Republican Presidential Candidate Herman Cain is currently fighting off three questionable claims of sexual harassment that allegedly occurred between 10 and 20 years ago. Two of the claims were reported as settled quietly and one was never disclosed until recently and after most applicable time limits on filing lawsuits have run out. From the viewpoint of this writer (TMV’s alleged misogynist as some past...

The fallouts of the alleged Iranian attempt to kill the Saudi ambassador in Washington will heighten Middle East tensions, even as pressure grows on Israelis and Palestinians to sit again at the peace table. If the allegations turn out to be true, the Saudi’s will put intense pressure on the Obama administration for exemplary and swift action. The risk is that the White House might, against its better judgment,...

She is headed home after a jury acquitted her.

You can watch President Barack Obama’s townhall and interact. In partnership LinkedIn, Ustream is providing exclusive live coverage of “Putting America Back to Work: LinkedIn Presents a Town Hall with President Obama”. Today, September 26th, at 9am PT / 12pm ET. The press release notes that Obama will address an audience of LinkedIn members and employees to answer questions about job creation...

President Obama addressed an audience of some 3,000 people earlier this evening at the Congressional Black Caucus awards banquet. Watch at C-SPAN (they’re not enabling embedding). CNN Reports: “I expect all of you to march with me, and press on,” Obama said. “… Stop complaining, stop grumbling, stop crying. We are going to press on. We’ve got work to do.” The unemployment...

by WALTER BRASCH A former managing editor for the online newspaper, OpEdNews, has sued the city of Philadelphia and eight of its police officers for violating her Constitutional rights. Cheryl Biren-Wright, Pennsauken, N.J., charges the defendants with violating her 1st, 4th, and 14th amendment rights. The civil action, filed in the U.S. District Court, Philadelphia, is based upon her arrest during a peaceful...

Here is live blogging of tonight’s Fox News/Google Republican Presidential Debate at the Orange County Convention Center in Florida. Although news coverage will focus on what is shaping up to be a big battle between front runners Texas Gov. Rick Perry and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney who are each going to try to deliver a knock out punch to the other, they will not be the only ones debate —...

Thomas J. Capano, a once-prominent attorney convicted for the 1996 murder of 30-year-old Anne Marie Fahey, his lover and a secretary to then-Delaware Governor Thomas Carper, was found dead today in his cell at the state prison near Smyrna. He was 61. Capano, who was serving a life sentence, has been held in solitary confinement since his November 1997 arrest. Circumstances surrounding his death were not immediately...

Here are some videos of the Reno air race crash: MSNBC report: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy You Tube from the stands: Another angle: The longer video of this: Aftermath: CBS News: ABC News: video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player

Update and correction: Jimmy Leeward, the pilot of the Mustang P51 that crashed in Reno was first reported by media to be 80 years old. He is actually one month shy of being 75. TMV regrets carrying the error forward. Dr.E, M.Ed. Being closer to 80 than to 20 years of age, I bristle when people say ‘old people’ cant, shouldnt, ought not to (fill in the blank with any number of harmless, funny,...

The European debt crisis has moved several stops closer to hitting the balance sheets of already fragile US banks. The contagion is spreading quickly and may soon make inevitable the double dip recession in America predicted by many. The only way to slow down the pace is for President Obama to sharpen the warnings he gave today to force Europeans to show more mettle. For that, he will have to put much more pressure...

The violence underway currently at the Israeli embassy in Cairo, which was overrun by demonstrators forcing the ambassador and some 70 staff to flee, has so far caused less concern in the major European capitals than the US. The ambassador and his staff are expected to land in Israel in coming minutes but only President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hilary Clinton have voiced concern. No other government...

ABC’s Good Morning America: U.S. authorities are scrambling to sort through information that the CIA developed in the past 24 hours indicating that at least three individuals entered the U.S. in August by air with the intent to launch a vehicle-borne attack against Washington, D.C. or New York around the anniversary of 9/11, according to intelligence officials. Officials say the alleged terror plot was...

