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So what do YOU think the punch line was?
A four star mix up.. whoever is responsible for a local news mishap caused millions of people to laugh—at the expense of the local news team.. A local news station covering the story made a mistake and used a phony book cover of Broadwell’s bio on the General. Her titled was ALL IN. the local news team used a photo of the book reading ALL UP IN MY SNATCH.
Actress Keira Knightley says no one is interested in her small breasts.. But it’s certainly not stopping her from talking about them constantly and showing them to all who want to see them..
Men handed off a baby as Syrians fled after a government aircraft bombed Ras al-Ain, on the border with Turkey, Monday. (Photo: Veli Gurgah / Anadolu Agency via EPA / The Wall Street Journal)
This is the world we live in, a photo like this can make a dad like me awfully depressed about the future of this planet..
The Petreaus Layus update:
A different view of the election.
This is what the red state vs blue state breakdown in America would look like if a state was as big as their vote count.. it would look much different..
That is not too long from now.
It begs the question:
If we have waged wars for oil in the past, will someone wage a war for oil on us in the future?
I’m sitting at Jack Williams waiting for my car to be serviced. I’m sitting near some burly bigger lumberjack looking guys. And what comes on the TV in the waiting room? The TODAY SHOW with a segment of Susan Boyle singing Abba song THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL.
Tension ensues
Such a non masculine moment!
Two burly men got up and left. The other went to the bathroom. I stuck in my chair.
What do you think? The two men jacked with uber testosterone left because they were afraid to weep?
The winner takes it all!!
And now with everyone gone I can turn on CNN!!
Day is done, gone the sun,
From the lake, from the hills, from the sky;
All is well, safely rest, God is nigh.
Fading light, dims the sight,
And a star gems the sky, gleaming bright.
From afar, drawing nigh, falls the night.
Thanks and praise, for our days,
‘Neath the sun, ‘neath the stars, neath the sky;
As we go, this we know, God is nigh.
Sun has set, shadows come,
Time has fled, Scouts must go to their beds
Always true to the promise that they made.
While the light fades from sight,
And the stars gleaming rays softly send,
To thy hands we our souls, Lord, commend.
The myth of the presidential grays?
Maybe it is just wishful thinking to assume that Commanders in Chief, with all the stresses of their daily duties, will get older quicker than others. But as NBC’s Bill Briggs writes, not really:
But, internally at least, presidents don’t age any faster than other Americans – and, in fact, historically surpass average U.S. lifespans, according to a study into whether commander in chief is, literally, is a killer job.
I read this story but will ignore it. I’d rather believe that the President ages faster than me. It just makes me feel better. And younger. Until I see my own grays in the mirror piling up, that is..
More than a dozen homes damaged.. hundreds of people forced into the streets. This image is chilling. And it’s the result of a neighborhood blast in the Richmond Hill subdivision of Indianapolis.
The scene looks like one from an end-times movie. But it’s real life.
The cause of the explosion still under investigation. Natural gas is expected.
Wow…
Nothing is flawless.
And certainly the response had mistakes.
Did they do an impressive job given the circumstances? I suppose so. But it would depend on your ask, wouldn’t it..
Tourists take a swim in Venice.
Trouble is, where they are at is typically and filled with tourists..
The situation in Venice is troubling. 70% of the city is under water.
High tides and heavy rain caused the massive flooding. Tourists are wearing highwaters instead of shorts.
But the idea of people swimming in the water just for a photo op? Hope the sewage isn’t hitting into legs and feet beneath..
2 killed, 27 homes left uninhabitable after Indiana explosion
NBC News: A huge explosion in a south Indianapolis neighborhood late Saturday night killed two people and destroyed or damaged 27 homes.
The cause of the explosion and subsequent fire is still unclear. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has been called in to investigate.
Damage from the explosion hit houses blocks away. Residents were evacuated to a nearby elementary school.
Photo: Two houses were leveled by an explosion that sparked a fire and killed two people early Sunday morning. The powerful nighttime blast shattered windows, crumpled walls and could be felt at least three miles away. (Matt Kryger / The Indianapolis Star)
I’ll make a guess and say a gas line did this .. We will see. Tragic story
New allegations being made in the General Pertraeus scandal: Was the study silenced until after the election?
