Obama Teams Up With G.E.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/01/21/obama-teams-ge-iran-palaver-peters-arrives-white-house/
“Jeff Immelt’s experience at G.E. and his understanding of the vital role the private sector plays in creating jobs and making America competitive makes him up to the challenge of leading this new council.”.
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“Congress used CBO to get the answer they wanted. I get that. I ran the CBO. They used me too.”
http://reason.com/blog/2011/01/21/congress-used-cbo-to-get-the-a
Last March, as House Democrats were preparing for their final votes on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Douglas Holtz-Eakin published an op-ed in The New York Times arguing that, despite Congressional Budget Office scores indicating otherwise, the president’s health care overhaul would in fact increase the nation’s budget deficit by hundreds of billions of dollars over the long term.
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Accounting Tweak Could Save Fed From Losses
http://www.cnbc.com/id/41198789
Concerns that the Federal Reserve could suffer losses on its massive bond holdings may have driven the central bank to adopt a little-noticed accounting change with huge implications: it makes insolvency much less likely.
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Mexican trucks to be rolling across U.S. in 6 months
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=253605
NEW YORK – Department of Transportation officials and the U.S. trade representative’s office are in Mexico this week negotiating final details of a renewed Mexican truck demonstration project with the goal of allowing foreign long-haul loads to roam U.S. roads by summer.
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Under Pressure From ACLU, Hawaii Senate Ends Daily Prayer
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/hawaii-senate-ends-daily-chamber-prayers/
HONOLULU (AP) — Fearing a possible court challenge, Hawaii’s state Senate has voted to silence the daily prayer offered before each session began — making it the first state legislative body in the nation to halt the practice.
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Proposed Bill Would Create Domestic Violence Registry
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2011/01/21/proposed-bill-would-create-domestic-violence-registry/
RICHARDSON (CBSDFW.COM) – Veronica Galaviz of Richardson is nine months free of the man who tried to first kill her before then taking his own life. Prior to that horrific night, Galaviz said that she spent years being verbally and then physically abused.
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‘Gun’ Hand Gesture Gets Oklahoma 1st-Grader Suspended
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/gun-hand-gesture-gets-oklahoma-1st-grader-suspended/
An Oklahoma 1st-grader was reportedly suspended from school earlier this month after making a gun gesture with his fingers. The boy’s mother, Lydia Fox, says the principal at Parkview Elementary called her earlier this month to tell her that her 7-year-old son had misbehaved during a school assembly by pretending to shoot a gun.
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Antidote to Government’s Education Monopoly
http://biggovernment.com/kolson/2011/01/22/antidote-to-governments-education-monopoly/
Americans are beginning to understand that the government-run assembly-line education system is not working. As I point out in the upcoming “Kids Aren’t Cars” film series, thousands, of not millions of kids are being failed by a system that is geared more towards satisfying adults than educating children.
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Thousands demand ouster of Yemen’s president
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110122/ap_on_re_mi_ea/tunisia_spreading_protests
ADEN, Yemen – Drawing inspiration from the revolt in Tunisia, thousands of Yemenis fed up with their president’s 32-year rule demanded his ouster Saturday in a noisy demonstration that appeared to be the first large-scale public challenge to the strongman.
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Almond the cat never leaves his tree, but he has a true friend who watches over him
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/article_b9330ace-242a-11e0-94c6-001cc4c03286.html
In the hollow of a maple tree not far from the road, Ron Venden has made a cozy dwelling for the 7-month-old cat he swears has never left its tree home.
News Articles For 1/11
January 11, 2011 — Operation RoosterAfghan, Coalition Forces Kill, Detain Insurgents
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62394
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10, 2011 – Afghan and coalition killed at least 15 insurgents and detained numerous others today in operations throughout southern and eastern Afghanistan, military officials reported.
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Embattled U.S. Special Inspector General For Afghanistan Resigns As Calls For Oversight Grow
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/10/afghanistan-special-inspector-general-resigns-oversight_n_805761.html
WASHINGTON — Arnold Fields, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, stepped down Monday amid widespread congressional dissatisfaction with his office’s oversight of U.S. operational spending.
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The Fed’s QE2 Traders, Buying Bonds by the Billions
http://www.cnbc.com/id/41019109
Deep inside the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the $600 billion man is fast at work. In a spare, government-issue office in Lower Manhattan, behind a bank of cubicles and a scruffy copy machine, Josh Frost and a band of market specialists are making the Fed’s ultimate Wall Street trade.
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Shocking! 80 million swamp Medicare by 2030
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=249305
The largest number of seniors ever to retire in America begins retiring this year, leaving little doubt that Medicare will be able to continue operating unless government-paid health-care services are rationed, Jerome Corsi’s Red Alert reports.
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Citizen Soros: Suppressing Conservative Ideas (Part 2 in a Series)
http://biggovernment.com/mvadum/2011/01/11/citizen-soros-suppressing-conservative-ideas-part-2-in-a-series/
The left has been hyperventilating about Beck ever since he moved from CNN to Fox News in early 2009 and quickly became the Obama administration’s most vociferous high-profile critic. In particular, liberals could not abide Beck righteously fulminating against the shadowy Tides Foundation, a pass-through entity that allows wealthy individuals to give to radical causes anonymously.
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‘Can We Get Someone To Shoot Sarah Palin?’: Twitter Users Call for Palin’s Death
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/can-we-get-someone-to-shoot-sarah-palin-twitter-users-call-for-palins-death/
The tweets are stunning, disturbing, and downright shocking. After the left shamelessly began its campaign to connect Saturday’s shooting to Sara Palin, Twitter users quickly picked up on the sentiment and responded with violent, hateful speech.
