Lucianne.com News Forum - HomePage - RSS (http://www.lucianne.com/) http://www.lucianne.com/rssfeed/ Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:14:57 GMT Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:14:57 GMT Lucianne.com Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:14:27 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=503959 11C8BFE7F797DB47BC93F52ED3FE5E584952D6595F1300778D123D6E4518EBAC Gaston Gazette [NC], by Staff Posted By: goblin- Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:14:27 GMT A North Carolina congressman dashing to catch a plane dumped his SUV at the end of a row of properly parked cars at Charlotte's airport. The Gaston Gazette reports Wednesday that Republican Rep. Patrick McHenry parked his Ford Explorer straddling a curb in a parking lot at Charlotte'Douglas International Airport on Sunday. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:12:41 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=503958 427525425F0020187F36244C4D6751DA344349F48B76181F1EC4E72254B2E820 CNN/Money, by Carla Fried Posted By: Photoonist- Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:12:41 GMT Last week’s stream of economic data points to the emergence of a great divide. On the positive side, annualized third'quarter GDP was up 3.5 percent compared to the prior quarter. (Keep in mind that this is an ''advance'' estimate from the Dept. of Commerce. Stay tuned for revisions.) But consumer spending for September fell 0.5 percent. That’s the biggest dip since December 2008 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:06:16 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=503957 D1B7C4BABD7C2646E0D153EDA6C0A704EAD111D0ED3FCEBF75C03A5E6606B914 Washington Examiner, by David Freddoso Posted By: Photoonist- Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:06:16 GMT As Democrats expand their health insurance reform bill from 1,000 to 2,000 pages, Republicans on the Joint Economic Committee expand their chart outlining how the new health insurance system will look. It ain't pretty. As you can see on the click'through, the chart describing the old bill is contained within the small yellow rectangle in the middle. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:54:38 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=503956 579875E5E653B8015E46CFACAB69FECDC8C386C615C38B5A943D72CFD8F0D88D Fox News, by Walid Phares Posted By: Liberty7- Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:54:38 GMT The Fort Hood killings, perpetrated by Major Malik Nadal Hasan a psychiatrist by training, no matter what the judiciary reports conclude is, for now, the largest single terror act in America since 9/11. This quantitative finding will take into consideration dramatic change in the data released by authorities. However, the most important matter confronting us now is that we must not fail to properly analyze Hasan's possible motives. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:53:42 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=503955 FA03DDFC722B974C148925F09591C5117474CBAEC44A317BC82B1FF491C9D0AD Los Angeles Times, by Andrew Malcolm & Mark Milian Posted By: JoniTx- Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:53:42 GMT A year ago Wednesday, then'Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin stood by while her Republican running mate, Sen. John McCain, delivered his concession speech outside the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix.Turns out Palin would have liked to give a little speech too, thanking some folks, graciously wishing the best to the Barack Obama winning ticket and introducing with effusive praise the man who plucked her from the political obscurity of Anchorage and thrust her, unprepared but eager, onto Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:53:31 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=503954 E726335A1AE6DD92D5A9557DCFCB5926E0B4E8C423F87DAC909205FC980338A5 Telegraph [UK], by Philip Sherwell and Alex Spillius Posted By: GaGardener- Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:53:31 GMT Major Nidal Malik Hasan worshipped at a mosque led by a radical imam said to be a "spiritual adviser" to three of the hijackers who attacked America on Sept 11, 2001. Hasan, the sole suspect in the massacre of 13 fellow US soldiers in Texas, attended the controversial Dar al'Hijrah mosque in Great Falls, Virginia, in 2001 at the same time as two of the September 11 terrorists, The Sunday Telegraph has learnt. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:52:30 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=503953 30C323CB74AF9313C5BBCD21B732504D0DF2E9CA30BD6B7A3E35B61BE09853C4 Bloomberg, by Jeff Bliss and Viola Gienger Posted By: PageTurner- Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:52:30 GMT The shooting that killed 13 people on a U.S. Army base in Texas has spurred the Obama administration to re'examine the stresses on a military force that has been at war for eight years. In the aftermath of Major Nidal Malik Hasan allegedly shooting fellow soldiers at Fort Hood Army Base on Nov. 5, officials said they are redoubling efforts to study the impact of multiple redeployments and battlefield experiences. “We have been trying very Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:51:58 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=503952 9BF6D3F318291F55B9A3C7DB39F6F462CCE1D33060D269F610B164F5917DA727 Reuters, by Staff Posted By: Photoonist- Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:51:58 GMT Washington ' A videotape of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden released on Friday is the Pashto'language version of a tape released several months ago, said IntelCenter, a U.S.'based terrorism monitoring firm. The tape, titled "To Our People in Pakistan,'' was broadly released in Arabic and Urdu on July 12, (Snip) In his remarks broadcast by Al Jazeera in June, Saudi'born bin Laden said U.S. President Barack Obama had planted the seeds of ''revenge and Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:49:09 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=503951 437B81ED3C5A4E32FF89BFAC6BEF4889BD7AE653064794802847EC3865B08FA0 Reuters, by Ori Lewis Posted By: Photoonist- Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:49:09 GMT Al'Bireh, West Bank ' The grandfather of a U.S. Army psychiatrist accused of shooting dead 13 people and wounding 30 others at a base in Texas said on Saturday he found it impossible to believe his grandson had committed the act. ''He is a doctor and loves the U.S.'' Ismail Mustafa Hamad told Reuters in an interview at his home in the Palestinian town of al'Bireh. ''America made him what he is.'' Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:41:29 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=503950 402D7616DA70E91681AC472C765911ED5F0B28B5F0E73158AFF7C6C0945E6A2E Toronto Sun [Canada], by Peter Worthington Posted By: Liberty7- Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:41:29 GMT One thing not being mentioned openly about the Fort Hood massacre of 13 American soldiers and the wounding of 30 others, is whether this was a version of suicide bombing. That is, was the suspect, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, something of a Jihadist "sleeper" intent on replicating a suicide bomber to maximize his opposition to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan? We don't know ... yet ... but it's a spectre so alarming one hardly Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:41:02 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=503949 7C457EFAE1FED22248CA487BD8B58F32C39413DDDC4BE63FAA1DF61EE2FE09DA The Times [UK], by Robin Henry Posted By: JoniTx- Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:41:02 GMT A UK tourist has been shot dead after a gunman opened fire in an American bar. Father'of'one Thomas Reeve, 28, was killed in Amarillo, Texas, after an armed robbery at the Spotted Pony Lounge. Reeve was out with two friends on Thursday evening when a man wearing a cloth over his face opened fire before robbing and sexually assaulting the customers. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:38:18 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=503948 1E814FBCBFC35F42FF183FEE1903D8F61C7C653FE92F915D5BAFC679E08566F7 Chicago Tribune, by Dan Simmons Posted By: Photoonist- Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:38:18 GMT Ermir Spahiu was pulled over by police for his window'mounted GPS unit. For Tina Ross, it was her handicapped placard. And Mark Hubbard was nailed for an air freshener. All three Illinois drivers were stopped for what they thought were innocent items placed near their windshields. (Snip) An increasing number of drivers are being cited for windshield and window obstructions, which can include anything an officer deems to ''materially obstruct'' a driver's vision. The only Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:37:02 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=503947 1868289836EF0E825D1B00376787DD9F10012AD6051B964A40810169056090FA Telegraph [U.K.], by Staff Posted By: PageTurner- Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:37:02 GMT The staples were removed from a list of rationed foods that most Cubans depend on, permitting them to buy as much of the products as they want – at 20 times more than they used to. The move comes amid efforts by Raul Castro's government to scale back Cuba's subsidy'rich, cash'poor economy. Lunches which cost so little they were almost free lunches were eliminated from some state'cafeterias in September. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:36:40 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=503946 172588360BC00203FB7AB63CFB6D5B6B1A2BA1ABBD698A47225178951A4666EE Politico, by Glenn Thrush Posted By: JoniTx- Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:36:40 GMT There's no way to predict what the final vote on the health care bill will be, but the body language of Democrats in the chamber today suggests they are, for whatever reasons, breathing a little easier.(Snip)At some point, people began unwrapping copies of bill and handing it to the speaker for her autograph.The first member I saw ask was Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D'NY). Pelosi seemed stunned but obliged, Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:36:35 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=503945 F35E921D6D032672BAA6879442A5EFFBE891EFD570F0C0685D05BD084B11BD6F Toronto Sun [Canada], by Michael Coren Posted By: Liberty7- Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:36:35 GMT I just can't keep it in. I know I shouldn't boast but, well, as a Roman Catholic I simply have to. We've won. I mean, we actually have won. The church founded by Christ has become the one and only institution hated by assorted Marxists, maniacs and misanthropes. In the space of a single week, we had the following: The Washington Post ran achingly predictable self'promoter and professional atheist, Richard Dawkins, writing that the Catholic Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:33:40 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=503944 117DD6FE3C137D4E224C539C4340F9180CB7F12A5F86C24DF726B8E3D6A78FEE Toronto Sun [Canada], by Salim Mansur Posted By: Liberty7- Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:33:40 GMT Twenty years ago on Nov. 9, a captive people of a divided continent literally with their hands dismantled the Berlin Wall. This wall represented not merely the totalitarian tyranny of Soviet Communism, but the eternal ugliness and evil of that inherent disposition in man to deny the freedom of another to live his life as he wishes. A whole generation has come of age since then with insufficient memory, or none, of that moment in Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:33:19 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=503943 A9FF31CA8D027AAD519800CBA57ECD524E068D9D08BE8021AE9CE5C2AD96C411 Reuters, by Mario Naranjo Posted By: PageTurner- Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:33:19 GMT TEGUCIGALPA ' Honduras' ousted president and de facto leader gave signs they would try again on Saturday to form a unity government to guide the country out of a four'month crisis after the process collapsed a day earlier. President Manuel Zelaya, a refugee in his own country in the Brazilian Embassy, early on Friday declared dead a pact to end the crisis, while de facto leader Roberto Micheletti said he would form a new government Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:33:04 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=503942 5D847954184CC1E428E643887FB87981C7C9096AC07CA12476E5AC117B47BD1D Politico, by Patrick O'Connor Posted By: JoniTx- Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:33:04 GMT House Speaker Nancy Pelosi all'but'predicted passage of a House health reform bill Saturday, following an emotional appeal from President Barack Obama to fellow Democrats urging them to “answer the call of history” and vote yes. “Now’s the time to finish the job,” Obama said in the Rose Garden, following a 30'minute closed'door meeting with the House Democratic caucus on Capitol Hill. