President Obama’s Top Secret Strategy

by Stuart Shapiro

President Obama ran a brilliant campaign in 2008 but the job is much harder this time.  The Bush recession lingers and Congress refuses to help.  So what is an incumbent to do?

In a recent interview with a group of journalists, President Barack Obama revealed his secret weapon for winning the election in 2012.

“I don’t think it requires us to go negative in the sense of us running a bunch of ads that are false or character assassinations,” he said. “We may just run clips of the Republican debates verbatim. We won’t even comment on …

White House Shooting Suspect Arrested

Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez was arrested in Pennsylvania in relation to gunshots at the White House.

Ortega is from Idaho Falls, Idaho, and was believed to be living in the Washington area. He was reported missing Oct. 31 by his family. He has an arrest record in three states but has not been linked to any radical organizations, U.S. Park Police said…

Republican Leaders Preparing Party To Accept Tax Increases

Republicans are getting ready to accept that tax increases will be part of a revenue deal.

Lawmakers emerged from the closed-door meeting saying [Rep. Jeb] Hensarling had made the case that offering some new revenue — $300 billion in at least one publicized offer — would be a good trade to secure a permanent extension of the George W. Bush-era tax rates.

Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) told reporters after the briefing that the GOP had made “a fair offer,” referring to a proposal from supercommittee member Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) that would call for about $300 billion in new taxes …

Herman Cain: “I’m Not Supposed To Know Anything About Foreign Policy”

More Herman Cain from the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal:

Cain brought up the GOP debate on foreign policy two days earlier.

“That’s a tough subject. You don’t want to get your facts mixed up,” he said.

He defended his view that presidents and presidential candidates don’t need to be immersed in the fine print of world affairs – they simply need to be leaders who can surround themselves with the right people and sift through their advice.

“I’m not supposed to know anything about foreign policy. Just thought I’d throw that out,” he said, a dig at his critics.

“I want …

Democratic Mayors Nationwide Struggle To Manage Problems Caused By The Occupy Movement

By Yashwanth Manjunath

Everyone is aware of Occupy Wall Street being cleared out in the middle of the night before finally being allowed back in, but Michael Bloomberg is not the only mayor trying to shut down these protests. Mayors all across the country are struggling to balance the needs of the larger community with the right of these Occupy movements to protest:

The protest movement has hurt the quality of life in every part of the city, said Oakland Mayor Jean Quan.

In the past few days, the balance has tipped, said Portland Mayor Sam Adams.

We’re at

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Bullet Hits White House Window

Ballistic glass behind the exterior glass stopped the bullet.

The Secret Service also tells News4 that one additional round was also been found on the exterior of the White House.

The investigation started after an incident on Friday where gunshots were heard near the White House. Police have since been searching for a suspect in that case, 21 year old Oscar Ortega Hernandez . The Secret Service has not yet conclusively connected Friday’s incident with the bullets found on White House grounds.…

Occupy Everywhere November 17

Submitted by Mary

Thursday will be an International Day of Action with simultaneous global protests.

Starting early, at 7 am, demonstrators will attempt to “Shut Down Wall Street” by telling stories of people on the frontlines of economic injustice. The idea is to peacefully but firmly “exchange stories rather than stocks” and, at the very least, change the covnersation for the day.

At 3 pm, activists will gather at sixteen central subway hubs and take their own stories to the trains, using the “people’s mic.” This is not an effort to disrupt or delay the subways, rather an attempt …

Gay Penguins To Be Reunited

Buddy and Pedro were separated by the Toronto Zoo so they could reproduce, but they will be reunited in the spring.

…when the breeding season is over, all the African penguins will eventually return to the same enclosure, and “if Buddy and Pedro want to be together … they will be back together,” said Tom Mason, Toronto Zoo curator of birds.

But will they want to stay together after copulating and bonding with a female?

…The Toronto Zoo’s species survival plan aims to help the endangered penguins populate, but the process can’t be forced. It all depends on how well …

Sorority Girls On Probation After Going To Party In Blackface As Cosby’s Huxtable Family

Six women at the University of Mississippi went to a sorority party in blackface as the Huxtables.

The students, all members of Phi Mu sorority, have not been publicly identified.

Joe Paul, vice president of student affairs, says the executive officers of Phi Mu and the women involved met on Sunday with a group of African-American student leaders at the university.

Phi Mu National President Kris Bridges says the matter is being investigated and more disciplinary action could follow. She says the local chapter will sponsor a campus-wide program on diversity appreciation.

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John McCain Rips Torture Supporters

by Stuart Shapiro

John McCain, who looks better and better with each passing Republican debate, did not have kind words for Herman Cain and Rep. Michele Bachmann after they supported waterboarding in the debate Saturday night.

The Arizona lawmaker—who was tortured himself while a prisoner of war in Vietnam — said the controversial practice was both illegal and ineffective on Monday evening.

“Very disappointed by statements at SC GOP debate supporting waterboarding,” he tweeted. “Waterboarding is torture.”

McCain, who ran for President in 2008, elaborated on CNN later, arguing, “If you put enough physical pain on somebody, they will tell …

On Tuesday’s Radio Show…

• Alan discusses the crackdown on Occupy Wall Street with former New York Gov. David Paterson.

• Fox News Radio host John Gibson, who says the eviction of Zuccotti Park was long overdue, sits down with Alan to debate it.

• Former Gov. Buddy Roemer (R-LA) explains why he thinks Mayor Bloomberg’s raid was “unjust, uncalled for, and unconstitutional.”…