Tent cities are fast becoming prison camps for victims of Hurricane Sandy.
For those who think that the story of Hurricane Sandy has been written and all is well, think again. There are tens of thousands of people who have no where to live. Their agony is only beginning. The battle of hope vs loss of all hope is taking place right now across the East Coast, and in tent cities that were supposed to be temporary shelters.. shelters that are turning into incredibly difficult place to find shelter from misery ..
It didn’t even involve General David Petraeus at first. Initially it began when Paula Broadwell sent threatening emails to another woman close to Petraeus at the CIA.
Tabassum Zakaria and Mark Hosenbal at REUTERS report this:
But the CIA director's name unexpectedly turned up in the course of the investigation, two officials and two other sources briefed on the matter said.
It was “an issue with two women and they stumbled across the affair with Petraeus,” a U.S. government security source said.
The Washington Post reported on Saturday that the FBI probe was triggered when Broadwell sent threatening emails to an unidentified woman close to the CIA director.
The woman went to the FBI, which traced the threats to Broadwell and then uncovered explicit emails between Petraeus and Broadwell, the Post said.
Even more, Pete Williams and Andrea Mitchell at NBC news report this:
At first, investigators were concerned that a stranger had somehow hacked into Petraeus’ email account, but then learned that his emailing her was consensual and indicative of an affair, they said.
One senior law enforcement official, who had been aware of the probe for several weeks, said the complaint to the FBI about Broadwell’s behavior “raised concerns, and we had to check it out. It wasn’t apparent at first what was going on.”
"That clarified our concern. We had to talk to him," the official said. "He made the decision to tell the White House. We handled it discreetly." The FBI did not tell the White House about the findings, as some sources had suggested Friday night, the official added.
Broadwell had extensive access to Petraeus while writing a biography of the general, “All In: The education of General David Petraeus,” and had given numerous television interviews speaking about him.
A sordid tale continues to develop. Twists, turns.. sex, secrets. All of those things that a James Bond film has. This however is not fiction. And with the fact Benghazi hearings are on the horizon, it is making the Petraeus scandal all the more fluid..
They could house 900. No private showers …
Truly devastating information. When will the national media stop ignoring this? This is a slow disaster of epic proportions and it’s not even registering in national news now??
Paula Broadwell wrote ALL IN about General David Petraeus. Now we know why.
Sorry Mitt, all your friends had a backup plan.
Jan Crawford of CBS news writes:
They just couldn’t believe they had been so wrong. And maybe they weren’t: There was Karl Rove on Fox saying Ohio wasn’t settled, so campaign aides decided to wait. They didn’t want to have to withdraw their concession, like Al Gore did in 2000, and they thought maybe the suburbs of Columbus and Cincinnati, which hadn’t been reported, could make a difference.
But then came Colorado for the president and Florida also was looking tougher than anyone had imagined.
"We just felt, ‘where’s our path?’" said a senior adviser. "There wasn’t one."
Romney then said what they knew: it was over.
His personal assistant, Garrett Jackson, called his counterpart on Mr. Obama’s staff, Marvin Nicholson. “Is your boss available?” Jackson asked.
Romney was stoic as he talked to the president, an aide said, but his wife Ann cried. Running mate Paul Ryan seemed genuinely shocked, the adviser said. Ryan’s wife Janna also was shaken and cried softly.
They were this shocked?
Obviously Mitt forgot about the primary debates when every other candidate told him and other Republicans that he would lose. And maybe he ignored changing demographics? And maybe he didn’t realize how many people would note his constantly evolving positions on issues.
Maybe the GOP should have went for the gusto and nominated Ron Paul just to see how that would have worked.
Instead they went the safe route, as they did with Bob Dole against Clinton in 1996. A repeat of the 90s is here.
Fair to say Romney will not run again? I think so.
Expect to see this photo in lots of places around the web .. This is Valeria Lukyonova. She is being billed as the real life BARBIE. Oh, and the photo you are looking at is real. It’s her. Not photoshopped, either.
