Daredevil Felix Baumgartner set a series of records today as he skydived from 24 miles up, becoming the first person to break the speed of sound without a airplane or spacecraft to ride in. What made it even more amazing is that they broadcast the jump live via a series of cameras (including a helmet camera). Pretty amazing day for the 43 year old skydiver. Semi … [Read more...] about Felix Baumgartner Skydives At The Speed Of Sound: The Official Stats
Obama, Romney Bunker Down as Crucial Debate Looms
Obama, Romney bunker down as crucial debate looms (via AFP) A different Barack Obama will show up to his next debate with Mitt Romney, aides said Sunday, after the president held a post-mortem of his leaden debut clash with his Republican foe. Obama was out of sight in a luxury Virginia golf resort prepping for Tuesday's encounter with Romney, which has … [Read more...] about Obama, Romney Bunker Down as Crucial Debate Looms
Obama Holds Onto Ohio Lead: Poll 51-46 Over Romney
President Barack Obama is holding onto his lead over Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney in Ohio -- and the Romney camp is now talking about how Romney (unlike any other Republican candidate) can win without Ohio: PPP's newest Ohio poll finds Barack Obama leading 51-46, a 5 point lead not too different from our last poll two weeks ago when he led 49-45. The key … [Read more...] about Obama Holds Onto Ohio Lead: Poll 51-46 Over Romney
Father of Slain Libyan Ambassador: ‘It Does Not Belong in the Campaign Arena’
Father of slain Libyan ambassador: ‘It does not belong in the campaign arena’ (via Raw Story ) Jan Stevens, the 77-year-old father of Christopher Stevens, said Sunday that his son’s death should not a political talking point. “It would really be abhorrent to make this into a campaign issue,” he told Bloomberg. The U.S. consulate in Benghazi was … [Read more...] about Father of Slain Libyan Ambassador: ‘It Does Not Belong in the Campaign Arena’
Romney’s recent “surge” doesn’t seem to have coattails. That’s odd.
EDITOR's NOTE: Due to a technical system glitch, the wrong byline appeared on this post. It is now fixed. We regret the error. Romney has been boasting about larger and larger crowds over the past week or so. It seems to be an odd claim. Not that it doesn't have some truth in it. But it seems to me that many of us, when a presidential candidate is in the neighborhood, … [Read more...] about Romney’s recent “surge” doesn’t seem to have coattails. That’s odd.
Arlen Specter, longtime Senate Moderate and Controversial Warren Commission Member, Dies
Former Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter, a onetime GOP-er who tried to walk the tightrope and remain a moderate in a Republican Party turning sharply right -- and who feel of the tightrope -- has died. In his 1960s incarnation as a member of the Warren Commission investigating the 1963 murder of President John F. Kennedy, Jr., he was the author of the still-controversial … [Read more...] about Arlen Specter, longtime Senate Moderate and Controversial Warren Commission Member, Dies
Arlen Specter Dead At 82
Former Senator Arlen Specter has died at the age of 82 … [Read more...] about Arlen Specter Dead At 82
India Fights to Protect Traditional Home Remedies
India fights to protect traditional home remedies (via AFP) For centuries, Indian housewives have used homemade remedies based on cow's milk to cure constipation -- but in 2009 Swiss giant Nestle applied for a patent to protect a similar product of its own. Earlier this year, India successfully fought off Nestle's attempt at the European Patent Office … [Read more...] about India Fights to Protect Traditional Home Remedies
Taliban Vow Again to Kill Pakistani Girl
This story gives Americans a good idea of what we're fighting against in the longterm and why it's a noble and vital fight: … [Read more...] about Taliban Vow Again to Kill Pakistani Girl
Obama Senior Advisor Gibbs Vows Obama Will be More Aggressive in Next Debate
So now the Obama campaign has Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney's number on his debating style. And Obama senior adviser Robert Gibbs now insists Obama will be prepared for that at the next debate Tuesday night. But doesn't this mean that the Romney campaign has the Obama campaign's number about them having their number -- and will adjust Romney's approach … [Read more...] about Obama Senior Advisor Gibbs Vows Obama Will be More Aggressive in Next Debate
