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Doc Shortage Could
Cause Healthcare Crash

ABC News, by Nisha Nathan, M.D. Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 11/13/2012 5:27:08 PM Post Reply

The United States will require at least 52,000 more family doctors in the year 2025 to keep up with the growing and increasingly older U.S. population, a new study found. The predictions also reflect the passage of the Affordable Care Act -- a change that will expand health insurance coverage to an additional 38 million Americans. (Snip) "It´s pretty tough to convince medical students to go into primary care," said Dr. Lee Green, chair of Family Medicine at the University of Alberta, who was not involved with the study. Green added that he believes

Jill Kelley requested
"diplomatic protection" in 911 call

WTVT-TV [Tampa Bay, FL], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: ebgodard- 11/13/2012 5:26:58 PM Post Reply

Tampa - The South Tampa woman connected to the Gen. David Petraeus scandal has called police to her home several times in the last few days, and at least once tried to invoke "diplomatic protection." Media from around the world have convened on the two-story Bayshore Boulevard home of Scott and Jill Kelley. Jill is the socialite mother of three whose FBI complaint about harassing emails eventually led investigators to uncover the CIA director´s affair with his biographer and is now linked to the name of a second top general. The Kelleys have kept a low profile since news of the scandal broke,

Legislator wants to be paid
in silver and gold

Daily Inter Lake [Kalispell MT], by Jim Mann Original Article

Posted By: davesenior- 11/13/2012 5:26:38 PM Post Reply

State Rep. Jerry O’Neil, R-Columbia Falls, is spooked enough about the country’s fiscal picture to request that his legislative pay come in the form of gold and silver coins.In a letter sent to Montana Legislative Services this week, O’Neil cites Article 1, Section 10 of the U.S. Constitution, which states in part that no state shall “make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts.”[SNIP]But now he says he is looking at the value of the dollar “in a new light.”The country’s $16 trillion debt “is a warning sign we can only ignore at our peril,”

State ‘concerned’ about St. Lucie
County results in West-Murphy
race, sending staff to assess

Palm Beach Post, by George Bennett Original Article

Posted By: michellewsc2- 11/13/2012 5:17:38 PM Post Reply

The Florida Division of Elections is sending three employees to St. Lucie County on Wednesday to try to figure out how 799 votes disappeared in Sunday’s partial recount of the close, nationally watched congressional race between U.S. Rep. Allen West and Democrat Patrick Murphy.
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“Palestine” Does Not Qualify as a “State”

Commentary Magazine, by Rick Richman Original Article

Posted By: jpundit- 11/13/2012 5:15:27 PM Post Reply

Back in 2005, after Israel removed every soldier and settler from Gaza, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced that “from this day forward, there will be no security turmoil and weapons chaos and abductions, which are not characteristic of our culture.” He proved a poor prognosticator regarding Palestinian culture: given the chance to live “side by side in peace and security” with Israel, the Palestinians demonstrated they could not do so even with themselves.

Army prosecutors seek death
penalty for Sgt. Bales

CBS News/Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 11/13/2012 5:02:28 PM Post Reply

JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. -Army prosecutors on Tuesday asked an investigative officer to recommend a death penalty court-martial for a staff sergeant accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers in a predawn rampage, saying that Staff Sgt. Robert Bales committed "heinous and despicable crimes."Prosecutors made their closing arguments after a week of testimony in the preliminary hearing. Prosecutors say Bales, 39, slipped away from his remote base at Camp Belambay in southern Afghanistan to attack two villages early on March 11. Among the dead were nine children.

