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  • Grazing away at billions of euros

    11/07/2012 9:12:04 PM PST · by Olog-hai
    PressEurop.eu ^ | 7 November 2012 | (Trouw, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)
    “New problems with European Union spending,” headlines Dutch daily, Trouw. A report on the implementation of the 2011 EU budget, published by the European Court of Auditors on November 6, notes spending “errors” of €5.2 billion ($6.6 billion) from a total €130 billion ($165.8 billion), and an increase in unjustified spending, up from 3.7% in the previous year to 3.9%. The unjustified spending was particularly prevalent in the administration of funds for rural development, the environment, fisheries and health. …
  • Obama Wins 8 of the Nation’s 10 Wealthiest Counties

    11/07/2012 6:24:30 PM PST · by grundle · 45 replies
    CNBC ^ | November 7, 2012 | Paul Toscano
    In an election that often focused on debates about class warfare, President Barack Obama was favored over multimillionaire businessman Mitt Romney in eight of the nation’s 10 wealthiest counties. And his margin of victory in all eight counties was greater than that of the national vote, in which Obama was leading by 50 percent to 48 percent with 97 percent of precincts reporting. The findings are based on a CNBC.com analysis of Census Bureau numbers on average annual household income from 2006-2011 and results from Tuesday’s elections. The 10 richest counties accounted for 1,337,700 votes, or about 1.1 percent of...
  • Israel’s Jewish Population to Hit Symbolic 6 Million by End of Month

    11/07/2012 1:28:32 PM PST · by Bevo · 6 replies
    Algemeiner ^ | November 6, 2012 | None
    Figures obtained by the Hebrew-language newspaper Maariv indicate that the Jewish population of Israel will reach the symbolic number of 6 million by the end of November. According to Maariv there are currently 5.9965 million Jews in Israel. Reports earlier in the year had established the number would be reached by the end of the year, but it appears the number will be reached even earlier. Of all the residents of Israel – 75.5 percent are Jews (six million), 20.5 percent are Muslim (1.65 million), and 4.2 percent are Christians and other religions. According to statistics reported by Israel National...
  • It Was Because Of Bush Sort Of

    11/07/2012 12:54:09 PM PST · by Andrei Bulba · 22 replies
    Not the economy, the election. Who was the democrats' big hero this year, their big gun? Bill Clinton. A woman attacking, lying, corrupt, disgraced debarred perjurer who never got 50% of the vote when he ran for president. Yet he was their funny old respected distinguished statesman. And where is George W Bush? No republican would dare go near him. We allow the fantasy that he caused a disaster after Katrina. We allow Obama to blame "them" again and again for the economy- and "they" is George W Bush, not the real culprits, filthy leftists degenerates like Barney Frank. George...
  • Robber Asks Store Clerk Who He Voted For At Gunpoint

    11/07/2012 11:51:09 AM PST · by rightwingintelligentsia · 22 replies
    WKBN ^ | November 7, 2012
    An armed masked man who robbed a Warren convenience store on Tuesday also told the clerk at gunpoint to vote for President Barack Obama’s reelection campaign. Reports said the man, who wore a white bandana covering his nose lower face, robbed the Convenient Food Mart at 3120 Parkman Road N.W. at gunpoint. Witnesses told police he pointed the gun at the clerk and repeatedly asked who he voted for in the presidential election. The clerk said he was not allowed to vote. The gunman then said “Vote for Obama. This is Obama (expletive)” before fleeing, reports said.
  • McDonald's flies flag upside down

    11/07/2012 11:29:52 AM PST · by raccoonradio · 152 replies
    Friends of WTOV-TV ^ | 11/7/12 | Friends of WTOV-TV
    The American flag at the Follansbee McDonald's is flying at half-staff and upside down today. Someone at the restaurant told one of our reporters this was "the owner's decision." What are your thoughts?
  • One vote has not been counted

    11/06/2012 10:03:36 PM PST · by Truthsearcher · 39 replies
    Dear friends, We don’t serve men… we serve a God in heaven who knew the outcome of this presidential election before the first vote was cast. And we’re living in this particular time for a reason… God wouldn’t have put us here in this moment in history if He didn’t have a purpose for us. God knows our hearts and He knows our strongest desire is to save His children from the sin of this nation, but God’s plan for us is not an easy road. If it were easy we wouldn’t have been forged in the fire for this...
  • Why the low Republican turnout? (vanity)

    11/07/2012 8:40:52 AM PST · by TigerClaws · 147 replies
    This was within reach. Obama had ten million fewer votes than 2008. Despite huge rallies and intensity, Rs didn't show up. Was it... 1. Insufficient ground game? Hundreds of millions on tv instead of laser beam ground game on our base? 2. Too moderate. Romney didn't motivate the conservatives. 3. The Mormon thing. Evangelicals stayed home. 4. The gender gap. Romney didn't close it. Despite the MSM spin, this was a winnable election and we lost the chess match. Thoughts?
  • IMPEACHMENT over Benghazi!! (Vanity)

    11/07/2012 8:39:27 AM PST · by ReaganÜberAlles · 49 replies
    If a coward president, vice-president & Sec of State leaving men to die on the field of battle is not a High Crime or a Misdemeanor then there are no such things. We have the House and the necessary votes. Investigate & Indict. After the dirty, lying, divisive campaign the cowards ran and after he, Biden and Clinton left those brave men to die begging for help we have a DUTY to bring Charges of Impeachment against the 3 criminals: OBAMA, BIDEN, CLINTON.
  • Romans 1 - This is what occurred last night.

