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How megalomania explains
Obama’s response to the Arab Spring

Power Line, by Paul Mirengoff Original Article

Posted By: Pluperfect- 9/25/2012 5:13:47 PM Post Reply

This critical look by the New York Times at President Obama’s responses to the “Arab Spring” is very much worth reading. It describes the “hard lesson[] the president ha[s] learned over almost two years of political turmoil in the Arab world” as follows: “bold words and support for democratic aspirations are not enough to engender good will in this region, especially not when hampered by America’s own national security interests.” How is it that an American president didn’t know this from the beginning? The explanation, the Times makes clear, resides in Obama’s megalomania.

Barack Obama to UN: another painfully
‘historic’ speech for young Democrats
to download on their iPods

Telegraph [UK], by Tim Stanley Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 9/25/2012 4:48:54 PM Post Reply

Obama’s speeches all come in one tone--what the mainstream media calls “historic”.[Snip] He should’ve torn into the dictators, slammed the terrorists and explained why the US doesn’t censor its private citizens. He did all of the above, but diluted with so much else that was painfully “historic” that it sounded more like “I Want to Teach the World to Sing.” Obama’s message? The world wants freedom, but a handful of nasty people living in caves are distracting us. So let’s all be like Gandhi and try to get along. Here’s what Mr History got wrong.

German business mood
sinks as clouds gather

Deutsche Welle, by Staff w/ agencies Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/25/2012 4:38:35 PM Post Reply

Sliding for the fifth consecutive month, German business sentiment has hit its lowest level since early 2010, according to a key economic indicator. Overall outlook is marred by pessimism and angst about the eurozone. The German Business Climate Index fell to 101.4 points in September from 102.3 points in August, the Munich-based Institute for Economic Research (Ifo) said Monday, after polling 7,000 firms in the course of the month. (Snip) "The companies surveyed are again less satisfied with their current business situation, and express greater pessimism about the future," said Ifo President Hans-Werner Sinn in a statement.

Bad tidings reignite Greek fears

Deutsche Welle, by Christoph Hasselbach Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/25/2012 4:36:08 PM Post Reply

There are fresh rumors that the Greek budget deficit may yet again be greater than expected. The new ESM rescue fund, which is to be finalized next month, may need some tweaking as a result. In Brussels, everybody is waiting for the new report by the troika of international lenders, consisting of the EU Commission, European Central Bank (ECB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). But for the time being the troika has taken a week's break, and once again the release date of the report has been postponed. A bad sign? (Snip) Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has repeatedly

Gang-related funeral processions
upset residents of Beverly,
Mount Greenwood

Chicago Tribune, by Jeremy Gorner Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/25/2012 4:26:29 PM Post Reply

As the funeral procession headed through Chicago's Far Southwest Side, mourners weaved in and out of traffic, leaned out of car windows as they sang to music blaring from their stereos and flashed gang signs, a video on YouTube showed. These rowdy processions for slain street gang members have upset many residents of Mount Greenwood and Beverly, who say they create a public safety problem. There have even been reports of shots fired, police say. Neighbors want a number of cemeteries in the area as well as funeral homes to take more responsibility for the mayhem, but the businesses say

Romney Should Offer Presidential-
style TV Addresses

National Review, by Deroy Murdock Original Article

Posted By: Judy W.- 9/25/2012 4:24:14 PM Post Reply

Newsmax editor Chris Ruddy has an excellent idea that could help Governor Mitt Romney win this election: He should deliver several televised, 30-minute national speeches on his major proposals. These should resemble presidential addresses. Governor Romney should sit behind a flag-flanked desk, stare right into the camera, and speak specifically and reassuringly about each of the Romney-Ryan campaign’s five key reform planks: (Snip) Ruddy got the idea for these Oval Office–like orations after speaking with Michael Reagan. The son of America’s 40th president recalled that his father overcame the Left’s caricature of him as a dimwitted, wacky cowboy.