It sort of makes me physically ill, how about you?
Oh and when she’s not busy having somehow way too much money to be able to do all this, she travels in her astral body. That must be fun.
Great question, but FLAWED! You assume that 200 years from now movies will still exist. By then we are going to be way beyond even virtual reality. We may even be able to re-create time. Or time travel..
So if we do time travel, then people from 200 years from now and here right now today. And maybe TODAY they are making the movie … ? Eh?
My thought.. if there are oceans and life, are the oceans huge and the life massive?
From Sandy to a white out.. Parts of the Northeast look like this today. Amazing stuff, weather can be. Sadly power is still out and the storm led to even MORE power outages … there are some warmer days coming up over the next few, so let’s hope that power crews get this mess cleaned up so the rest of the mess can be cleaned.
By the way, Charles Hack took this photograph for the Jersey Journal showing snow covered streets in Hoboken.. pretty picture. But too much misery ongoing to enjoy it.
University of Mississippi seeing anti-Obama protests.. escalation in tension, including racial slurs and arrests taking place..
Nor’Easter sucker punches Sandy-hit areas of The Northeast Coast.. snow falls, as much as 8 inches+.. New York City was hit was 4 inches of snow—the earliest on record for the Big Apple..
Staten Island’s FEMA office closed due to snow…
Man fights the city just to have a garden!
Major earthquake hits off the coast of Guatemala.. 7.4 magnitude..
4.2 magnitude earthquake off the coast of California and Oregon..
6.3 quake Vancouver Island..
Geologists now say that East Coast earthquakes have the ability to travel farther..
Monsanto and others spent $45 million to defeat Prop 37 in California—and money won..
Grand NEW flag will have to be made: Puerto Rico votes for Statehood.. How will the 50 states respond?
Newly discovered tools have forced a rethink of how smart early humans actually were..
SUPER EARTH discovered in star’s habitable zone! But no major pronouncement has been made, as scientists are cautious about the earthlike planet so far..
Doctors ‘stunned’ that a laptop has cooked a male’s sperm.. After ceasing use of his laptop, they have a child.
Exercising for just ten minutes a day can extend life..
Time can fly when you’re having fun, but now scientists have learned perhaps why.. even more, they say that they have discovered how to make time pass faster..
Study claims that the universe has almost stopped making new stars..
Rumors over Sawyer: Was Diane drunk on election night or just tired?
Google’s logo: Bram Stoker’s 165th Birthday celebrated..
Experts say 1 in three men cannot see his penis..
Robert Costa wrote a NATIONAL REVIEW article today, linked above, about the election results. What caused Romney to lose?
The quote on NJ Gov Chris Christie that caught my attention:
Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey, the adviser adds, is persona non grata in Romney’s inner circle. “He went out of his way to embrace the president during the final week of the campaign,” the adviser says. “It wasn’t necessary and it hurt us. Todd Akin, Richard Mourdock, and Chris Christie undermined the Republican message.”
Maybe Christie’s embrace of Obama hurt Romney. Maybe Chris Christie crying after Bruce Springsteen called hurt Romney. But in the end it helped his citizens, and quite frankly, it helped Chris Christie.
Think about it.. Your state just went through a disaster of monumental proportions. Entire towns are gone. An entire coastline is changed. What else CAN YOU DO but ask the President of the federal purse for help? What else can you do but put politics aside..? You have no option.
And on the political flipside? It’s a win-win for Chris Christie. Obama in office for four more years, and after 8 years of a presidency it’s easier for a different party to win.. In 2016, I bet Chris Christie runs for the presidency.. Romney losing this year allows him to do that. Obama being out of office by then allows him to have a weaker field to run against. And he will win in 2016. I say it now. Put it on the record.
ON this date, a date after 11/6/12, I say Chris Christie will win in 2016. Unless the Mayan calender ends in December and the world gets decimated by the mighty hand of the higher power. Otherwise Christie/Rand Paul (you read that right) wins in 2016 against …Clinton/Biden!