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Arizona Aftermath: Beck Issues Challenge to American People, Politicians and Media
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/arizona-aftermath-beck-issues-challenge-to-american-people-politicians-and-media/
While Americans are grappling to understand the Arizona tragedy, the absolute vacuum of leadership on both sides is staggering. We live in a country that has been struck by John Hinckley Jr. and Sirhan Sirhan, Lee Harvey Oswald and Mark David Chapman.
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N.J. Town To Vote On Middle School Drug Tests
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/01/10/new-jersey-town-to-vote-on-middle-school-drug-tests/
BELVIDERE, N.J. (CBS 2) – A proposal to conduct random drug tests of young students in one New Jersey town is raising some eyebrows. Students at Belvidere Elementary School could be adding drug testing to their list of lessons when they move into middle school.
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China denies armed soldiers crossed into India
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110111/ap_on_re_as/as_china_india
BEIJING – China on Tuesday denied a media report that its soldiers intruded into Indian territory in the Kashmir region last fall and threatened Indian construction workers.
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Iran bans “tight jeans,” tattoos at some universities
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE7094G320110110?feedType=RSS&feedName=lifestyleMolt&rpc=22&sp=true
(Reuters) – Iran has enforced a stricter Islamic dress code at a number of universities including a ban on female students wearing long nails, bright clothes and tattoos, a local news agency reported on Monday.
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New baby survived twister, crashing cow
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/01/10/New-baby-survived-twister-crashing-cow/UPI-43991294685567/
WADENA, Minn., Jan. 10 (UPI) — A Minnesota woman says her new baby was named Skylar to note the time last summer when she and her unborn daughter were hit by a flying cow during a tornado.
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Time-Worn Tabby: At 39, Is Lucy the Oldest Cat in the World?
http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/01/09/time-worn-tabby-at-39-is-lucy-the-oldest-cat-in-the-world/
What’s her secret? It must be something in the Fancy Feast. Lucy, from Llanelli, South Wales, is a proud Gen X’er – in her time, she’s lived through eight prime ministers, a handful of wars, and the rise of the technological generation.
News Articles For 12/21
December 21, 2010 — Operation RoosterTF Patriot Soldiers, PRT reach out to children at Afghan orphanage
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/3862-tf-patriot-soldiers-prt-reach-out-to-children-at-afghan-orphanage.html
BAMYAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Soldiers from New Zealand Provincial Reconstruction Team and U.S. Soldiers from 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division gave gifts to Afghan children at an orphanage in Bamyan Province Dec. 15.
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USO tour celebrities visit FOB Shank Soldiers
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/3863-uso-tour-celebrities-visit-fob-shank-soldiers.html
LOGAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Celebrities traveling throughout Afghanistan on a USO tour stopped at Forward Operating Base Shank to meet and entertain and troops for the holiday season Dec. 21.
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Wounded warriors swim with sharks
http://www.army.mil/-news/2010/12/20/49703-wounded-warriors-swim-with-sharks/?ref=news-home-title8
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (Dec. 20, 2010) — Donning full scuba gear, 17 wounded warriors from Fort Bragg’s Warrior Transition Battalion swam Sunday with sharks and other sea life in Georgia Aquarium’s large tank in Atlanta.
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Veteran ‘Screaming Eagles’ Reach Out to Wounded Warriors
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62181
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, 2010 – Army Pfc. Charles “C.J.” Stewart isn’t feeling forgotten this holiday as he recuperates from his combat wounds here at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He’ll be surrounded by his family, a nurturing medical staff and, as a bonus, veterans of the 101st Airborne Division who continue to reach out to today’s “Screaming Eagles.”
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Airmen win honors at worldwide talent search
http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123235769
12/20/2010 – SAN ANTONIO (AFNS) — Air Force entertainment officials selected the top 11 entertainers Dec. 13 at an awards banquet here during the annual Air Force Worldwide Talent Search.
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Welcome to NORAD Tracks Santa
http://www.noradsanta.org/en/index.html
All the preparations for this year are in place! Come back each day to receive updates from the North Pole and to discover new surprises in the Kids’ Countdown Village.
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Holiday Video Features Troops Worldwide
http://afps.dodlive.mil/2010/12/21/holiday-video-features-troops-worldwide/
My colleagues in Defense Media Activity’s emerging media directorate pulled off an amazing feat just in time for the holidays. They called on more than 40 commands from around the world to help them create a holiday video that features servicemembers from every branch of service and in some of the most remote locations in the world. And, as an added bonus, country music star Toby Keith provides the video’s introduction.
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Face of Defense: Veteran Receives Bronze Star 68 Years Later
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62192
FORT McPHERSON, Ga., Dec. 21, 2010 – It was nearly 69 years ago that Seymour S. Lavine came here to enlist, hoping to do his part to end the second World War. He recently returned to collect the Bronze Star the Army said he was due for his heroism in the South Pacific.
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U.S. Military Seeks to Expand Raids in Pakistan
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/21/world/asia/21intel.html?_r=1
WASHINGTON — Senior American military commanders in Afghanistan are pushing for an expanded campaign of Special Operations ground raids across the border into Pakistan’s tribal areas, a risky strategy reflecting the growing frustration with Pakistan’s efforts to root out militants there.
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GREEN MAKE BELIEVE: Van Jones Admits Left is “PRETENDING” Need for Regulations in Green Movement
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/green-make-believe-van-jones-admits-left-is-pretending-need-for-regulations-and-cap-trade-in-green-movement/
NOTE: This video clip is 1:57 long.
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Fed extends program to ease Europe debt crisis
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Fed-extends-program-to-ease-apf-2324425346.html?x=0&.v=8
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve extended a program set up earlier this year to ease strains from the European debt crisis. The program, which was set to expire in January, will now run through Aug. 1, the Fed announced on Tuesday.
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$2tn (trillion) debt crisis threatens to bring down 100 US cities
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/dec/20/debt-crisis-threatens-us-cities
Overdrawn American cities could face financial collapse in 2011, defaulting on hundreds of billions of dollars of borrowings and derailing the US economic recovery. Nor are European cities safe – Florence, Barcelona, Madrid, Venice: all are in trouble.