Abu Hamza: Terrorist,
Welfare Sheikh

National Review, by Charles C. W. Cooke Original Article

Posted By: Judy W.- 9/25/2012 4:17:38 PM Post Reply

The British press is aflutter with the news that the Queen of England personally requested of her government an explanation as to why it seemed unable to arrest and deport Abu Hamza, a convicted seditionist who was involved in the London bombings of July 7, 2005, and is wanted in several countries. By all accounts, what so vexed Her Majesty was the public spectacle of Hamza’s denouncing Britain so violently while employing its court system and government services to ensure that he could remain at large —

Animal activist and former
city commissioner
questioned over $70,000

Chicago Tribune, by Matthew Walberg Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/25/2012 4:16:50 PM Post Reply

The Illinois Attorney General’s office sued a prominent animal rights activist today to compel her to explain why the non-profit animal rescue group she heads made $70,000 in questionable payments to her mother and to a close friend. Cherie Travis, a former commissioner for the Chicago Department of Animal Care and Control, founded People and Animals in Community Together Human Society in 2000 to provide care and adoption for unwanted and abused pets. (Snip) The lawsuit — which names both women as defendants — alleges Travis had sole control over a PACT account from which checks totaling $55,000 were sent

Venezuela poll: Chavez
leading rival by 10 points

Associated Press, by Fabiola Sanchez Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/25/2012 4:09:14 PM Post Reply

Caracas, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez held a 10-point lead over rival Henrique Capriles in one of the final polls ahead of Venezuela's Oct. 7 election, but the survey released Tuesday showed the challenger narrowing the gap. The poll by Datanalisis, one of Venezuela's most respected polling firms, found that about 49 percent said they intend to vote for Chavez and about 39 percent said they plan to vote for Capriles. About 11 percent didn't reveal a preference, said Luis Vicente Leon, a director of the polling firm.

Egypt: 3 sentenced
for 'morality' killing

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/25/2012 4:06:42 PM Post Reply

Cairo - An Egyptian court has convicted three Islamists of killing a student this summer as he sat in a quiet park with his fiancée, sentencing them to 15 years in prison in a case that sparked fears of vigilantes trying to enforce strict religious mores. The state-owned Middle East News Agency said the Tuesday verdict was read out in a heavily-guarded courtroom in the Red Sea city of Suez, where 20-year-old Ahmed Hussein Eid was killed in June. According to security officials at the time, three bearded men argued with Eid for loitering in the park with a woman

New Elizabeth Warren ad:
My parents told me my mom
was part Native American,
so there you go

Hot Air, by Allahpundit Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/25/2012 4:02:36 PM Post Reply

I didn’t think that exchange over her heritage at the debate last week had drawn any blood, but evidently it did. There’s no way her team would waste resources in addressing this subject unless they didn’t like the feedback they got afterward. And if that doesn’t convince you, check out the second clip below: Brown is now running attack ads on it. (Snip) The defense, incidentally, is predictable: Brown’s not attacking her, he’s attacking her family. The monster.

N. Carolina paper calls on
Obama to punish Sebelius

Daily Caller, by Alex Pappas Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/25/2012 3:47:45 PM Post Reply

A North Carolina newspaper is calling on President Obama to punish cabinet secretary Kathleen Sebelius, who was found in violation of the Hatch Act earlier this month for giving a political speech while conducting official business in the Tar Heel state. An editorial published Tuesday in The Gaston Gazette of Gastonia, North Carolina declares, “Either we should enforce the Hatch Act or take it off the books.” “Although unlikely to happen, the secretary should be punished for her transgression,” the newspaper’s editorial said. “Her activities set a poor example for other federal employees.”

Political Correctness and
the Rise of Sharia Law

Breitbart's Big Hollywood, by Robert Davi Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/25/2012 3:44:36 PM Post Reply

My Dear Friends, In a follow up to my article last week, I ask you to watch this! [video follows] Now, there could be several points of view. Perhaps this is some CIA misinformation video to cause Islamophobia -- or some vast right wing conspiracy, or Christians are responsible -- or no, maybe it's none of these. Maybe it's ... that's it, the Jews, they are behind it! There they go again! Or what if it is just as the video depicts? What then? (Snip) Could it be that David Horowitz and others have forewarned us? Could it be that