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:29:13 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=503941 9EEA4E366F411EEFC25D77B2B1E8D243B9598014D9C47FDCD3A790C99E5549E9 Wall Street Journal, by Yochi J. Dreazen Posted By: Photoonist- Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:29:13 GMT The deadly rampage at Fort Hood is forcing Pentagon officials to confront difficult questions about the military's growing Muslim population. The military has worked hard to recruit more Muslims since the start of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the number of Muslim troops, while still small, has been increasing. There were 3,409 Muslims in the active'duty military as of April 2008 (Snip) At West Point, Army officials said there were just 24 Muslim Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:26:29 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=503940 BA7AD260157FB253080AC48A1BD5C23C559BD8D685A7482E684D90B74FF38454 Gannett News Service, by Staff Posted By: PageTurner- Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:26:29 GMT You'll never hear a woman wearing Colombian jeans ask, "Do these make my butt look big?" '' because that's the whole point. Colombian jeans '' commonly called "butt lifting" jeans '' are touted as jeans that raise your derriere naturally, without fillers or rods. The jeans are wildly popular among Latinas. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:25:16 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=503939 14F93BFE8B8F7F4CC675B3DAC08DE1FE2E868D9E92C154F5D4422B39FEC5B5B1 Fox News, by Staff Posted By: Photoonist- Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:25:16 GMT It was one of the of the deadliest mass shootings on a U.S. base, but the shooting rampage at Fort Hood that killed 13 and wounded as many as 38 this week has sparked a debate about whether it was an act of terrorism. (Snip) The military has said he was scheduled to deploy to Afghanistan, and family members suggested he was trying to avoid serving overseas. That doesn't add up to the prelude to Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:24:09 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=503938 9E1933E3AFBBF2C608A1030E35FF37F6B97980973B38252ECAB6F6EFFF5A14C8 Foreign Policy, by Josh Rogin Posted By: GaGardener- Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:24:09 GMT There are increasing signs the administration is wrapping up its Afghanistan strategy review and planning a rollout toward the end of the week beginning November 16, immediately after President Obama and other top officials return from Asia. Reliable sources tell The Cable that the review has entered its final stages, with Defense Secretary Robert Gates and National Security Advisor Jim Jones now taking the lead and putting on the final touches. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:22:01 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=503937 F5574C9FAB390D848144B511EE360835E2E0B463CD89A69FB9D06CC0DA88544C BBC News, by Penny Spiller Posted By: Photoonist- Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:22:01 GMT Major Nidal Malik Hasan is a career soldier with some 20 years experience, who had trained as a psychiatrist and treated troops returning from combat. He is also reported to be a devout Muslim, who attended daily prayers at a mosque and was seen on the morning of the shooting wearing traditional Arabic dress as he shopped for groceries. (Snip) He had also long wanted to leave the army after suffering harassment because of his Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:07:08 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=503936 02F11388369D4817041CA00F8484BE7CFD6F2895AFB02F71EA52A5D396C39B17 American Thinker, by Eric Rozenman Posted By: Photoonist- Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:07:08 GMT A myth congeals around memories of Walter Cronkite. Burnished by President Obama and former President Clinton, among others, at what Washington Post media writer Howard Kurtz called ''an extravagantly produced ceremony'' in New York City's Lincoln Center on September 9, it apparently admits of no critical scrutiny. (Snip) Though he was, according to one poll, ''the most trusted man in America'' during his ''Evening News'' reign, Cronkite violated that trust in a way that helped Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:04:10 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=503935 6EF0A6E3F0780C03359FE71CEE054DF0C6729D6F590FC34B0B03C7075066078D Reuters, by Staff Posted By: GaGardener- Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:04:10 GMT WASHINGTON''President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, will attend a memorial service in Fort Hood, Texas, on Tuesday for victims of a mass shooting. The White House announced the trip on Saturday. Obama is scheduled to depart on Wednesday on an Asia tour. (Snip) Obama devoted his weekly radio address to the Fort Hood shootings, which he called "a crime against our nation." Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:00:52 GMT http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=503934 23A30090C62433229EB522DE37C88DBB34F545AB13364C1F8A6615BD9DAEC01C Agence France'Presse, by Staff Posted By: Photoonist- Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:00:52 GMT Tehran ' Iran is refusing to send its low'enriched uranium abroad for further processing, the influential head of parliament's national security and foreign policy committee was quoted as saying on Saturday. ''We do not want to give part of our 1 200 kilos of enriched uranium in order to receive fuel of 20% enrichment,'' Alaeddin Borujerdi told the ISNA news agency. ''This option of giving our enriched uranium gradually or in one go is over