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Feds want reporting for high-powered rifle sales
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101220/ap_on_re_us/us_gun_sales_reporting_2
WASHINGTON – The federal agency that monitors gun sales wants weapons dealers near the Mexican border to start reporting multiple sales of high-powered rifles, according to a notice published in the Federal Register.
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The Food Safety Bill: A Point-By-Point Guide
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/12/20/point-point-guide-food-safety/
Congress is on the verge of passing a landmark bill aimed at improving food safety, after the Senate passed the proposal for the second time Sunday and sent it over to the House.
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Dem Rep. Tells Russian Media: U.S. Is ‘Banana Republic’ Without Wealth Redistribution
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/dem-rep-tells-russian-media-u-s-is-banana-republic-without-wealth-redistribution/
Without more redistribution of wealth, the United States of America is on the road to becoming a “banana republic,” warns Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill.
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Latest Terror Threat in US Aimed to Poison Food
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/12/20/eveningnews/main7169266.shtml
(CBS) In this exclusive story, CBS News chief investigative correspondent Armen Keteyian reports the latest terror attack to America involves the possible use of poisons – simultaneous attacks targeting hotels and restaurants at many locations over a single weekend.
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Christie Commutes Sentence of Man Serving 7 Years for Transporting Legal Guns
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/christie-commutes-sentence-of-man-serving-7-years-for-transporting-legal-guns/
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has commuted the sentence of a man sentenced to seven years in prison for transporting guns he owned legally. 27-year-old Brian Aitken was arrested, charged, and convicted in 2009 after his mother called 911 (but hung up), worried that he was distraught over not being able to spend time with his son and was considering suicide.
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High School Punishes Christmas Sweater Club for Giving Candy Canes
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/high-school-punishes-christmas-sweater-club-for-giving-candy-canes/
“Littering,“ ”creating a disturbance,“ and ”malicious wounding.” That’s what a group of light-hearted high schoolers are being charged with after they dressed up in wacky Christmas sweaters and distributed candy canes at school.
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‘Bomb’ Found in Rome Subway ‘Could Not Have Exploded’
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/bomb-found-in-rome-subway-could-not-have-exploded/
ROME (AP) — A suspicious package full of wires and powder was found Tuesday in a subway car in Rome, prompting a terror scare during the Christmas season. But the city’s mayor said the device could not have exploded.
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Life Ingredients Found in Superhot Meteorites—A First
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/12/101220-asteroid-meteorite-life-space-science/
Hot on the heels of finding arsenic-loving life-forms, NASA astronomers have uncovered amino acids—the fundamental foundation for life—in a place where they shouldn’t be.
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Pluto Has Oceans Under Ice?
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/12/101216-pluto-ocean-solar-system-science-space/
Frigid Pluto, home to some of our solar system’s chilliest real estate, may well harbor an ocean beneath its miles-thick ice shell, new research suggests. Despite its extreme cold, the dwarf planet still appears to be warm enough to “easily” have a subsurface ocean, according to a new model of the rate at which radioactive heat might still warm Pluto’s core.
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FAA Certifies Santa’s NextGen-Equipped Sleigh for Christmas Eve
http://www.faa.gov/news/press_releases/news_story.cfm?newsId=12237
WASHINGTON – Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) safety inspectors at the North Pole certified Santa One, the reindeer-powered sleigh piloted by Santa Claus, for its Christmas Eve round-the-world delivery mission.
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The Secret Santa of Joplin: $450,000 and Counting
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2037877,00.html?hpt=T2
No one saw a jolly old man with a snow-white beard outside the Walgreens pharmacy in Joplin, Missouri that night. But when the Salvation Army emptied its red kettle after an evening of bell ringing on Dec. 13, it was as though Santa himself had stopped by.
News Articles For 11/1
November 1, 2010 — Operation RoosterTF Iron conducts air assault to stop insurgent attacks
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/press-releases-mainmenu-326/3554-tf-iron-conducts-air-assault-to-stop-insurgent-attacks.html
GHAZNI PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Task Force Iron Rakkasans continue thwart insurgent activities as three platoons took part in an air assault operation into Shamshay Village, Andar District, here Oct. 29.
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Biggest Week of Year for Markets Could Bring More Volatility
http://www.cnbc.com/id/39917655
The mid-term election and the Fed’s November meeting should clear away some uncertainties hanging over markets but may also lead to a new period of heightened volatility.
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Yemen Covert Role Pushed
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704477904575586634028056268.html?mod=WSJ_hp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsTop
WASHINGTON—The foiled mail bombing plot by suspected al Qaeda militants in Yemen has added urgency to an Obama administration review of expanded military options that include putting elite U.S. hunter-killer teams that operate secretly in the country under Central Intelligence Agency authority.
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Yemen: Al-Qaida turncoat alerted Saudis to plot
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101101/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_yemen_saudi_intelligence
SAN’a, Yemen – A leading al-Qaida militant in Yemen who surrendered to Saudi Arabia last month provided the tip that led to the thwarting of the mail bomb plot, Yemeni security officials said Monday.
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Mail Bombing Suspect Also Behind Attempted Christmas Day Bombing
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/2010/10/31/mail-bombing-suspect-also-behind-attempted-christmas-day-bombing/
The person behind the mail bombs recovered in Britain and Dubai is believed to be the same suspect behind the attempted Christmas Day bombing over Detroit and the explosives that severely injured the Saudi counterterrorism chief in the summer of 2009, U.S. and Yemeni officials tell Fox News.
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Yemen official: Arrested woman didn’t mail bombs
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20101031/D9J6SETG0.html
WASHINGTON (AP) – A Yemeni official says authorities in Yemen no longer believe a woman arrested Saturday was the person who mailed two powerful bombs to the U.S.