So sayseth the Coalspeaker. So sayseth the lord.
He certainly has legs big enough to fill the shoes.
The election is over. WE CAN ALL UNITE and be thankful for that. The campaign mudslinging gets tiresome—even boring. The negative ads were so plentiful this year that, frankly, people stopped noticing them. It was just frightening images of President Obama and Governor Romney set Armageddon style music. But it’s over. We have a winner. And it happened long before many thought it would. No recount. No hanging chads. No computer glitches of concern—well, there were but as usual the media ignored the problems with electronic machines.
But what has changed?
Before the election yesterday, Democrats controlled the Senate, Democrats had the White House, and Republicans had the House.
After the election today? Democrats control the Senate, Democrats have the White House, and Republicans have the House.
This after billions of dollars spent on advertising!?
Billions of dollars spent to … keep everything the same?
I am not a money-man, a banker, or a fiscal prophet. But if someone told me to spend a billion bucks just to keep my house, my job, my car, and make no changes, I’d turn the cheek and take a risk by not doing it.
Our elections are getting expensive. The Supreme Court decision years back allowing corporations to give more ensured that. Are we getting more for the money, though? We certainly had our TV airwaves taken over by candidates this year. Billions upon billions of dollars spent while Hurricane Sandy victims still are without running water, electricity, and food. Billions of dollars on a campaign while wars continue.. while poverty abounds.. while people are working three jobs instead of two just to make ends meet. Billions of bucks on the campaign.
Just to keep the status quo.
And speaking of status quo, not to be glum while America parties, there is something coming on January 1 2013 that few are concerned about: The fiscal cliff. The moment when taxes increase for everyone in this nation all at one time. When government spending has issues.. when people’s deductions get affected.. when life fiscally as we know it changes. And Congress, the Senate, and the White House are fully aware of the impending financial doom. The cliff is fast approaching. Billions of dollars were spent to make certain that the SAME PLAYERS would be in Washington that brought us to the edge of this mess. As of right now, no serious attempts have yet been made to correct the problem, or divert it from happening. A lame duck session of Congress is coming. Maybe they will come up with a magic solution? Or just keep doing things as they have been done.
No changes.
Status quo.
It’s tough to say just yet what, if anything, will change as a result of President Obama’s re-election.
The nation is slightly divided. A pretty evenly split popular vote, though the President did have a resounding victory on the Electoral College map.
If I had to make any prediction about what changed, I’d say this: Republicans will have to deeply analyze their message and determine what they could do about it. Was Romney just a flawed candidate? Was Santorum right ..was Gingrich right..was Bachmann right? They all said Romney could not beat a sitting President. And Chris Christie sat this one out. Maybe he was thinking Romney loses, too, setting up a 2016 run (or walk for him) to the White House? Or maybe the Ron Paul wing of the party needs some more press. Or maybe the Green Party, the Libertarian Party, the Reform Party, and others, need to be brought into the big tent of media coverage that only covers two parties?
I don’t know.
But what I do know is that today, just like November 5 2012, everything feels quite the same..
Chicago is going wild at Obama headquarters.. Other nets have not called yet..
President Obama will win the swing state of Wisconsin and Mitt Romney will win the swing state of North Carolina..
The trend continues leading to a potential landslide election
No projections from the experts yet but I’m watching the county by county view and it is looking like Romney’s night will end early..
And it looks like an Obama pickup as
Milwaukee results get counted..
Democrat Sen. Claire McCaskill will beat Todd Akin to retain her U.S. Senate seat for Missouri
The window there is closing too. Major Democratic strongholds have yet to be counted, just like in FLORIDA. The election may soon be over ..
84% of Florida is counted.. But the areas to be counted are major Democratic areas .. Romney is most likely going to lose Florida and it perhaps will NOT be as close as it looks at the moment..
Razor thin isn’t the word.
Where’s Dan Rather when you need a good saying?
Remember he predicted a big Romney win. He didn’t change his prediction yet but is hedging a bit on any big pronouncements..
Barone also asked:
‘Is he [Romney] outperforming John McCain enough?’
