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GOP Claims Aqua Buddha Ad Backfires

GOP Claims Aqua Buddha Ad Backfires MSNBC reports : Rand Paul's (R) campaign team has polled Jack Conway's (D) "Aqua Buddha" TV, and it suggests that the Conway ad has backfired on the Democrat. Per the Paul poll that First Read obtained, more than 80% of Kentucky voters …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday October 22, 2010

Moran to Troops: Your Service Doesn't Matter

Moran to Troops: Your Service Doesn't Matter Bill Kristol writes : The em> Washington Examiner

Written by FrumForum News on Friday October 22, 2010

Blago Trial Delayed Till April

Blago Trial Delayed Till April The Chicago Tribune reports : A federal judge agreed Friday to delay former Gov. Rod Blagojevich 's retrial until April to give his defense team — down to just two lawyers — more time to prepare. U.S. District Judge James Zagel, who had …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday October 22, 2010

Club for Growth Spends $1 Million in PA

Club for Growth Spends $1 Million Against Sestak The Wall Street Journal reports : With his lead shriveling, Pennsylvania’s Republican Senate candidate, Pat Toomey , needs only to look at his resume to find possible salvation. The past president of the conservative political …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday October 22, 2010

Afghanistan to Expel Private Security

Afghanistan to Expel Private Security The Washington Post reports : KABUL - U.S.-funded development firms are beginning to shut down massive reconstruction projects because the Afghan government has refused to rescind a ban on their use of private security guards, according to …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday October 22, 2010

US Won't Train Pakistanis Accused of War Crimes

US Won't Train Pakistanis Accused of War Crimes The New York Times reports : WASHINGTON — The Obama administration will withhold training and equipment for about a half-dozen Pakistani Army units that are believed to have killed unarmed prisoners and civilians during recent …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday October 22, 2010

Female Crews Assigned to Submarines

Female Crews Assigned to Submarines Defense.gov reports : WASHINGTON, Oct. 21, 2010 – Two dozen women will begin reporting to four submarines by the end of next year, marking a new milestone in the 110-year history of the submarine force, Navy officials announced today. Six …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday October 22, 2010

Democrats try to Reach out to Women

Dems try to Reach out to Women The New York Times reports : SEATTLE — Women came out strong for Barack Obama in 2008. Now, with barely 10 days before the midterm elections that are looking increasingly perilous for his party, he is trying to win them back. Mr. Obama …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday October 22, 2010

Cholera Outbreak in Haiti Kills Hundreds

Cholera Outbreak in Haiti Kills Hundreds The Miami Herald reports : PORT-AU-PRINCE -- Haitian health officials are blaming the deaths of more than 100 people suffering from acute severe diarrhea and dehydration on an outbreak of cholera. ``For sure it is that, ' …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday October 22, 2010

French Police Break Strike Blockade

French Police Break Strike Blockade BBC reports : Clashes have broken out outside a major oil refinery in France after riot police moved in to clear strikers who blockaded the terminal for 10 days. Two people were hurt outside the Grandpuits refinery east of Paris, one of 12 …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday October 22, 2010

Toxic Substance Found in Congressman's Office

Toxic Substance Found in Rep's Office Politico reports : Police locked down the Tucson congressional office of Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.) on Thursday afternoon after staffers received a package containing a “confirmed” toxic substance, a Grijalva spokesman said. A …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday October 22, 2010

France Approves Pension Reform

France Approves Pension Reform The New York Times reports: PARIS — After nearly three weeks of debate and a series of national strikes , the French Senate voted Friday evening to pass President Nicolas Sarkozy ’s bill to raise the minimum retirement age to 62 from 60 and the …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday October 22, 2010

How the US Will Get a Carbon Tax

How the US Will Get a Carbon Tax David Roberts writes: The U.K. may have just implemented a carbon tax. "Whuuut?" you're asking. Seriously. And it's kind of a funny story. The Carbon Reduction Commitment , developed by the U.K.'s Department of Energy and Climate Change, is a …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday October 22, 2010

Is Blumenthal Working with Planned Parenthood?

Blumenthal Aides Planned to Use WWE to Smear McMahon Ben Smith reports: A source this morning forwards on an email this morning from inside Attorney General Dick Blumenthal's campaign for Senate, in which his aides discuss tarring Linda McMahon in cooperation with Planned Parenthoo…

Written by FrumForum News on Friday October 22, 2010

DeMint Will Try to Defund NPR

DeMint Will Try to Defund NPR Politico reports: In his “Talking Points Memo” tonight, Bill O’Reilly said that “Jim DeMint will introduce legislation to defund” NPR in the wake of Juan Williams’s firing. CNN’s Peter Hamby later tweeted confirmation . “This is like the ACORN …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday October 22, 2010

Williams: NPR Was "Vindictive" over Fox Appearances

Williams: NPR Was "Vindictive" over Fox Appearances Politico reports: Juan Williams said Friday morning that NPR fired him this week because the radio network had become “vindictive” over his appearances on Fox News . “I knew about their antagonism toward Fox . I knew they …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday October 22, 2010

Gerson: America Not a Christian Nation

Gerson: America Not a Christian Nation Michael Gerson writes: The controversy surrounding Christine O'Donnell's constitutional views -- Does she deny the existence of the establishment clause? Dispute its location in the First Amendment? Reject that it mandates the "separation of …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday October 22, 2010

Are Settlements Really Preventing Peace?

Are Settlements Really Preventing Peace? Khaled Abu Toameh writes: For nearly two decades, the Palestinian Authority conducted peace talks with Israel while construction in the Jewish settlements was continuing. Every now and then the Palestinian leadership would complain about the …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday October 22, 2010

Bush: 'Zero Desire' to be in Public Eye

Bush: 'Zero Desire' to be in Public Eye The Chicago Tribune reports: In a rare public appearance, former President George W. Bush reflected on his presidency and his life out of the spotlight, poked fun at himself, and plugged his upcoming book while speaking at a conference for a …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday October 22, 2010

U.S. Kills Virtual Border Fence

U.S. Kills Virtual Border Fence The Los Angeles Times reports: The Department of Homeland Security, positioning itself to cut its losses on a so-called invisible fence along the U.S.- Mexico border, has decided not to exercise a one-year option for Boeing to continue work on the …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday October 22, 2010