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TSA Secure Flight Regulations Take Effect Nov. 1
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/2010/10/31/tsa-secure-flight-regulations-take-effect-nov-1/
TSA on Monday will begin requiring passengers to provide complete Secure Flight passenger data when booking reservations so the agency can conduct watch-list matching and approve airlines to issue boarding passes.
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Dem Congressman Objects to Voter Fraud Crackdown
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/dem-congressman-objects-to-voter-fraud-crackdown/
During a press conference Thursday, Minnesota Majority held a press conference to outline their objections to a local policy recently implemented that bans tea party-themed clothing and buttons at polling places, as well as the group’s Election Integrity campaign buttons which call on watchdog voters to report instances of voter fraud.
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Alaska Station’s Alleged ‘Context’ Doesn’t Match Content of Miller Recording
http://bigjournalism.com/sright/2010/10/31/cbs-affiliate-ktvas-alleged-context-doesnt-match-content-of-miller-recording/
Jerry Bever, general manager for Anchorage station KTVA, issued a statement today regarding the inadvertent voice mail left on the phone of a senior staff member of the Joe Miller campaign. He claimed that the discussion his staff members had regarding potential scandals for the Miller campaign was taken out of context.
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Bangor police officer denied right to vote after refusing to surrender weapon
http://www.bangordailynews.com/story/Greater-Bangor/Bangor-police-officer-denied-right-to-vote-after-refusing-to-surrender-weapon,157603
BANGOR, Maine — In the 18 years that he has been a police officer in Bangor, James Dearing couldn’t think of a single time when someone has asked him to turn over his firearm. Until last Friday.
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US faces first scrutiny by UN rights council
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.3fda6adee976b3a33a4faade5f6c18cd.fb1&show_article=1
The United States will come under the spotlight at the UN’s top human rights assembly’s for the first time over the coming week along with other countries that face scrutiny by the Human Rights Council.
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2,000 rally in Moscow, demand freedom of assembly
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/31/AR2010103102294.html
MOSCOW — Nearly 2,000 people gathered in central Moscow on Sunday demanding freedom of assembly in a rare sanctioned rally. The Russian opposition protests on the 31st day of each month are a nod to the 31st Article of the Russian constitution, which guarantees the right of assembly.
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Saudi Columnists: The Government Program to Rehabilitate Extremists is a Failure
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4718.htm
According to recent reports in the Saudi press, the Saudi Interior Ministry has released 11 prisoners who participated in its Munasaha program, a counseling and guidance program for security prisoners established by the ministry in 2003 with the intent of encouraging them to renounce their extremist beliefs.
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Chavez Says Venezuela’s Golf Courses Should Be Seized, Put to Other Uses
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-31/chavez-says-venezuela-s-golf-courses-should-be-seized-put-to-other-uses.html
President Hugo Chavez said some of Venezuela’s golf courses should be expropriated and used for other purposes. “That’s an injustice — that someone should have the luxury of having I don’t know how many hectares to play golf and drink whiskey and, next door, there’s misery and children dying when there are landslides,” Chavez said during his weekly television show, “Alo, Presidente.”
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80-year-old clocks 39,000 miles on foot
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2010/10/31/80-year-old-clocks-39000-miles-on-foot/UPI-13271288553668/
DALLAS, Oct. 31 (UPI) — An 80-year-old Dallas man who has run at least a mile a day every day since Nov. 5, 1974, says it is just something he’s “got to do.” Every day, Walter Byerly runs at least one continuous mile out of a desire to maintain his health, The Dallas Morning News reported Sunday.
News Articles For 10/27
October 27, 2010 — Operation RoosterGhazni PRT pays visit to Afghan girls school
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/3527-ghazni-prt-pays-visit-to-afghan-girls-school.html
GHAZNI PROVINCE, Afghanistan – The Ghazni Provincial Reconstruction Team paid a visit Oct. 26 to Jahan Maleka, a girls school with 3,000 students in Ghazni City here.
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Program Aims to Support Single Guard, Reserve Troops
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=61404
HOUSTON, Oct. 25, 2010 – Army Sgt. 1st Class Karen Perry was thrilled to return to Texas to reunite with her boyfriend after she served a yearlong deployment in Iraq.
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First female selected as Best Warrior’s Soldier of Year
http://www.army.mil/-news/2010/10/25/47144-first-female-selected-as-best-warriors-soldier-of-year/index.html?ref=home-headline-title1
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Oct. 25, 2010) — For the first time since its inception nine years ago, a female Soldier has claimed the title of Soldier of the Year for 2010′s Best Warrior Competition.
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Face of Defense: Airman Conquers Sahara Race
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=61436
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., Oct. 27, 2010 – A 533rd Training Squadron instructor here completed the 2010 Sahara Race in Egypt this month.
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Fed Gears Up for Stimulus
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303891804575576533845166848.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTTopStories
The Federal Reserve is close to embarking on another round of monetary stimulus next week, against the backdrop of a weak economy and low inflation—and despite doubts about the wisdom and efficacy of the policy among economists and some of the Fed’s own decision makers.
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Dollar printing feeding China inflation: minister
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.18a92e9878f71f90e7b491d0afd4b1a3.501&show_article=1
Rampant issuance of dollars by the United States is saddling China with “imported inflation”, Chinese commerce minister Chen Deming was quoted as saying by state media on Wednesday.
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Communication With 50 Nuke Missiles Dropped in ICBM Snafu
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/2010/10/26/communication-with-50-nuke-missiles-dropped-in-icbm-snafu/
From Wired’s Danger Room – The Air Force swears there was no panic. But for three-quarters of an hour Saturday morning, launch control officers at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming couldn’t reliably communicate or monitor the status of 50 Minuteman III nuclear missiles. Gulp.
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Why Are You Spending Millions to Send Gov’t Employees to Harvard?