49/49 exit polls. If Romney does not capture Virginia his path to 270 is very difficult
I waited until very late in the game, but I am choosing who the electorate will pick for the next president of United States. Barack Obama.
I think he will win Pennsylvania by a slim margin, and when all Ohio by and even slimmer margin. He may even win Florida by the slimmest of slim margins. He will win New Jersey by a large margin, which is fitting since the governor of that state is not slim at all…
Others have said Obama will win, others have said Romney will win, and some have even said that Romney will win by a wide margin..
Time will tell.. Watching like you are..
I was watching coverage of the election on all three major networks, CNN, Fox, and MSNBC. On those programs during interviews, Republicans look a little nervous and Democrats look a little overconfident. Not sure if my observations mean anything, it could just be that Republicans are nervous and Democrats are overconfident, or it could mean that exit polls show a substantial margin of victory for president Obama..
We won’t know officially until later, or even later than later, but I will continue to read the tea leaves and follow the airwaves along with reading as many websites and blogs as I can to find out if anyone can prognosticate who the president will be before the election gets called officially..
And what time the official recognition of a president comes? That is where the night could get long..
Election day predictions.. from pundits and soothsayers. Will they say anything if they are wrong?
America is set to vote..
All the ads, all the money.. all now history. The real story begins and ends with each citizen, in the polling place, deciding who should run the school board, the county.. the congress.. the nation. All up to Mr. And Mrs. Citizen. Joe Sixpack. All of those corny phrases ..
The election may be close, so the experts say. The pundits also tell us it could be disputed. Which means even more so that every vote counts. Remember in the year 2000? Votes counted then. Of course the real vote was the Supreme Court, their words certainly had more weight..
Nonetheless, in the year 2012, what is the choice?
Each campaign has framed the debate his (or her) own way.
But none of the frames matter.
The negative ads? They are meaningless too.
The debates? They meant something, but don’t know.
No, now you count.
You mean something.
You are the person who gets to decide.
There is something special about a free and fair election. We in America assume we have those things still. Hopefully our assumption will not be disproven by widespread fraud.. keep the fraud at a minimum. And in Philadelphia. But during a free election, you can walk into a polling place in silence, head held high, cast your choice, and walk out proud. Will your vote be counted? Well, that is for another time and place. But knowing you can do what you did without worry or trepidation or repudiation? Well, that feels alright …
So go make it count. Regardless of the candidate that you have bought into, no matter the talking points you have recited, just go and be silent in that polling place. Your vote speaks a million words.
AMERICA’S CHOICE, 2012.
For better or worse. Here we go.
The UK Daily Mail writes that fear, crime, looting, and scavenging for food has taken over areas still powerless..
I’d love to hear from people to tell me if it really is that bad..
Those are the words spoken by SONS OF ANARCHY star Theo Rossi. He said that Hurricane Sandy’s aftermath is much worse than how the media is portraying it.. Here is the full quote as reported by EW:
It’s so bad here, a lot worse than how its being portrayed by the media. They are finding bodies left and right, elderly people who don’t even watch the news or who knew the storm was coming. I was just with one of my best friends from high school and college, and his house is completely gone. One story I heard was about this one guy who evacuated his house during Hurricane Irene but then it got looted. So when they told him to evacuate for Sandy, he said, ‘I’m not leaving.’ Now they can’t find him, his 13-year-old daughter is dead, and his wife is in critical condition at the hospital. These are the stories. My stepfather and my mother, I love them to death. But when they heard the storm was coming, they said, ‘It’s not going to be that bad. Irene didn’t do anything.’ They had two flashlights and a couple of scented candles. Little did they know. It’s just not worth it. If you’re told to evacuate, you need to get out.
Other reports are numerous of people dressing up like ConEd employees, robbing people at gunpoint. There are videos of Senator Chuck Schumer being told that with more cold nights like the previous few, more people will die..
Another storm is on the map.. It could bring wind, rain, and snow for the Northeast after election day..
The troubling part: Sand dunes that protected areas from beach flooding road flooding has been obliterated.. What may occur here is good..
I believe the unfortunate series of events appear to be set to continue..