Iran test-fires anti-warship
missiles near the
Strait of Hormuz

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/25/2012 3:39:55 PM Post Reply

The missiles were fired simultaneously and hit a "big target" the size of a warship, sinking it within 50 seconds, Gen. Ali Fadavi of the powerful Revolutionary Guard was quoted as saying by the semi-official Fars news agency. The Fars report late Monday was the first indication of an Iranian military exercise taking place simultaneously and close to U.S.-led joint naval maneuvers in the Persian Gulf, including mine-sweeping drills, which got under way last week. (Snip) Fadavi did not elaborate on the ongoing Iranian exercise or the type of missiles fired but said the Guard is planning a "massive naval

Wash. Post coverage of Ahmadinejad:
Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil

American Thinker, by Leo Rennart Original Article

Posted By: DW626- 9/25/2012 3:36:50 PM Post Reply

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is in New York, using a convenient UN platform to vent his threats to eliminate Israel. But you wouldn't know that by reading the Washington Post's coverage. In its Sept. 25 edition, the Post runs an egregiously benign article about the Iranian leader, with a six column headline that captures the flavor of correspondent Anne Gearan's spin: "Iran's president accuses Israel of 'threatening' U.S." (top of page A10). Gearan's Ahmadinejad apologia focuses almost entirely on his attempts to paint Israel as the villain, while ignoring Iran's ongoing genocidal threats against the Jewish state.

NFL Monday Night ‘Debacle’
Seen Yielding Labor Settlement

Bloomberg News, by Mason Levinson & Erik Matuszewski Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/25/2012 3:36:12 PM Post Reply

New York - The Seattle Seahawks’ last-second win over the Green Bay Packers may be the watershed moment that leads to a labor agreement between the National Football League and its locked-out officials, according to sports labor professors. (Snip) “The result of the game is final,” the NFL said in its statement explaining the ruling. It was exactly the kind of conclusion, one determined by officiating, that might lead the league to find a way to reach a deal with the NFL Referees Association before any further damage is done to the game, said Paul Haagen, a professor of sports

Roger Goodell's phone number
tweeted by Wisconsin state senator

Chicago Tribune, by Chuck Schilken Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 9/25/2012 3:33:14 PM Post Reply

Roger Goodell is hearing from disgruntled NFL fans Tuesday morning, thanks at least in part to a Wisconsin state senator who tweeted the commissioner's office phone number after the Green Bay Packers apparently were robbed of a victory by replacement officials on "Monday Night Football." Jon Erpenbach, a Democrat who has represented the 27th Senate District since 1999, posted a series of messages via Twitter after the chaotic ending to Seattle's 14-12 victory over the Packers, during which Seahawks' receiver Golden Tate was award a touchdown catch on the final play of the game

Romney rally attendees consider
debt, government dependency

WHIO-TV [Dayton, OH], by Lynn Hulsey Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 9/25/2012 3:27:50 PM Post Reply

A crowd braved cold, wet weather Tuesday afternoon to hear from Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Tuesday on the tarmac outside Wright Brothers Aero in Vandalia. Romney, running mate U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, and U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-KY are at the rally as part of the campaign’s bus tour of Ohio. Ryan earlier attended a rally in Cincinnati and the plane he arrived in near the stage on the tarmac. Orange-clad workers manned a set of mobile steps, awaiting the arrival of Romney’s plane, which was to land within view of the crowd.

Islamists Murder
Nigerian Christians

New American, by James Heiser Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/25/2012 3:21:14 PM Post Reply

More than nine months after Boko Haram, an Islamist terror organization in Nigeria, demanded that Christians immediately vacate the northern states of that African nation, Christians are continuing to be murdered while the government struggles to wage a campaign against the destabilizing guerrilla forces. The most recent attack perpetrated by members of Boko Haram took place in the northern city of Bauchi, when a car bomb was detonated by its driver at the gates of St. John’s Church. For years, Boko Haram — a name which means “Western education is sinful” in the Hausa language — has waged a campaign

Romney calls for
overhauling U.S. foreign aid

Los Angeles Times, by Seema Mehta Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/25/2012 3:19:07 PM Post Reply