This column is long but, the issues are complex and demand full development Representative Michele Bachmann (R-MN) brought a talking point and a sound bite to a real policy discussion again today. The former IRS tax attorney continues to exhibit a complete lack of understanding of how our government works. Additionally, she continues to be fearless when it comes to wading off into complex policy discussions...

NOTE: This was substantially revised as new information came in. In this post I was not cheering on President Barack Obama for timing his planned address to a special session of Congress on his jobs plan in a time of severe economic crisis to the time when GOPers were holding a major Presidential debate. It raised eyebrows to say the least. But Speaker of the House John Boehner’s response now jumps the...

You can almost hear the sign of relief on the East Coast: serious threats remain but predictions that Hurricane Irene would be a hurricane for the history books have not materialized as Hurricane Irene has become a topical storm: The streets of Manhattan began flooding Sunday morning as Irene lashed New York City with wind gusts and torrential rains. Even as Irene weakened to a tropical storm, authorities in...

Hurricane Irene, the storm that sparked fears of a doomsday scenario playing out in New York City and that led to the evacuation of some 2.5 million New Yorkers from the potentially dangerous hurricane damage areas, has punched into North Carolina — but not as strongly as feared. But even so: it remains potentially deadly, extremely dangeroius and can still be catastrophic as it snakes its way up the...

I am a climate change believer and I think that CO2 emissions are in part responsible. I also have a great deal of respect for Bill McKibben.  But this is a mistake: Irene’s got a middle name, and it’s Global Warming,” environmental activist Bill McKibben wrote Thursday night in The Daily Beast. He argued that this year’s hot Atlantic Ocean temperatures and active spree of hurricanes — coupled with...

CNN has just reported that all 35 journalists and other foreign nationals who had been held hostage by Qaddafi troops at the Rixos hotel have now been released. All “in good condition.” Pro-Qaddafi forces guarding them did not put any resistance. Journalists “negotiated” with them. Guards said “we are not going to stop you from leaving” From the Washington Post: CNN’s Matthew...

Unless you have been under a rock (maybe not anymore), you have heard that the East Coast experienced an earthquake of about 5.9 a few hours ago. As I put on my FB page, I pray that everyone of my friends, family and yes, even people who get on my nerves are safe and A-OK. Now that I have expressed that heartfelt sentiment, I have one more to add… WE are really spoiled on the East Coast especially in...

Update: For any of our readers on the East Coast, please feel free to comment and offer us feedback on your experience. ***************************************************************************** Update: CNN interviewed the vice mayor of Mineral who reported that the town hall has considerable damage to the roof (crumbling bricks) and she has felt 5 aftershocks. ************************************************** Update:...

Of all the bits on the East Coast earthquake so far, this tape is the most fascinating. An auto dealer is filming a commercial when the earthquake strikes: For years those of us in California have talked to worried relatives on the East Coast about living out here, or heard jokes about the unstable ground in the West. Now it’s both coasts..

The action this week in Ohio and the preceding weeks in Wisconsin may represent the triumph, finally, of centrist thought. Before my right wing friends take this opportunity to explain how the protection of collective bargaining is truly a left wing idea, let me explain. See, over a million voters in Ohio, I submit, did not sign petitions because they like a good firefighter or police strike. Many moderates,...

Well, that didn’t take long: former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who had been involved in an increasingly feisty competition with Rep. Michele Bachmann for some of the same chunk of voters in the ongoing race for the 2012 Republican nomination is out — a day after making a poor showing in Iowa’s Ames straw poll. Tim Pawlenty, the former governor of Minnesota, dropped his bid for the Republican...

A terrifying moment at the Indiana State Fair yesterday: the Sugarland Concert stage collapses, killing five (so far). Here is that terrible moment via You Tube: Another fan video showing the collapse (fuzzy but you can see it): The scene moments after: FOOTNOTE: I have worked many fairs over the years in one of my non-blogging incarnations. There are times when you get a huge gust of wind. In one instance...