David Frum´s passive-
aggressive predictability

Daily Caller, by Jeff Poor Original Article

Posted By: CarrotFarmer87- 11/13/2012 4:59:27 PM Post Reply

David Frum has a new book out. It’s short, not particularly interesting and completely predictable. But if you have $4.99 to waste, you can read Frum’s “Why Romney Lost” — his way of saying “I told you so” in three tedious chapters. Frum has been on the outs with conservatives since his 2010 screed against Republicans for not being more willing to work across party lines on health care reform. In that piece, Frum wrote that the “conservative entertainment industry” was the real beneficiary of the passage of President Barack Obama´s landmark health care legislation.
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Jay Carney Grilled About
Petraeus, Says Obama Still
Has ‘Confidence In His Commanders’

Mediaite, by Andrew Kirell Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 11/13/2012 4:52:04 PM Post Reply

In a White House press conference Tuesday afternoon, Press Secretary Jay Carney addressed questions regarding the ongoing scandal involving CIA director Gen. David Petraeus and Gen. Jon Allen. Carney largely avoiding directly commenting on the affair, instead opting to emphasize that President Barack Obama is focused on actual policy matters. Asked by Reuters whether the president sees this as scandal as an unwelcome distraction after the election, Carney replied that “I certainly wouldn’t call it welcomed,” adding that the news came to Obama “as a surprise,” but then pivoted to the talking point that the president

Stocks hit three-month
lows over Greek debt

USA Today, by Adam Shell Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 11/13/2012 4:50:47 PM Post Reply

NEW YORK -- Stocks fell to three-month lows Tuesday as a deal to rescue the Greek economy looks much less certain than it did a day ago. The Dow Jones industrial average closed the day down 0.5%, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq composite shed 0.4% and 0.7%, respectively. It was the lowest close for both the Dow, down 59 points to 12,756, and Nasdaq, down 20 to 2,884, since July 25. The last time the S&P 500 closed below its Tuesday number of 1,375 -- a decline of 5 points -- was Aug. 2.

Liberal Media Still Eager to
Offer Conservatives Advice

Newsbusters, by Ryan Robertson Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 11/13/2012 4:45:41 PM Post Reply

With all the gloating the liberal media has been doing since the election, one would think the margin of victory was comparable to that of Ronald Reagan´s overwhelming win over Walter Mondale in 1984. From The Atlantic to Politico and various other outlets, there have been an abundance of columns published in the past week urging, as they always do after a rout at the polls, that the GOP must evolve to the left on key issues. The underlying themes have all been indistinguishable, almost as if they are collaborating with one another. The Republican party is in trouble,

Michelle Obama’s perks extend
to unfathomable lengths

Daily Caller [Washington DC], by Taylor Bigler Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 11/13/2012 4:36:39 PM Post Reply

So much for being an average American citizen. The perks of having the last name “Obama” don’t stop at living luxuriously in the White House or flying around on Air Force One. In fact, the perks extend to something far more exclusive and unattainable for your everyday American: The Obamas get to watch the third season of “Downton Abbey” before the rest of the country does. Michelle Obama is so enamored with the series that she just couldn’t wait until it airs in the U.S. in January and “begged” british TV channel ITV

A nation that forgets the
´70s will repeat it

Union Leader [Manchester, NH], by Amity Schlaes Original Article

Posted By: nhchemist- 11/13/2012 4:36:28 PM Post Reply

Do Americans suddenly like tax increases and bigger government? Or did they simply forget what happens when you raise taxes and make government larger? These are questions to ask as we analyze Tuesday´s election results to discern the fiscal consequences. Advocates of higher taxes prevailed in the presidential and legislative races, and resoundingly. (Snip) These votes suggest Americans are indeed looking at government and taxation differently.

Paula Broadwell´s License
Discovered in D.C. Park

U.S. News & World Report, by Paul D. Shinkman Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 11/13/2012 4:33:00 PM Post Reply

The woman revealed to have been carrying on an affair with former CIA Director David Petraeus lost her driver´s license in a Washington, D.C., park recently, sources tell U.S. News. A Maryland National Capital Park Police spokesman confirmed that a jogger found a North Carolina license in Rock Creek Park belonging to Paula Broadwell. Park Police planned to hold it for 90 days, per policy, and then send it back to the North Carolina Department of Transportation. The Park Police also alerted the FBI, says Bill Kellogg, a spokesman for the Park Police.

