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Chaos in the Middle East *************** 'Benghazi-gate' Bombshell: Obama Administration Deleted State Dept. Memo From Internet After Discovering Al-Qaeda Was Behind Benghazi Attack *************** Feds Arrest Producer Of Controversial Anti-Islam Film The producer of the controversial anti-Islam film “Innocence of Muslims” has been arrested for violating terms of his probation and is set for an appearance this afternoon in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles. *************** Feds Say They’ve Arrested ‘Innocence Of Muslims’ Film Producer Nakoula *************** Obama Administration's Libya Spin Unravels At the Washington Post this morning, Glenn Kessler posts a collection of the Obama administration’s evolving statements on Libya and some important reporting of facts surrounding the attacks. *************** Libya president: Anti-Islam film trailer had nothing to do with attack on US Consulate The anti-Islam film trailer that the White House has repeatedly blamed for sparking unrest in the Middle East had nothing to do with the attack that led to the death of U.S. Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens, that nation's president said in a television interview. *************** Obama Compares YouTube Video to Murder, Torture, Dictatorship Today, President Barack Obama betrayed American ideals at the United Nations by blithely equating ongoing Islamist violence with American exercise of free speech. *************** President Obama: The Future Must Not Belong to Those Who Slander the Prophet of Islam President Barack Obama addressed the United Nations General Assembly this morning and claimed the future must not belong to those who target Coptic Christians in Egypt, those who bully women, the corrupt few who steal a country's resources, and those who slander the prophet of Islam. *************** Benghazi Worse than Watergate For over forty years now, the Watergate scandal — the June 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters and the subsequent cover-up by the Nixon administration — has been the sine qua non of American political malfeasance. It has been followed by myriad other “gates” affecting both parties but has never been superseded. *************** The Benghazi cover-up *************** Protests Outside Our Embassies Are Still Going On Attention media: Protests, sometimes violent, are still going on outside our embassies and consulates. *************** Bombshell: Obama Administration Deleted State Dept. Memo From Internet After Discovering Al-Qaeda Was Behind Benghazi Attack Yesterday there were reports that the Obama Administration found out that Al-Qaeda was behind the Benghazi consulate attacks within 24 hours of the assault that killed four Americans. *************** Get Ready for Syrian Kurdistan Syria’s Kurds once waged a fruitless struggle with Damascus against discrimination and for basic rights like citizenship and official recognition of a distinct Kurdish language and culture. Now, however, the equation has changed, and large chunks of northeastern Syria are now under the sole control of the Kurds *************** Ahmadinejad to Meet with Occupy Wall Street A report today in an official outlet of the Iranian regime claims that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president of Iran, will meet with members of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Ahmadinejad is currently in New York City for the United Nations General Assembly, where these reported meetings will take place. *************** US professors travel to Iran to discuss Occupy Wall Street movement The Occupy Wall Street movement may be losing its spotlight in the United States, but it's gaining attention in Iran, where a handful of American professors recently traveled to attend a conference focusing on the anti-capitalist protests. *************** Muslims submit memo to US embassy over 'anti-Islam' film *************** The Islamist Protests Outside Our Embassies Aren’t Tapering Off Check your favorite mainstream U.S. news publications and see if they have any coverage of angry Muslim protests outside American embassies, consulates, and other institutions associated with the United States. Election 2012 *************** Voter registration problems widening in Florida The Republican Party of Florida is filing an election fraud complaint against a vendor suspected of submitting questionable voter registration forms. *************** Obama eCard for Women: 'Can I Borrow $18,000 to Help Pay for My Birth Control?' The Obama campaign has created a series of electronic greeting card aimed at women voters. "President Obama summed up the Republican Party’s approach to women’s health when he said 'they want to take us back to the policies more suited to the 1950s than the 21st century,'" the Obama campaign website reads. "Send an eCard to say you won’t go back." *************** Little girls are packing heat in support of Paul Ryan after he took flak for buying his daughter hunting gear A 13-year-old dressed in camouflage kneels next to the 20-pound turkey she took down with a Remington 20 gauge shotgun. “Killed & grilled then off to mall for shoes,” her proud father tweeted. *************** Elizabeth Warren defender: “With this bombshell, I would no longer view the case against