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/training-why-are-you-spending-millions-to-send-govt-employees-to-harvard/
WASHINGTON (AP) — Every year, the U.S. spends millions of dollars to send government workers to Harvard for a month, an expensive training arrangement that some in Congress are questioning.
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FBI Investigates: Who is Targeting U.S. Military Installations in N. Virginia?
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/fbi-investigates-who-is-targeting-u-s-military-installations-in-n-virginia/
WASHINGTON (AP) — The same gun was used to shoot at the Pentagon and the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Northern Virginia earlier this month, the FBI said Tuesday.
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Nevada voting machines automatically checking Harry Reid’s name; voting machine technicians are SEIU members
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Voting-machines-in-Clark-County-Nevada-automatically-checking-Harry-Reids-name-Voting-machine-technicians-are-members-of-SEIU-105815608.html
Clark County is where three quarters of Nevada’s residents and live and where Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s son Rory is a county commissioner. Rory is also a Democratic candidate for governor.
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Residents cry foul over ballots
http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/news_details/article/28/2010/october/27/residents-cry-foul-over-ballots.html
A trio of Bucks County residents backed by the county Republican committee say they have evidence linking Democratic Congressman Patrick Murphy’s campaign to a scheme to flood the county voter registration office with fraudulent applications for absentee ballots.
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Glitch in Illinois’ new vote-by-mail system
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/iteam&id=7747590
October 26, 2010 (CHICAGO) (WLS) — This year marks the first Illinois election that any registered voter can cast their ballot by mail, no excuses necessary. Even as the deadline for postmarking those ballots nears, problems are brewing.
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Baltimore Hands Out First Trans Fat Citation
http://www.wbaltv.com/r/25508790/detail.html
BALTIMORE — The Baltimore City Health Department issued its first environmental citation for repeat violations of the city’s trans fat ban. The Health Department issued Healthy Choice, a food facility in the 400 block of Lexington Street, a $100 fine on Thursday.
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The ACLU Is Wrong: Net Neutrality Is About Government Control of Internet Content
http://biggovernment.com/smotley/2010/10/27/the-aclu-is-wrong-net-neutrality-is-about-government-control-of-internet-content/
I sincerely hope followers of the Network Neutrality (NN) debate were wearing their seatbelts last week. The pro-NN Media Marxists’ rapid lurch in position on the issue would otherwise have ensured full chiropractor employment for a pronounced period of time.
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Entire police force in Los Ramones, Mexico quits after gunmen attack headquarters
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/10/27/2010-10-27_entire_police_force_in_los_ramones_mexico_quits_after_gunmen_attack_headquarters.html
The entire police force in a small Mexican town abruptly resigned Tuesday after its new headquarters was viciously attacked by suspected drug cartel gunmen.
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Afghanistan: Russia steps in to help Nato
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/exclusive-afghanistan-russia-steps-in-to-help-nato-2117468.html
Russia has agreed to return to the war in Afghanistan at the request of the Western states which helped the mujahedin to drive its forces out of the country 21 years ago.
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Family Builds Haitian Orphanage to Fulfill Daughter’s Last Wish
http://www.gnn.com/article/family-builds-haitian-orphanage-to/1352217
(Oct. 25) — They love us so much and everyone is so happy. They love what they have and they work so hard to get nowhere, yet they are all so appreciative. I want to move here and start an orphanage myself.
News Articles For 10/13
October 13, 2010 — Operation RoosterCoalition forces uncover two weapons caches
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/press-releases-mainmenu-326/3442-coalition-forces-uncover-two-weapons-caches.html
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan — While conducting a security patrol, coalition forces uncovered a large weapons cache in the Mehtar Lam District, Laghman Province, Oct. 11.
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Afghans Turn-in Numerous Weapons, Explosives
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=61225
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12, 2010 – A weapons cache and explosive material were taken out of enemy hands after locals turned in the items in eastern and southern Afghanistan today and yesterday, military officials reported.
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Valor has no boundaries; Three Marines help save wounded police officer, apprehend suspect
http://www.marines.mil/unit/1stmardiv/Pages/Valorhasnoboundaries;.aspx
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — While sitting on the porch waiting for a home cooked meal in Long Beach, Calif. Oct. 6, Pfc. Anthony Rolden and his two friends and brothers in arms, Pfcs. Ryan Shuey and Christopher Smith, hear a gun fire in the distance.
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USO Gala Honors Military Members, Families
http://www.jcs.mil/newsarticle.aspx?ID=395
WASHINGTON October 08, 2010 – Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was among the military, government and community leaders and celebrities who gathered to salute servicemembers and their families at the annual USO Gala here last night.
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Sailors, Marines Enjoy San Francisco Fleet Week Barbecue Engagement
http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=56520
SAN FRANCISCO (NNS) — Sailors and Marines participating in San Francisco Fleet Week 2010 (SFFW 10) enjoyed a pierside barbecue hosted by the Bay Area Law Enforcement Associations, Alameda County Superior Court Judges, the Oakland Navy League and The Oakland A’s Oct. 10.
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Mom Prepares to Deploy With Husband Gone
http://afps.dodlive.mil/2010/10/12/mom-prepares-to-deploy-with-husband-gone/
Preparing for your own deployment can be stressful, but imagine doing so while your husband is deployed and making arrangements for your children to stay with your parents. See how one military mom is coping in “Double Duty: Ready? Set? Change!” .
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Colorado Army Guardsman wins military division of Ironman triathlon
http://www.ng.mil/news/archives/2010/10/101210-Ironman.aspx
KONA-KAILUA, Hawaii (10/11/10) – U. S. Army Captain finishes first in the military division of the 2010 Iron Man Triathlon World Championships held in Kona-Kailua, Hawaii on Oct. 9.
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Face of Defense: Air Force Officer Pursues NBA Dream
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=61246
SAN ANTONIO, Oct. 13, 2010 – A U.S. Air Force Academy graduate continues to pursue his childhood dream of playing in the National Basketball Association.