Private Sector Troubled,
Bailing Out After Obama Win

Investor´s Business Daily, by Editorial Original Article

Posted By: PageTurner- 11/13/2012 4:21:34 PM Post Reply

Free Enterprise: The left has had its fun with the hapless teenager who tweeted her desire to move to Australia after President Obama was re-elected. But the reality is, the private sector isn´t doing fine. Sure, it was a barrel of laughs to ridicule 18-year-old Kristen Neel, who expressed her displeasure with President Obama´s re-election on her Twitter account: "I´m moving to Australia because their president is Christian and actually supports what he says." Technically, Neel was wrong because Australia is now led by a left-leaning female, Prime Minister Julia Gillard.

Budget deficit rises
to $120 billion in October

Reuters, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: mambo 5- 11/13/2012 4:14:56 PM Post Reply

The budget deficit rose in October, the first month of fiscal year 2013, as looming negotiations over expiring tax cuts and imminent spending reductions dominated the post-election political landscape. The Treasury said on Tuesday the October deficit was $120 billion, larger than economist forecasts for a $114 billion gap and up from $98 billion in October of 2011. Growth in expenditures outpaced rising receipts, deepening the deficit. Outlays grew to $304 billion from around $262 billion in the same month last year while receipts rose to $184 billion from $163 billion.

Covering Up Petraeus

American Spectator, by Ben Stein Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 11/13/2012 3:59:45 PM Post Reply

Monday What pitiful pikers Haldeman and Ehrlichman, John Mitchell, Howard Hunt, Chuck Colson, and Richard M. Nixon were when it comes to cover-ups. They didn´t even start to know how to cover up a crime. For that you have to go to true experts like the Attorney General of the United States, Eric Holder, and the head of the FBI, Robert Mueller. These men, in possession of undisputed evidence that General Petraeus had lied to the FBI, did absolutely nothing about it except to cover it up.

A Country Unhinged

National Review Online, by Victor Davis Hanson Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 11/13/2012 3:56:29 PM Post Reply

In the last week, it is almost as if the entire American moral landscape has been turned upside down in eerie fashion — in matters that vastly transcend fornication and adultery. The Petraeus-gate matter is the stuff of tabloids now; but soon the real issues relating to when and what Eric Holder knew, and by extension the president, and how exactly Benghazi (the crime of indifference to the besieged, the cover-up of the truth, the actual mission of our consulate and annex) fits into this labyrinth of deceit, both petty and fundamental, may overshadow the present sensationalism. Nothing seems real anymore,

Petitions to secede are filed
for 23 states since election

Washington Times, by Valerie Richardson Original Article

Posted By: Drive- 11/13/2012 3:54:05 PM Post Reply

DENVER — It’s traditional for Americans to threaten to move to France or Canada when their candidate loses, but this year some disappointed voters are implementing a different plan. In the wake of the Nov. 6 election, petitions seeking to secede from the union have been filed on behalf of 23 states on the White House website, https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petitions. Most of the petitions contain the same wording and ask to withdraw “peacefully” from the United States in order to form independent governments.

W.H. Petition Calls for Stripping
Citizenship and Exile for Anyone
Who Signs Petition to Secede

Weekly Standard, by Daniel Halper Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 11/13/2012 3:53:41 PM Post Reply

A White House petition gathering force calls for citizenship to be stripped and exile for anyone who signs a petition in favor of a state´s secession. "Mr. President, please sign an executive order such that each American citizen who signed a petition from any state to secede from the USA shall have their citizenship stripped and be peacefully deported," the full petition reads. The title of the petition is, "WE PETITION THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO: Strip the Citizenship from Everyone who Signed a Petition to Secede and Exile Them." As of this writing, 2,205 have signed the petition;

