U.S. slips out of top 10 most prosperous countries, while Canada keeps No. 6 ranking
The U.S. fell to 12th position from 10th in the Legatum Institute’s annual prosperity index amid increased doubts about the health of its economy and ability of politicians. Norway, Denmark and Sweden were declared the most prosperous in the index, published in London Monday.
As Andrew said, “You are the media!”
– GOP inspectors reportedly kicked out of multiple Philadelphia polling places Can’t hide the tricks anymore, Dems. Update: Judge orders GOP inspectors back in.
– In Detroit, violence in the poll.
– N.C. man busted for voting twice. Registered D.
– Lots of reports of the machines failing, surprising absolutely no one.
– Lots of reports of people being told they already voted.
See below the fold for more. Much more.
Sarah Palin was ahead of the curve with the labels.
Yep. Good reporters occasionally are impolite, especially to people in power who refuse to answer legitimate questions about their own policies. We don’t hire for table manners. We hire for persistence and toughness and the ability to spot a story among the fluff. We’re traditional that way. It’s the legacy media that have changed.
I grew up with Lloyd Robertson. Believed what he said, thought it was pertinent. Then I found out about one thing so amazingly biased from CTV that the disappointment was profound. I never believed a word he said after.
Paul Wells, today on Twitter, said, “I will just say that as a journalist, a Romney presidency would ensure more fun stories than an Obama re-election.”
My reply, “I’ll just ask, as a media consumer, why is that?”
Everyone knows why. I, as a blogger (and thus ‘media’) know why. It’s a hell of a lot easier to fill content when you’re ‘against’ something.
Good riddance, indeed.
h/t: @mcouros
You tell them over and over again that costs get passed on or the employees get cut back, but no, The wing-nuts just don’t believe you.
Last week we found out that, beginning in January, any employee who is not full-time at that point, will be limited to 28 hours per week and all new hires will be subject to the same policy.
I swear, if a conservative said the sky was blue the liberals would search for proof that it was red.
Adm. James A. Lyons (Ret.), former Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet, pulls no punches.
There is an urgent need for full disclosure of what has become the “Benghazi Betrayal and Cover-up.” The Obama national security team, including CIA, DNI and the Pentagon, apparently watched and listened to the assault on the U.S. consulate and cries for help but did nothing. If someone had described a fictional situation with a similar scenario and described our leadership ignoring the pleas for help, I would have said it was not realistic—not in my America – but I would have been proven wrong.
h/t Hot Air
Apparently sleep researchers haven’t been getting enough of that cool green Gov’t money. They came out against human habitation near windmill farms.
I’m sure we’ll quickly be brought up to speed though on why this study is flawed.
h/t: Instapundit
At this point, NAACP members were instructed to turn their clothing inside out, which they refused to do and said they weren’t going to stop their actions inside the polling place.
Oh, sorry, did I say Argentina? I meant Houston, TX. Apparently there is a need for UN observers in Texas.
h/t: Gateway Pundit
Threatening to riot and come a get you because,
they know where you live.
If only the guy in charge could set an example.
Course, I guess we know what preaching for tolerance gets you.
It’s a good thing that the uniter-in-chief was Pres the last four years. It’s good that there’s no red state or blue state, only the United States. Otherwise I might be worrying if I lived near a city. I might be buying ammunition. I might be reading up on self-defense laws in my state.
At some point, you have to take the threats seriously.
Ezra has called it for Romney. Not good. That’s like Schultzie calling for a Riders win….never a good sign. So is Barone. Dick Morris is back-pedaling a touch.
Senator Pat Roberts on the Benghazi event during Greta last night. Probably the most fair, but damning discussion I’ve seen. Here’s a former Marine asking the CINC to clear the air. He gets it. Politics matters, but this is more important. This is about the whether the trust between leadership and the pointy end of the spear is broken.
Previous to Roberts was Sen. McCain who reiterated the questions that Veterans, Nat.Guard, and Active members are asking. Anyone, anyone, who thinks these kind of questions from those willing to serve are a good thing needs their head examined.
Western society can not survive indifference from those who normally would be willing to kill and be killed; there are too many wolves.
The Airline of Middle-Earth:
h/t: @DarrenSproat
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Brian Lilley with Alex Marlow on Benghazi.
Brian Lilley recently released CBC Exposed available at your bookstores. Interview with John Gormley available here.
The U.S. Labor Department on Monday said it hasn’t made a decision yet on whether to delay Friday’s October jobs report, the final reading on the labor market before next week’s federal elections.
h/t Drudge
h/t @Dkrupski
The lines snake through neighbourhoods and people leave hoarse and buoyant. It used to be that his crowds were most excited when he said mean things about Barack Obama. Now that’s not what is getting most of the cheers. They cheer for Romney, the guy up there on stage.
Say what you will, that’s a lovely play on words.
Think on this – after the media wanting you to think that the most important issue this election is whether Big Bird will keep his government subsidied welfare check, a local reporter taking question suggestions from twitter forced Obama to face a real question about Benghazi.
Ed: Link fixed. Apparently everyone crashed his server or something