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Fed Mulls Raising Inflation Expectations to Boost Economy
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-13/fed-considers-raising-inflation-expectations-to-boost-economy.html
Federal Reserve policy makers may want Americans to expect inflation to accelerate in the future so they spend more of their money now. Central bankers, seeking ways to boost flagging growth after lowering interest rates almost to zero and buying $1.7 trillion of securities, are weighing strategies for raising inflation expectations as well as expanding the balance sheet by purchasing Treasuries, according to minutes of the Fed’s Sept. 21 meeting released yesterday.
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Drilling ban lifted; uncertainties still face Gulf
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_gulf_oil_spill_drilling_moratorium
WASHINGTON – Deep water oil drills quieted by a six-month moratorium will again hum off the Gulf Coast, helping an industry that, despite its dangers, puts needed money in the pockets of thousands along the Gulf Coast. What’s less certain is just how soon the jobs on hold because of the six-month ban will come back to a region trying to recover.
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Nudge: DOA To Use ‘Food Behavior Scientists’ to Modify Kids’ Eating Habits
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/nudge-doa-to-use-food-behavior-scientists-to-modify-kids-eating-habits/
Federal officials are turning to psychology in a new approach to get kids to choose healthier foods in the school lunch line. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today it is giving $2 million to food behavior scientists to use marketing tricks to encourage kids to pick fruits and veggies over cookies and french fries.
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Obama agency busts plan to sell rifles to Americans
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=214589
The Obama-run Washington bureaucracy has classified a common and reliable rifle, the M1 Garand, as a “threat to public safety in the U.S.,” and the State Department has canceled plans by the Republic of Korea to return tens of thousands of surplus rifles to the U.S. for sale in the consumer market.
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Drug Thugs Decapitate Mexican Police Commander Investigating ‘Lake Pirates’ Killing
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/shocking-violence-at-the-border-police-commander-investigating-lake-pirates-shooting-brutally-murdered/
The severed head of a Mexican police commander reported to be investigating an alleged pirate attack on Falcon Lake was delivered to the Mexican military, sources said Tuesday.
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$900 Million to Palestine…For What?
http://bigpeace.com/kblackwell/2010/10/13/900-million-to-palestine-for-what/
Israeli media watchdog Itamar Marcus makes a career of following the Palestinian press. His website provides timely and accurate translations of the Arabic language broadcasts and publications that are watched and read by the Palestinian public on the West Bank of the Jordan River and in the Gaza Strip.
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EU struggles over ways to prevent new debt crisis
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101013/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_europe_financial_crisis
BRUSSELS – After months of agonizing, leaders of the European Union are closing in on new oversight rules to ensure sound finances, prevent another government debt crisis and restore the credibility of the euro.
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Ahmadinejad boosts Hezbollah with Lebanon visit
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101013/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_lebanon_iran
BEIRUT – Welcomed by thousands of Shiite supporters throwing rose petals, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sought to pull Lebanon firmly into his country’s fold Wednesday in a visit that underscored the growing power of Tehran and its Lebanese ally, Hezbollah.
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Dolphins save man from shark
http://animaltales.info/blog/dolphins-save-man-from-shark
SWIMMERS have told how a pod of dolphins protected them from a great white shark off the northeastern coast of New Zealand. Rob Howes and three other lifeguards were on a training swim about 100 metres offshore at Ocean Beach, near Whangarei, when the dolphins raced in and herded the group together.
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Arkansas Teen Scores Touchdown in Wheelchair
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/arkansas-teen-scores-touchdown-in-wheelchair/
In a story of true sportsmanship, two competing high school football teams in Arkansas came together last Friday night to help one fellow student’s dream come true.
News Articles For 10/12
October 12, 2010 — Operation RoosterSoldier mom promotes son to captain
http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/headlines/soldier-mom-promotes-son-to-captain
TALLIL – When Army Capt. Kenieth Mayweather achieved his latest rank here Thursday, his mother, Army Sgt. Maj. Rue Mayweather, was there to share the special moment, performing the ceremonial “pinning” and rendering the first salute to her son as a captain.
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VA Campaign Urges Vets to Use Benefits, Services
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=61224
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12, 2010 – The Department of Veterans Affairs has launched a campaign to encourage veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan to take advantage of available VA benefits and services.
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Face of Defense: ‘Team Mom’ Supports Soldiers
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=61223
NAVAL AIR STATION PENSACOLA, Fla., Oct. 12, 2010 – Debra Rogers found a bit of golden respite in her battle against cancer: a week in the warm Florida sun, watching her son and his friends – all soldiers – play softball against other U.S. servicemembers.
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The 2010 Spending Record
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703358504575544351734226956.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop
Perhaps you missed it, but then so did the Washington press corps. Late last week the Congressional Budget Office released its preliminary budget tallies for fiscal year 2010, and the news is that the U.S. government had another fabulous year—in spending your money. We didn’t expect President Obama to hold a press conference, but why are Republicans so quiet?
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Stocks drop as Fed rate-setter rattles investors
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101012/ap_on_bi_ge/world_markets_12
LONDON – World markets fell Tuesday after a leading U.S. rate-setter dampened expectations that the Federal Reserve is preparing a massive monetary stimulus next month and amid mounting speculation that China is planning to raised reserve requirements for banks to cool lending.
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US Cities Face Half a Trillion Dollars of Pension Deficits
http://www.cnbc.com/id/39626759
Big US cities could be squeezed by unfunded public pensions as they and counties face a $574 billion funding gap, a study to be released on Tuesday shows.
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School District Settles WebcamGate
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/breaking/Lower-Merion-Webcam-Settlement-104746984.html?dr
Lower Merion School District has settled the webcam case that made national headlines after students accused school officials of spying by using the webcam installed on school-issued laptops.
