage of the Benghazi terrorist attack to their websites.

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