her as weak” *************** Military Voters in Wisconsin Told to Submit Ballots a Week After Deadline The Federal Voting Assistance Program website published an incorrect deadline for the return of returning military ballots in Wisconsin. Had this error not been corrected, thousands of Wisconsin servicemen and women could have been disenfranchised in this key swing state this November. *************** How Carter Beat Reagan *************** Democrats’ Advantage in Voter Registration Slipping in Key States *************** Why the Fuss? Obama Has Long Been On Record In Favor Of Redistribution Obama must, however, attract enough voters who do not stand to gain materially from his electoral victory. He needs idealists, feel-gooders, and others so oriented who buy his argument that the government must take care of his coalition members as a positive right. *************** Absentee ballot data not looking good for Democrats One of the keys to Barack Obama's victory in Ohio in 2008 was the early voting game. Ohio Democrats tapped into the enthusiasm advantage they had and got their voters to vote early in overwhelming numbers. On election day itself, John McCain actually won. But Obama had such a large lead with votes already banked, that he won Ohio and put the nail in McCain's coffin. *************** World’s Villains Flock to Endorse Obama *************** Taxpayers spent $1.4 billion on Obama family last year, perks questioned in new book Taxpayers spent $1.4 billion dollars on everything from staffing, housing, flying and entertaining President Obama and his family last year, according to the author of a new book on taxpayer-funded presidential perks. *************** Bumbling Obama: ‘I Want to See Us Export More Jobs’ *************** Full audio of 1998 "redistribution" speech: Obama saw welfare recipients as "majority coalition" The Daily Caller has obtained a complete audio recording of the October 19, 1998 Loyola College forum on community organizing and policymaking during which a future President Barack Obama said he favored the government redistribution of wealth. The audio demonstrates the context of that remark and reveals other far-left positions that Obama held as a state senator. *************** Obama describes murder of U.S. ambassador to Libya and Mid East violence as 'bumps in the road' President Barack Obama referred to recent events in the Middle East, including violent attacks on embassies and the terrorist murder of a US ambassador and three other Americans, as 'bumps in the road'. *************** Elizabeth Warren’s law license problem Maintained private law practice at Cambridge office for over a decade but not licensed in Massachusetts *************** Elizabeth Warren, Unlicensed Lawyer? Over at Legal Insurrection, William Jacobson has a bombshell: considerable evidence that Democrat Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren practiced law in Massachusetts without a license. *************** Elizabeth Warren Admits She Is Not Licensed to Practice Law in Massachusetts Speaking to Boston's 96.9 FM radio program "Jim and Margery" on Monday, Democratic Senate challenger Elizabeth Warren admitted that she is not licensed to practice law in Massachusetts. "Hide The Decline" *************** EPA sued in federal court over illegal human testing ***************JunkScience.com announced today that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has been sued in federal court for conducting illegal life- and health-threatening scientific experiments on human subjects. *************** AARP Made $2.8 Billion off of Obamacare Katrina and Yuval discussed Paul Ryan’s performance at the AARP convention last week, where Ryan was booed for advocating the repeal of Obamacare. What a lot of people may not know is that the AARP has an incredibly large financial interest in the health law. War & Terror *************** Panetta: We’ve Lost Track of Syrian Chemical Weapons *************** Is Bill Ayers Influencing ‘Race to the Top’? A close colleague of the former terrorist is deeply involved in designing the president's program. *************** A Terrorist Under the Tent? The closing of the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association always signifies a changing of the guard. New presidents and vice presidents take over. Outgoing officials go home to catch up on lost sleep. *************** Terrorist Professor Bill Ayers and Obama’s Federal School Curriculum *************** Veterans For Peace Travel to Drone War in Pakistan USA 26 September 2012. Seven Members of Veterans For Peace are part of a 40-member delegation organized by Code Pink and planning to be in Pakistan between September 28th and October 10th. National *************** N.J. High School Students Planning Cafeteria Boycott To Protest Obama Guidelines Parsippany Hills Students Ask, Why Should We Pay For The Obese's Problems? *************** CNN and MSNBC Pundit Arrested for Vandalizing Anti-Muslim Ad In N.Y. Subway System The New York Post reported Egyptian-American columnist Mona Eltahawy has been arrested for defacing an anti-Muslim ad in the New York subway system. The video shows her spraying pink paint on the ad while a supporter of the ad tries to block her. She's a journalist for censorship. *************** A few cases to watch in this SCOTUS term Two branches of the