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Dem Congressman Speaks to Democratic Socialists, Calls Tea Party ‘Small and Dismissable’
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/dem-congressman-speaks-to-democratic-socialists-calls-tea-party-small-and-dismissable/
Rep. John “Read the Bill” Conyers, D-Mich., speaking to the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) prior to the “One Nation Working Together” march in Washington, dismisses the tea party movement and discusses all he and President Barack Obama have in common with the DSA.
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McDonald’s ObamaCare Deal Violates Rule of Law
http://biggovernment.com/jperren/2010/10/11/mcdonalds-obamacare-deal-violates-rule-of-law/
In a blatantly unconstitutional move, the Feds have let McDonalds off the hook from some of ObamaCare’s requirements. This violation of the Equal Protection clause is just one more reminder, as if we needed it, that D.C. is now completely ignoring the rule of law and deciding issues based on political pressure and pull.
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South Carolina Man Fights to Keep Religious Signs on His Property
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/10/07/south-carolina-man-fights-religious-signs-private-property/?test=latestnews
A South Carolina man says his constitutional rights have been violated after he was told by his local government to remove the Bible-themed signs he had posted on his property.
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Philly Suburb Considers Fining Those Who Don’t Lock Cars
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local-beat/Philly-Suburb-Considers-Fining-Those-Who-Dont-Lock-Cars-104762534.html?dr
A suburban Philadelphia township is considering whether to fine people who don’t lock their car doors. Commissioners in Upper Moreland Township are debating an ordinance that would require people to lock their car doors when parked in public areas — or face a citation and a $25 fine.
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China stakes claim to S. Texas oil, gas
http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/local/China_stakes_claim_to_S_Texas_oil_gas_104753969.html
HOUSTON — State-owned Chinese energy giant CNOOC is buying a multibillion-dollar stake in 600,000 acres of South Texas oil and gas fields, potentially testing the political waters for further expansion into U.S. energy reserves.
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U.S. Alarmed by Harsh Tone of China’s Military
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/12/world/asia/12beijing.html?_r=2&hp
BEIJING — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates met his Chinese counterpart, Liang Guanglie, in Vietnam on Monday for the first time since the two militaries suspended talks with each other last winter, calling for the two countries to prevent “mistrust, miscalculations and mistakes.”
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China tries to calm nerves over Asia sea activity
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20101012/D9IQ26I00.html
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) – China worked to calm nerves Tuesday among Asian neighbors jittery over its recent attempts to assert greater control over disputed waters, while its rival Washington stressed its national interest in keeping those seas free for commerce.
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U.S. failure to retaliate for USS Cole attack rankled then — and now
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39622062/ns/us_news-security/
Newly declassified documents show the frustrations of top White House counterterrorism officials over the U.S. failure to respond to al-Qaida’s October 2000 bombing of the USS Cole despite evidence that Osama bin Laden was reading poetry about the murderous attack and publicly taking credit for it.
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Terror threat to restaurants as Al Qaeda calls for attacks on government workers in D.C.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/10/11/2010-10-11_terror_threat_to_restaurants_as_al_qaeda_calls_for_attacks_on_government_workers.html
WASHINGTON – The terror group tied to the Ft. Hood killings and the Christmas Day undies airbomber urge wannabe American jihadis to open fire on crowded restaurants in the nation’s capital to massacre U.S. government workers.
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420 banks demand 1-world currency
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=213953
The Institute of International Finance, a group that represents 420 of the world’s largest banks and finance houses, has issued yet another call for a one-world global currency, Jerome Corsi’s Red Alert reports. “A core group of the world’s leading economies need to come together and hammer out an understanding,” Charles Dallara, the Institute of International Finance’s managing director, told the Financial Times.
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Turk admits flotilla activists started clashes
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=214069
JERUSALEM – The Israel Defense Forces did not open fire on activists aboard a Hamas-supporting flotilla until the soldiers’ lives were endangered by those on the now infamous ship, admitted a Turkish journalist who was on the flotilla.
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Mahmoud Abbas Threatens to Dissolve the Palestinian Authority
http://bigpeace.com/jxenakis/2010/10/12/mahmoud-abbas-threatens-to-dissolve-the-palestinian-authority/
Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas says that he will resign as PA president if Israel resumes building West Bank settlements, which would cause the collapse of the Mideast peace talks between the Israelis and the Palestinians.
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Possible Crude Oil Price Reaction To A Preemptive Israeli Strike On Iran
http://bigpeace.com/bschaeffer/2010/10/12/possible-crude-oil-price-reaction-to-a-preemptive-israeli-strike-on-iran/
I have written in the past about the prospect of a nuclear Iran and its destabilizing effect in the world’s most important energy region. But what if Israel strikes before Tehran’s nuclear ambitions are realized?
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Saudi Dailies: Lebanon Is on Brink of Explosion
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4664.htm
Amid the backdrop of tensions in Lebanon and the political crisis in Iraq, the Saudi press has published several articles, some of them editorials, warning about an explosion in Lebanon and comparing the situation there to the one in Iraq.
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Australia PM backs controversial Web filter
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101012/wl_asia_afp/australiainternettechnologycensorship
SYDNEY (AFP) – Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard Tuesday renewed her backing for a controversial Internet filter, saying it was driven by a “moral question”.
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LaGrange mother delivers baby boy at 10:10 a.m. on Oct. 10, 2010
http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/10/post_371.html
FAIRVIEW PARK, Ohio — All parents think their baby is perfect, but Kolsyn Liam Healy is a 10. The baby boy was born at 10:10 a.m. Sunday, making his birth date 10/10/10.
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Model of Futuristic City Made of Stacked Staples
http://www.skitzone.com/2010/model-of-futuristic-city-made-of-stacked-staples/
Peter Root made this amazing city model using a bunch of stacked staples. He decided to call it Ephemicropolis. As you can see, he needed a plenty of patience and time to create such magnificent model. There is a whole ‘forest’ of buildings and skyscrapers of different size. He made this model of city from about 100,000 staples on the surface of 18 square meters.