Jeb Bush Favored Over Marco Rubio
for President, According to Poll

Broward Palm Beach New Times, by Chris Joseph Original Article

Posted By: jackson- 11/13/2012 3:25:44 PM Post Reply

The election was literally six days ago (well, OK, two days ago if you count Florida), and Florida Republicans are butthurt about the results. So the fine folks at Public Policy Polling thought it would be a neat idea to exploit that GOPer melancholy and the infinite sadness and ask them to look four years into the future and tell everyone who will be president. The PPP found that former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush leads Marco Rubio 28 percent to 22 percent as to who will definitely, without a doubt, for sure is going to be the next president

Poll: If government careens off fiscal
cliff, GOP to shoulder blame

NBC News, by Michael O´Brien Original Article

Posted By: crabam- 11/13/2012 3:24:26 PM Post Reply

If the U.S. government ends up careening off the "fiscal cliff," Republicans in Congress stand to shoulder most of the blame, according to a new poll released Tuesday. A majority of Americans said in a new, post-election poll that they do not expect President Barack Obama and members of Congress to reach an agreement to avoid the effects of the fiscal cliff, the combination of automatic spending cuts and tax hikes set to take effect at the beginning of the year.

Idaho inmates claim gangs
run prison

Associated Press, by Rebecca Boone Original Article

Posted By: BaseballFan- 11/13/2012 3:05:16 PM Post Reply

BOISE, Idaho — A gang war that appears to have taken over parts of an Idaho private prison is spilling into the federal courts, with some inmates contending prison officials are ceding control to gang leaders in an effort to save money on staffing. (Snip) The inmates also contend that CCA officials use gang violence and the threat of gang violence as an "inexpensive device to gain control over the inmate population," according to the lawsuit, and that housing gang members together allows the company to use fewer guards, reducing payroll costs.

600 deadly cobras seized in Thailand

Fox News, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 11/13/2012 2:50:21 PM Post Reply

Customs officials in Thailand seized 600 deadly cobras destined for Laos after stopping a vehicle at a checkpoint. Customs officials say the snakes came from Malaysia and were being shipped through Thailand for use in medicine or for food, SkyNews.com reports. Officials reportedly worked off a tip and set up an X-ray checkpoint in Pranburi, a city south of Bangkok. "The Bureau of Investigation and Suppression have been tracking this case for a year," Benja Louichareon, head of Thai customs, told SkyNews.com. "It´s a lot (of snakes)," she said. In May, officials seized 4,300 cobras, SkyNews.com reports.

Lot next to Obama´s
Chicago home for sale

Chicago Tribune, by Mary Ellen Podmolik Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 11/13/2012 2:48:00 PM Post Reply

Another home-buying opportunity has surfaced in President Obama’s neighborhood, this time right next door. The owners of the famously vacant land next to Obama’s home in Chicago’s Kenwood neighborhood are trying to sell the 50’-by-150’ lot at 5050 S. Greenwood Ave.,for $899,000. The owners of the lot purchased it in 2008 for $675,00 with plans to construct a 8,000-square-foot home there but never moved forward with it. The architectural drawings for that potential home are available, too. Potential buyers will have to show their financial wherewithal as well as submit their name to the Secret Service

U.S. general demoted over
´extravagant trips´

New York Daily News, by Larry McShane Original Article

Posted By: charliecoconut- 11/13/2012 2:18:46 PM Post Reply

The one-time head of the U.S. Africa Command was demoted Tuesday and ordered to repay $82,000 for unauthorized spending on extravagant trips and other expenses. The move by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta means Gen. William “Kip” Ward will lose one star and retire as a three-star lieutenant general, according to The Associated Press. The demotion is just the latest bit of general misbehavior following the resignation of ex-Army Gen. David Petraeus for an adulterous affair, and reports that Marine Gen. John Allen is under investigation for his “flirtatious” exchanges with the whistleblower in the Petraeus case.

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