federal government – the legislative and executive – have long since checked out and are now working full time to try to save their jobs for the next month or so. But the remaining branch, The Supreme Court, is heading back to work this week, hopefully oblivious to the noise on the election radar *************** Hundreds of Thousands Flee Democrat-Run California Due to high taxes, burdensome regulations, lack of public sector reforms, and a lackluster job climate, more people have left California than come to the state since 2005, according to a comprehensive study by the Manhattan Institute released on Tuesday, suggesting California is no longer “perceived by most Americans as the land where dreams come true.” *************** California Is First to Offer Private-Pension Management California Governor Jerry Brown signed a law that permits as many as 6.3 million private workers without a pension plan to set aside retirement money for management by the state. *************** Fast and Furious back in headlines as Univision reportedly finds more victims Spanish-language television network Univision plans to air a television special that it said reveals more violence than previously known, as well as the stories of how many more Operation Fast and Furious victims were killed, the network announced in a Friday release. *************** NJ School District Cuts Portions for Students $3 Behind on Lunch Payment It’s bad enough that school children across the nation are going hungry on the skimpy portions offered through the Michelle Obama lunch menu. *************** Woman 'attacked' while defending anti-jihad subway ad plans to sue activist who sprayed painted HER The woman who stood between a self-professed activist's spray painting attack of an anti-jihad poster in New York City told MailOnline she plans to sue over the encounter. *************** Mona Eltahawy wonders why she was arrested: Aaron Worthing clues her in *************** Complaints Mount Against Michelle Obama’s New Lunch Menu In Wisconsin, high school athletes are complaining about not getting enough to eat each day, due to the skimpy new school lunch menu mandated by the United States Department of Agriculture and First Lady Michelle Obama. *************** Confirming US Dumbification, Verbal SAT Scores Just Hit Record Low*************** Case Alleging Discrimination Against Straight Car Renters May Go Forward Economy
& Taxes *************** 79 percent say all Americans should pay income taxes *************** As the UN opens its General Assembly session, it is already thinking up new global taxes A 1 percent tax on billionaires around the world. A tax on all currency trading in the U.S. dollar, the euro, the Japanese yen and the British pound sterling. Another “tiny” tax on all financial transactions, including stock and bond trading, and trading in financial derivatives. New taxes on carbon emissions and on airline tickets. A royalty on all undersea mineral resources extracted more than 100 miles offshore of any nation’s territory. *************** Eurozone inflation in surprise rise in September Inflation in the 17 countries that use the euro rose unexpectedly to a six-month high in September, official figures showed Friday, weakening expectations of another interest rate cut from the European Central Bank. *************** GDP collapse puts U.S. economy into recession red zone *************** ‘It’s all unraveling’ | Is this the last quarter of the recovery? *************** The IRS Has Gone Rogue A president who says “I haven’t raised taxes” has authorized his Internal Revenue Service issue a “final rule” that will illegally tax some 12 million individuals, plus large employers, in as many as 40 states beginning in 2014. Oklahoma’s attorney general has asked a federal court to block this rule. Members of Congress have introduced legislation in both the House and the Senate to quash it. *************** Tim Geithner Acted As CitiBank's Advocate, Rather Than The Government's or the Taxpayer's *************** Rajoy inches toward aid as protests seethe Violent protests in Madrid and growing talk of secession in Catalonia are piling pressure on Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy as he moves closer to asking Europe for rescue money. *************** Greek protest turns violent during general strike Violence has erupted in Greece after an anti-government rally in Athens that drew about 50,000 people. *************** 55 percent of small business owners would not start company today, blame Obama Fifty-five percent of small business owners and manufacturers would not have started their businesses in today’s economy, according to a new poll that also reports 69 percent say President Obama’s regulatory policies have hurt their businesses. *************** Global Growth Has Collapsed The below chart comes from Morgan Stanley's latest Strategy Forum deck, and though it's simple, we suspect a lot of people haven't seen it yet, or really haven't made the connection between the chart and other big economic stories of the day. *************** Exposing China's Shadow Banking System We have in the past attempted to take on the gargantuan task of exposing the multi-trillion Chinese Shadow Banking system *************** Santelli on GDP Numbers: 'Depressingly Weak' *************** Durable goods drop worst since recession