News Articles For 10/11
October 11, 2010 — Operation RoosterMountain Soldiers capture insurgent responsible for IEDs
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/press-releases-mainmenu-326/3432-mountain-soldiers-capture-insurgent-responsible-for-ieds.html
PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Soldiers from C Company, 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry Regiment, captured an insurgent Oct. 7 near Yazeen Village in the Zormat District of Paktya Province. According to Staff Sgt. Robert Brown of Henniker, N.H., C Co., 3rd Bn., 172 Inf. Regt., the suspect, who is known to have emplaced several Improvised Explosive Devices in the vicinity of Combat Outpost Zormat, was captured during a village search.
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Air-assault operation proves successful; nets weapons, ammo, valuable intelligence
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/3434-air-assault-operation-proves-successful-nets-weapons-ammo-valuable-intelligence.html
KHOWST PROVINCE, Afghanistan – In the early morning hours of Oct. 8, U.S. and Afghan National Army Soldiers conducted a successful air-assault operation in the mountains of Khowst Province resulting in the location and destruction of two insurgent weapons caches.
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Fed Undaunted by Uncertain Prospects for Money Printing
http://www.cnbc.com/id/39604937
The U.S. Federal Reserve runs the risk of diminishing returns from its next round of money printing to amplify the subdued economic recovery, but that won’t stop it from trying.
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Financial regulators planning worldwide rules for large firms
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/10/AR2010101002201.html
International bank regulators are planning a fresh wave of rules for the world’s most important financial companies in an effort to ensure that firms considered “too big to fail” are better protected from collapse – and that taxpayers are insulated from the fallout if they do.
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Dollar falls as ‘currency war’ concerns linger
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.f44dc0982a11a52246a9f2b994a36455.231&show_article=1
The dollar fell against the euro and yen on Monday after the world’s top finance officials failed to reach a consensus on measures to head off what some see as a looming “currency war”, analysts said.
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Up to 40 States to Launch Probes Into Foreclosure Mess
http://www.cnbc.com/id/39603741
The attorneys general of up to 40 states plan to announce soon a joint investigation into banks’ use of flawed foreclosure paperwork. A person briefed on the investigation said Saturday night that an announcement could come as early as Tuesday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation was not yet public.
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With Pork Like This, No Wonder Illinois is Bankrupt
http://biggovernment.com/jbambenek/2010/10/10/with-pork-like-this-no-wonder-illinois-is-bankrupt/
Imagine this, your state has a budget deficit of $13 Billion dollars (despite having a constitutional clause that requires balanced budgets). The state is months late in payments to local schools. Medicaid providers aren’t getting paid to treat the poor so they stop seeing Medicaid patients. Social service providers are going out of business because they received state grants which the state isn’t paying on.
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Shutting Up Business
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703735804575536370151720874.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_sections_opinion
If at first you don’t succeed, get some friends in high places to shut your opponents up. That’s the latest Washington power play, as Democrats and liberals attack the Chamber of Commerce and independent spending groups in an attempt to stop businesses from participating in politics.
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Mexico seeks 2 suspects in reported lake shooting
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101010/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_border_lake_shooting
NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico – Authorities are searching for a pair of Mexican brothers they suspect in the reported border-lake shooting of a missing American, a police official in the border state of Tamaulipas said Sunday.
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After setbacks, US tries to forge military ties with China
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101010/pl_afp/uschinamilitarydiplomacy_20101010223319
HANOI (AFP) – A meeting between US and Chinese defence chiefs in Hanoi on Monday offers Washington a chance to improve fragile relations with Beijing’s military and make the case for a more “reliable” dialogue, US officials said on Sunday.
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Pakistan’s nuclear arms push angers America
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/8053775/Pakistans-nuclear-arms-push-angers-America.html
Pakistan has been secretly accelerating the pace of its nuclear weapons programme, infuriating the US which is trying to cap worldwide stocks of fissile material and improve fraught relations with a fragile ally in the Afghanistan war.
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France strikes again as pension reform enters crunch week
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iCCe9-Tg8_EKzpJb3wEE_6BdGcSw?docId=CNG.f44dc0982a11a52246a9f2b994a36455.341
PARIS — France faces major disruption Tuesday for the fourth time in a month as workers take to the streets — this time threatening open-ended strikes — to fight plans to raise the retirement age to 62.
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al Qaeda Training Jihadists with Western Passports
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2010/10/11/al-qaeda-training-jihadists-with-western-passports/
Al Qaeda is achieving a long-time dream: to assemble a force of trained jihadis who hold Western passports. A Pakistani intelligence source, requesting anonymity to talk about sensitive matters, says a particular concern is the growing number of “white-skinned Germans” who have attended terrorist-training camps in the tribal areas and can pass unnoticed in the West.
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Al-Qaeda as a Media Organization
http://bigpeace.com/ipt/2010/10/11/al-qaeda-as-a-media-organization/
Al-Qaeda is becoming a media organization that engages in terrorism, rather than the other way around, said counterterrorism expert Jarret Brachman Wednesday at a seminar conducted at the University of Maryland.
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Ahmadinejad’s Target Audience
http://bigpeace.com/cglick/2010/10/10/ahmadinejads-target-audience/
By Iranian and Hizbullah accounts, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s visit to Lebanon next week will be a splendid affair. The man who stole his office and then killed his countrymen to protect his crime will be greeted as a conquering hero. Billboards bidding him welcome and Iranian flags will line the roads from the Beirut airport down to the border with Israel.
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Cute alert: Oregon Zoo shows off baby cougar
http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/archives/224149.asp
So cute. So obviously terrified by having her picture taken. That’s the Oregon Zoo’s new cougar cub, born in the zoo’s Portland facility. The cub and its mother, a Washington cougar named Chinook, haven’t been seen in public since the birth last month.