2012 US election campaign a digital battleground
2012 US election campaign a digital battleground (via AFP) The 2012 US presidential election campaign is being fought with tweets, hashtags, Facebook updates and emails in a battle for digital supremacy which may be a key to victory. President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney are counting on the traditional strategies of speeches, rallies and… … [Read more...] about 2012 US election campaign a digital battleground
SNL Lampoons Joe Biden Paul Ryan Vice Presidential Debate (Video)
Another great spoof from Saturday Night Live which truly seems to be on a roll this year. A cartoonist Joe Biden and Paul Ryan: … [Read more...] about SNL Lampoons Joe Biden Paul Ryan Vice Presidential Debate (Video)
Obama Crams for Debate, Romney Fires China Shot
Obama crams for debate, Romney fires China shot (via AFP) President Barack Obama settled into a Virginia resort Saturday, plotting to transform his pitch to voters after a lackluster first clash with Mitt Romney dampened his re-election hopes. The Republican nominee, fresh from slating Obama over the attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, opened another… … [Read more...] about Obama Crams for Debate, Romney Fires China Shot
Here’s The Poll to Dispute
Here's The Poll to Dispute By Tina Dupuy Republicans say the polls are skewed, until they show their guy in the lead. Then the polls are clearly right and we should all take note! Democrats panic when the polls fluctuate in the least bit and start using words like "outlier" and "anomaly" (liberal words for skewed). We've never had more polls or more ways to compile polls … [Read more...] about Here’s The Poll to Dispute
Brutal
Words mean something. We forget that too often. (See: "I Knew a Guy who named his Dog 'Cujo' " Aug 16, 2011.) Busted Caesar And the term that's appeared like the knives from Senators' tunics that were the last thing that Caesar ever saw is "brutal." … [Read more...] about Brutal
Polite Persistence Pays
Something wonderful happened today. My mother tried to teach us kids that being persistent politely got results and was almost always appropriate. Such good behavior of course is not something I've always done. Mostly though. And today I had big results - big results to my way of thinking anyway. I called - yet again - about a bill that was too high and going up and up - … [Read more...] about Polite Persistence Pays
Shot Pakistani girl shows improvement: military
Shot Pakistani girl shows improvement: military (via AFP) A Pakistani schoolgirl shot in the head by the Taliban showed signs of improvement by moving her limbs Saturday, the military said, though she remains unconscious and on a ventilator. The shooting of 14-year-old Malala Yousafzai, who campaigned for the right to an education, has been denounced … [Read more...] about Shot Pakistani girl shows improvement: military
Romney tries to bury Obama in ads
This was telegraphed a long time ago. It has been abundantly clear that the super PACS and Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney were feverishly focusing on raising every single penny they possibly could so they could batter the Democratic ticket to pieces in the final weeks with ads. And so it shall unfold: Republican nominee Mitt Romney and his allies are … [Read more...] about Romney tries to bury Obama in ads
Mice Can Sing, And Are Capable Of Vocal Learning, Contradicting 60 Year Assumption (Guest Voice)
Mice Can Sing, And Are Capable Of Vocal Learning, Contradicting 60 Year Assumption (via Planetsave) New research has shown that male mice are able to match the pitch of other singing males’, in the ultrasonic range that they communicate in. The research also underlines the fact that mice “have certain brain features, somewhat similar to humans and song-learning … [Read more...] about Mice Can Sing, And Are Capable Of Vocal Learning, Contradicting 60 Year Assumption (Guest Voice)
Is Libya Terrorist Attack ‘Debacle’ Hurting Obama?
Is Libya terrorist attack 'debacle' hurting Obama? (via The Christian Science Monitor) The first question in the vice presidential debate this week – the one that is becoming most troublesome for the Obama-Biden ticket – was about Libya and the deadly attack on the US consulate in Benghazi. The essence of the query to Vice President Joe Biden was as old … [Read more...] about Is Libya Terrorist Attack ‘Debacle’ Hurting Obama?