New orders for long-lasting U.S. manufactured goods in August fell by the most in 3-1/2 years, pointing to a sharp slowdown in factory activity even as a gauge of planned business spending rebounded. *************** Why China’s slowdown may get permanently worse *************** Coming Crisis to Make Japan’s Lost Decade Look Like a Cake Walk Japan’s “lost decade” of economic stagnation has been dragging on for nearly a quarter century now, but it may be set to get a lot worse, according to The Atlantic. Forget mere economic stagnation: the danger now is of a full-scale financial collapse fueled by a crushing debt burden. *************** US economy grew 1.3 percent rate in second quarter The U.S. economy grew at a sluggish 1.3 percent annual rate in the April-June quarter, held back by the severe drought that reduced farm production in the Midwest. The growth rate was lowered from a previous estimate of 1.7 percent, the Commerce Department said Thursday. *************** International *************** A Chinese Mega City Is On The Verge Of Bankruptcy *************** Business Activity in U.S. Shrinks for First Time Since 2009 Business activity in the U.S. unexpectedly contracted in September for the first time in three years, adding to signs manufacturing will contribute less to the economic recovery. *************** Researchers out voter fraud by using statistical methods... Researchers analyzed election results in Russia and found evidence of voter fraud *************** Empty Seats at UN Signal Decline of World Body Hamstrung by Veto While the familiar clashes among countries echo through the 193-member United Nations General Assembly hall this week, empty seats will bear mute testimony to the world body’s waning significance. *************** No European Homage to Catalonia? The effects of the euro crisis on European finances are well-documented, but now it is stirring up longstanding ethnic crises as well. In Spain, more than 600,000 Catalan protesters have taken to the streets calling for more autonomy for their region, which has long been the economic powerhouse of Spain. *************** U.S. officials say China behind cyber attacks on Japan A recent series of cyber attacks on Japanese Internet sites originated in China and were viewed as a possible prelude to military action, according to defense officials familiar with details of the attacks. *************** The Great California Exodus: A Closer Look For decades after World War II, California was a destination for Americans in search of a better life. In many people’s minds, it was the state with more jobs, more space, more sunlight, and more opportunity. They voted with their feet, and California grew spectacularly (its population increased by 137 percent between 1960 and 2010). However, this golden age of migration into the state is over. For the past two decades, California has been sending more people to other American states than it receives from them. Since 1990, the state has lost nearly 3.4 million residents through this migration. *************** Man Crushed by Steamroller On Orders of Chinese Officials Villager attempted to resist forced government relocation *************** Venezuela's marathon man looks to run down Chavez Henrique Capriles, an opposition leader who runs marathons in his spare time, hopes to give Hugo Chavez a close race in elections next weekend, reports Philip Sherwell. *************** Greek police send crime victims to neo-Nazi 'protectors' Far-right Golden Dawn party filling vacuum for those neglected by state after MPs elected to fight 'immigrant scum' *************** Nazi-Acquired Buddha Statue Came From Space It sounds like a mash-up of Indiana Jones' plots, but German researchers say a heavy Buddha statue brought to Europe by the Nazis was carved from a meteorite that likely fell 10,000 years ago along the Siberia-Mongolia border. *************** 'Expect to be shot if you burgle gun owners', judge warns criminals A judge has defended the rights of people to protect their homes, telling two burglars shot during a break-in: “That is the chance you take.” *************** Venezuela imports oil despite having largest reserves As Venezuela becomes an importer of petroleum despite its large reserves, some are concerned that the country is losing a sizable amount of petroleum to smugglers along the border with Colombia. *************** Taiwanese boats off disputed East China Sea islands Dozens of Taiwanese vessels, including coastguard ships, have entered waters around disputed East China Sea islands, Japanese officials say. *************** France set to ban the words 'mother' and 'father' from official documents France is set to ban the words "mother" and "father" from all official documents under controversial plans to legalise gay marriage. *************** Opinion *************** Tocqueville on the 47 Percent Romney’s “inelegant” comments about the 47 percent who don’t pay taxes is regarded by the mainstream media as the equivalent of “You didn’t build that,” but one wonders how the argument might come across if it were put more elegantly. *************** The Tribe of Liberty When Islamists lecture us, it’s time to circle the wagons. *************** The Normative Power of Law and the Emotional Power of Drama *************** |
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