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FBI: Pentagon, Marine, Museum Shootings Linked

FBI: Pentagon, Marine, Museum Shootings Linked The Washington Post reports : The FBI on Tuesday opened an investigation into three unexplained shootings at military installations in Northern Virginia over the past 10 days. The first shooting , which broke upper-level …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday October 26, 2010

Totten: What if Iran Gets the Bomb?

Totten: What if Iran Gets the Bomb? Michael Totten speaks with Martin Kramer, Senior Fellow at the Shalem Center and an expert on Islam and Middle East politics about the growing threat from a nuclear Iran. I sought out Martin Kramer in Jerusalem because I knew he would give me an …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday October 26, 2010

Fiorina Hospitalized for Infection

Fiorina Hospitalized for Infection The Washington Post reports : SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California GOP Senate challenger Carly Fiorina is in the hospital to be treated for an infection associated with her reconstructive surgery after breast cancer. Deborah Bowker, the campaign's …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday October 26, 2010

Buck: "I Disagree" With Church-State Separation

Buck: "I Disagree" With Church-State Separation Amanda Terkel reports : WASHINGTON -- Colorado Republican Senate candidate and Tea Party favorite Ken Buck last year said he "strongly" disagrees with one of the bedrock principles of American society: the separation of church and …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday October 26, 2010

Rand Paul Gains Lead in New Polls

Rand Paul Gains Lead in New Polls Political Wire reports : A new Fox News poll in Kentucky shows Rand Paul with a solid seven point lead over Jack Conway (D) in the U.S. Senate race, 50% to 43%. Key finding: While Paul was viewed favorably by 48% of voters and unfavorably by …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday October 26, 2010

Election Weather Forecast Bad for Dems

Weather Forecast Bad for Dems The Hill reports: In more bad news for Democrats, rain is in the forecast for much of the country on Election Day. Weather tracking websites, including weather.com and The Old Farmer's Almanac, are calling for rain in the Midwest, Southeast and …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday October 26, 2010

Saddam's Foreign Minister Sentenced to Death

Saddam's Foreign Minister to Hang The Guardian reports: Saddam Hussein's most powerful deputy, Tariq Aziz, was sentenced to death by an Iraqi court this morning for being personally involved in the killing of members of Shia Islamic religious parties after the first Gulf war. …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday October 26, 2010

GOP Odds of Winning Senate Drop

Odds of GOP Taking Senate Drop Nate Silver at FiveThirtyEight writes: While Republicans’ position is holding steady in the House — where they are 4:1 favorites to win control of the chamber according to our analysis — their chances of also taking over the Senate declined in …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday October 26, 2010

Tax Lover Starts Pro-Taxpaying Group

Tax Lover Starts Pro-Taxes Group The Heartland Institute's Out of the Storm news blog reports: Vanessa Williamson loves taxes. Williamson is the founder of something you don’t (or at least we don’t) hear about every day: a pro-tax group – I Heart Taxes – and she describes the …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday October 26, 2010

Iran Loads Fuel Rods Into Nuke Plant

Iran Loads Fuel Into Nuke Plant The New York Times reports: Iran on Tuesday celebrated the start of the process of loading 163 fuel rods into the core of its first nuclear reactor, putting the Bushehr nuclear power plant within months of operation. The Bushehr reactor, cast by …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday October 26, 2010

Paul Supporter Stomps on MoveOn Member

Paul Backer Stomps on Woman Talking Points Memo reports : Josh Green flagged an incident that occurred outside of the Rand Paul-Jack Conway debate in Lexington, Kentucky Monday night that's already dominating the news in Kentucky and could easily make headlines nationally. As …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday October 26, 2010

Andrew Ferguson Responds to D'Souza

Andrew Ferguson Responds to Dinesh D'Souza Andrew Ferguson writes : On page 201 of his book, D’Souza refers to Charles Bolden’s widely quoted remark that President Obama wanted his NASA director “to reach out to the Muslim world.” In the next paragraph, D’Souza says that …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday October 26, 2010

Angle Avoids the Press, Again

Angle Uses Decoy to Dodge Press The Huffington Post reports : Nevada Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle used a decoy to dodge members of the press at an event on Monday, a reporter on the scene tells the Huffington Post. The Tea Party-backed pol, who has avoided public …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday October 26, 2010

Israel Explains Gaza Import Rules

Israel Explains Gaza Import Rules Haaretz reports : In the three years since Hamas took control of Gaza, Israeli officials have employed mathematical formulas to monitor foodstuffs and other basic goods entering the Strip to ensure that the amount of supplies entering was …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday October 26, 2010

Tea Party Says: Defeat Dem Rep for Being Muslim

Tea Party Says: Defeat Dem Rep for Being Muslim Talking Points Memo reports : This weekend, Tea Party Nation (TPN) sent an email in support of Lynne Torgerson, who is running against Rep. Keith Ellison in Minnesota. In the email, TPN lists the reasons Ellison should be "retired." …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday October 26, 2010

Applebaum: Stewart's March no Laughing Matter

Applebaum: Stewart's March no Laughing Matter Anne Applebaum writes : I don't know about you, but my heart sank when I read about Jon Stewart's Million Moderate March , planned for the Mall next weekend. My heart sank further when I learned that liberal groups, lacking any better …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday October 26, 2010

College Students Won't Turn Out to Vote

College Students Won't Turn Out Politico reports : On college campuses where Barack Obama made politics cool again , most students have moved on. They’ve quit bugging their friends about change, they’re no longer trying to sign up new voters and the knock-on-door day …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday October 26, 2010

Poll: Independents Siding with GOP

Poll: Independents Siding with GOP Politico reports : Republicans are on the verge of broad wins next week for one big reason: independent voters are ready to boot Democrats from office, according to a new POLITICO/George Washington University Battleground Poll . Expressing …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday October 26, 2010

NATO Troops Will be in Afghanistan Until 2014

Afghan War: NATO Will Stay Until 2014 The Daily Beast reports : The secret date for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan has been hiding in plain sight for months. It's certainly not the much ballyhooed July 2011 date, which will only begin withdrawals. It's not even …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday October 26, 2010

Karzai May Compromise on Private Security

Karzai May Compromise on Private Security The New York Times reports : KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Afghan president asked Sunday for a list of national aid projects that needed protection by private security guards, signaling a possible compromise over the status of security …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday October 26, 2010