2012 Presidential Election Year

Karl Rove Updates Electoral Prediction: North Carolina and Indiana Are ‘Gone’ for Obama, Wisconsin a ‘Battleground’ State

admin — Sat, 19 May 2012 15:46:11 +0000

Republican strategist Karl Rove said Friday he believes North Carolina and Indiana are “gone” for President Barack Obama in November and that Wisconsin has become a “battleground” state.

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Political vulnerabilities in Sen. Rubio’s past?

admin — Sat, 19 May 2012 15:45:41 +0000

For freshman Sen. Marco Rubio, a rising GOP figure seen as a possible Mitt Romney running mate, there are questions about whether potential vulnerabilities in his personal and political background might hold him back.

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Student Dies, 7 Hurt in Blast Near Italian School

admin — Sat, 19 May 2012 15:43:52 +0000

Via FNC ROME – A bomb exploded Saturday outside an Italian high school named after a slain anti-Mafia prosecutor, killing a teenage girl and wounding several other classmates, officials said. The device went off a few minutes before 8 a.m. in the Adriatic port town of Brindisi in the country’s south just as students milled outside, chatting and getting ready for class at the Morvillo-Falcone vocational institute. The school is named in honor of prosecutor Giovanni Falcone and his wife, Francesca Morvillo, a judge who was also killed in a 1992 highway bombing in Sicily by the Cosa Nostra There were no immediate claims of responsibility for the attack. Italy has been marking the 20th anniversary of the attack on the Sicilian highway that killed the prosecutor and his wife, but it was unclear if there was an organized crime link to Saturday’s explosion Interior Minister Anna Maria Cancellieri, in charge of domestic security, said she was “struck” by the fact that the school was named after the slain hero and his wife, but she cautioned that investigators at that point “have no elements” to blame the school attack on organized crime. ” It’s not the usual (method) for the Mafia,” she told Sky in a phone interview. The Sicilian-based Cosa Nostra usually targets specific figures, such as judges, prosecutors, turncoats or rival mobsters in attacks, and not civilian targets such as schools . [ Continue reading ] Terrible, just terrible. Our thoughts and prayers go out to all affected by this. h/t Laura Video from Sky News below fold:

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Three arrested in NATO raid charged with conspiracy to commit terrorism

admin — Sat, 19 May 2012 14:59:21 +0000

Update on Oh Noes!! Chicago cops start preemptive arrests before NATO Summit Police terrorize protesters ahead of #NATO summit: multiple homes where activists staying swarmed fdl.me/LkGkCp @ nlgchicago — Kevin Gosztola (@kgosztola) May 18, 2012 Via Examiner According to National Lawyers Guild (NLG) attorneys working for three men in police custody they have been charged with three serious charges each. All have been held since a raid on an apartment in the 1000 block of West 32nd in the Bridgeport neighborhood late Wednesday night. Apparently, the arrestees are accusted of making or having supplies to manufacture Molotov cocktails to be used during protests. Bottles, phones, and computers were seized by police in their raid. William Vassilakis, who lives in the raided apartment said that he is a home brew beer hobbyist and that all the police confiscated was his beer making supplies. Beer making supplies , yeah that’s it! #NATO3 face terror charges that US govt has used before to target Muslims, specifically Palestinian solidarity activists #noNATO — Kevin Gosztola (@kgosztola) May 19, 2012 Kevin, that doesn’t quite fit the narrative. Remember beer making, beer making supplies . Chicago Sun Times: The three men were identified by police and their attorneys as Brian Church, 20, of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; Jared Chase, 24, of Keene, New Hampshire; and Brent Vincent Betterly, 24, of Oakland Park, Fl. They were charged early Saturday as dozens of dignitaries from around the globe are heading to Chicago for the NATO Summit. The men have a noon bond hearing Saturday, their lawyers said. The men have been each charged with three felony counts: possession of an explosive or incendiary device, conspiracy to commit terrorism, and providing material support to terrorism, said Harrison District Police Lt. Kenneth Stoppa.

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Is GOP trying to sabotage economy to hurt Obama?

admin — Sat, 19 May 2012 13:57:44 +0000

Are Republican lawmakers deliberately stalling the economic recovery to hurt President Barack Obama’s re-election chances?

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Could Overhauled Organizing Deliver Virginia to the GOP This Fall?

admin — Sat, 19 May 2012 12:49:48 +0000

If you need proof that President Obama’s team will run a formidable ground game in Virginia, consider this: At the 2012 kickoff rally in Richmond, organizers say they signed up 1,500 new volunteers from the 8,000 people in the crowd. But in addition to obvious dangers like a struggling economy, Obama’s team will face a new threat — a better-prepared Republican Party coming off three years of victories in the state.

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SpaceX Launch

admin — Sat, 19 May 2012 12:40:44 +0000

I woke up kind of aggravated that I didn’t get up before the sun and watch the SpaceX launch. Now I’m glad I didn’t . Engine pressure issue caused an abort. Sigh, a new era or something ….

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Where’s Rusty? Ukrainian Edition

admin — Sat, 19 May 2012 12:36:03 +0000

He’s always wanted to meet Will Smith.

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Colorado School Boots White Kid For Portraying Martin Luther King, Jr

admin — Sat, 19 May 2012 11:57:01 +0000

And the kid didn’t just decide to portray the civil rights leader, he was assigned to play Martin Luther King in a school project! But one teacher found his costume offensive because it included dark makeup on the boy’s face. From The Daily News (emphasis mine): Controversy erupted at a Colorado elementary school after a student arrived in blackface as part of a Martin Luther King Jr. costume for a class project. Each student in the class had been assigned a historical figure to dress up as for “wax museum day” at the school, the station reported. Sean’s mother, Michelle King-Roca, told Denver’s 7News her son was really excited about the project. After complaints from a faculty member that took issue with the blackface, the principal asked Sean to remove the face paint or leave the school. Sean’s parents, who had come to school that day to watch the presentations, decided to take him home.

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The Green Monster

admin — Sat, 19 May 2012 11:56:00 +0000

A normally level-headed Panetta caved to a far-left agenda when he proposed to spend billions of dollars on climate change and green initiatives. Sen. James Inhofe won’t let that happen without a fight.

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