New York City - Mitt Romney said Tuesday that the United States must rethink how it awards foreign aid, and should work more with the private sector to nurture free enterprise and open economies in developing nations. (Snip) Romney called the United States the most charitable nation in the world, but said sometimes aid money has not been used effectively. In 2011, the U.S. government provided about $30 billion in development assistance, more than twice as much as the second most generous country, Germany. But the U.S. was 19th on the donor list if aid dollars are considered as a

Afghan teen whipped 100 times

Agence France-Presse, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/25/2012 3:16:06 PM Post Reply

Kabul - Police in Afghanistan have arrested five people over the public flogging of a 16-year-old girl for allegedly having an affair, an official said on Tuesday. The girl, who has been named only as Sabera, was whipped 100 times in front of village elders and family members in Jaghuri district of Ghazni province on 9 September and is said to be in poor health. "Police have arrested five people in connection with the case.'' (Snip) The flogging was reportedly ordered by a cleric. The girl's alleged boyfriend was fined $1 600.

Willie Nelson pens new memoir

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 9/25/2012 3:11:39 PM Post Reply

NASHVILLE, Tenn.— Willie Nelson has proven to be one of America's most prolific songwriters. Turns out he's no slouch when it comes to memoirs, either: He has a new one due in November. Nelson will release "Roll Me Up And Smoke Me When I Die" on Nov. 13. Publisher William Morrow says the American music icon will tell never-before-heard stories about his life, family, music, politics, Texas, religion and favorite recreational activity. A news release says the book will include contributions from family and friends, artwork by his son Micah and a forward by author, musician

Gold is not just a lunatic
fringe investment

CNN Money, by Paul R. La Monica Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/25/2012 3:10:57 PM Post Reply

Gold is often derisively referred to as an investment that only kooks who are preparing for the end of the world in a bunker can love. But it might be time to stop with all the gold bashing. Sure, plans to return to the gold standard may still seem a bit extreme. (Sorry Ron Paul and your loyal minions!) Yet if you look at the reason why gold has done so well lately, it seems logical to expect the price of the yellow metal could continue to climb, blow past its current all-time high (not adjusted for inflation) of about

Don't Panic: Arctic methane
emissions have been
going on for ages

Register [London, UK], by Lewis Page Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/25/2012 3:07:30 PM Post Reply

Scientists returning from a seaborne expedition to the Arctic say that the ongoing panic in some quarters regarding runaway emissions of methane from the chilly polar seas - and associated imminent global-warming disaster - appears to be unjustified. For those unacquainted with this particular panic, the idea is that rising Arctic sea temperatures caused by humans in recent times are causing methane locked up as hydrates on the chilly seabed to be emitted into the atmosphere as gas – as methane hydrates are only stable at very low temperatures and high pressures. (Snip) Kiel tells us so, in an announcement

Egyptian President:
U.S. Not Our Ally

New American, by James Heiser Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 9/25/2012 3:03:36 PM Post Reply

After nearly two years of support from the Obama administration for the “Arab Spring” movement that Islamists used to gain power, the new president of Egypt is rewarding his American ally with the retort: “You’re not an ally — you’re a friend.” A September 22 article for the New York Times highlights a host of problems with the relationship between the United States and Egypt with its headline: “Egypt’s New Leader Spells Out Terms for U.S.-Arab Ties.” (Snip) Morsi’s retort comes in the midst of growing anti-American rhetoric and rioting sweeping through the Muslim world, and stands as proof that

Why the media spin on the Nov. 6
presidential election is wrong

Washington Times, by Wesley Pruden Original Article

Posted By: Maryland_Patriot- 9/25/2012 2:55:24 PM Post Reply

A few more “really bad weeks” like last week for Mitt Romney and somebody will have to stick a fork in President Obama. He’ll be done. Despite the hammering Mr. Romney took from the president and his media claque, he moved from 5 or 6 points behind in the Gallup Poll to a dead-even tie at the end of the week. Rasmussen, whose different methodology has made it consistently the most reliable of the polls, called the race dead-even as well. The president still leads in several of the swing states, so-called, but in some of those his lead is shrinking.

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