    11/07/2012 7:28:38 AM PST · by schaef21 · 64 replies
    The Holy Bible ^ | 57 AD | God Almighty through Paul the Apostle
    18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, 19 because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. 20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, 21 because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their...
  • So, 2016 will be Jeb of BushCo versus Hitlery Klintoon (both are popping some champagne tonight)

    11/06/2012 10:57:29 PM PST · by Abiotic · 21 replies
    Self | Self
    I can hardly wait........... Put a fork in the States, she's done cooked.
  • When the 2016 Election Arrives, The GOP will enter having won the popular vote once in 28 years.

    11/06/2012 10:27:31 PM PST · by TitansAFC · 48 replies
    Vanity | 11-7-2012 | TitansAFC
    Just a point in fact for the GOP at large: When Election Day 2016 rolls around, the GOP will enter the night having convinced more Americans to vote for their candidate than for the Democrat candidate exactly one time in 28 years. Thats ONCE in TWENTY-EIGHT years. Just damn.
  • Vanity: CBS, MSNBC calling MA for Warren

    11/06/2012 6:49:28 PM PST · by raccoonradio · 43 replies
    11/6/12 | raccoonradio
    CBS calling MA Sen for Warren...saying Brown had to win 20 per cent of Dems but only won 11. Too early? MSNBC supp. also calling it.
  • Michael Moore wants you to text him. 810-522-8398

    11/06/2012 2:24:24 PM PST · by ReaganÜberAlles · 30 replies
    DUmmies have a thread up about sending the names/numbers of reluctant Dem voters by text to Moore at the number above. Checked it out on Google and his site. Looks legit,
  • Previously unseen whale species washes up on New Zealand beach

    11/06/2012 11:46:52 AM PST · by blueplum · 30 replies
    LA Times ^ | 05 Nov 12 | Jon Bardin
    Not one but two specimens of the world’s rarest known species of whale have been discovered on a New Zealand beach, according to a report published Monday in the journal Current Biology. The species, called the spade-toothed beaked whale, is so rare that before the find researchers weren't even sure if it still existed. The two whales washed up on Opape Beach in New Zealand’s Bay of Plenty. At first scientists thought they were examples of a much more pedestrian species, the Gray’s beaked whales, which are the most commonly beached whales in the region. But after undertaking a DNA...
  • Obama's fathers ancestral village witch doctor foresees Obama victory(creeps me out)  

    11/06/2012 11:36:12 AM PST · by MaggieMay · 47 replies
    Reuters ^ | Nov 6,2012 | Reuters
    Transcript from Reuters website: This small village in the Kenyan countryside boasts a special connection to U.S. President Barack Obama. Kogelo is the ancestral village of his father - and the birthplace of the Obama surname. This is John Dima - a respected local witchdoctor who's trying to peer into the future to predict whether Obama will trounce Mitt Romney in his bid for the White House. As his wife offers instructions on the preparation of John's prophetic potions, the witchdoctor says he foresees victory for the President. (SOUNDBITE)(Luo) KOGELO WITCHDOCTOR, JOHN DIMA, SAYING: "His father was my friend; his...
  • Marketwatch poll - Romney - 63 /O'Bummor - 33!

    11/06/2012 9:38:17 AM PST · by RogerWilko · 13 replies
    Marketwatch ^ | 11/06/2012 | Marketwatch
    I know it's not a scientific poll, but it sure looks better than if it was the other way around!
  • Hillary Clinton's Knack of Being in the South Pacific When the Democrats Look Bad

    11/06/2012 8:01:58 AM PST · by Crimson Elephant · 17 replies
    Hillbuzz.org ^ | November 6th, 212 | Kevin DuJan
    The woman also has quite the knack for being as far away from Washington, DC as humanly possible whenever anything bad is about to happen to Democrats. Have you noticed this? * November 2nd, 2010 — While Democrats were being roasted by voters stateside in the Midterm elections, Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton was dancing by a fire in Papua New Guinea having a pig roast on the beach. Laughing and smiling and laughing some more. I wonder what she named the pig before they cooked it? * September 4-6th, 2012 — During the bizarre yelling and shouting and baby-killing festival...
  • Kid Rock - Born Free

    11/05/2012 9:06:44 PM PST · by sheikdetailfeather · 2 replies
    You Tube ^ | 9-11-2010 | Kid Rock
    Kid Rock's neue Singel Born Free aus dem kommenden gleichnahmigen Album
  • Geraldo endorses Romney/Ryan but is voting for Obama/Biden.

    11/05/2012 8:56:35 PM PST · by Livin_large · 68 replies
    Twitchy Media ^ | November 5, 2012 | Twitchy Staff
    4 good men but I Endorse Romney/Ryan whose plan re:SS,medicare,deficit better But I'm Voting Obama/Biden for choice immigration,gaymarriage — Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) November 05, 2012