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Top newspaper in Israel endorses President Obama

Israel’s most influential daily newspaper, Haaretz, has endorsed President Obama.

Obama’s predecessor, George W. Bush, assisted Israel’s defense by toppling Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq and deterring, albeit for a limited period, Iran’s accelerated progress toward attaining nuclear weapons. Bush contributed to Israel’s peace, even if partially, by being the first president to adopt the two-state solution. His support even enabled the evacuation of settlements from the Gaza Strip and northern West Bank.

Obama continued this two-way track vis-a-vis Iran and the issue of Palestinian statehood. Under his pressure, Israel suspended for the first time – for a while – construction in the settlements. Relations between the two countries’ armed forces have never been so close. Obama’s challenge in his second term, if he wins the elections, is to lead the region to a stable arrangement of peace and security. The outcome of the elections will be determined by the voters’ decision as to which of the two candidates is good for America. But if any of them are vacillating in their vote over whether Obama has been a good president for Israel, the answer is yes.

Well, there goes Mitt Romney’s argument that President Obama isn’t a friend to Israel…

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Donald Trump: President Obama didn’t take my bait, so he must not be American

Donald Trump continues to embarrass himself

“For President Obama not to accept five million dollars (or much more) for his favorite charity can only mean one thing – the records are very bad.  Obviously he wasn’t born in this country or, if he was, he said he wasn’t in order to receive financial aid and in order to have a clear and very easy path into a college or university.  Only a very stupid person would believe otherwise. There can be no other reason that so much money would not be so easily and routinely collected for charity.” – Donald Trump, writing on his Facebook page.

Trump is a douche.  Period.

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NYC Marathon cancelled

Thankfully, the NYC Marathon will not take place this Sunday.  Obviously, in light of the devastation to NYC due to Hurricane Sandy, holding the marathon would have represented a bad priority.

Mayor Bloomberg’s office reports: “We have decided to cancel the NYC marathon. The New York Road Runners will have additional information in days ahead for participants.”

Said Bloomberg in a statement: “We would not want a cloud to hang over the race or its participants, and so we have decided to cancel it. We cannot allow a controversy over an athletic event — even one as meaningful as this — to distract attention away from all the critically important work that is being done to recover from the storm and get our city back on track.”

I believe the idea of staying the course and holding the marathon was to show the world New Yorkers are tough and survivors, but it was just not a good idea so soon after the storm.  Wise decision.

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New Left Media: Ohio Romney Rally

Election observers believe that Ohio is the state most likely to decide who becomes our next President. These interviews were conducted with Ohio voters at a recent Romney rally in Defiance, OH.

I love these videos because they are completely fair and allow folks to talk in context.

And in doing so, they show how informed they are not. No details, just disagreement.

Take a look. They dig their own holes.

I will admit that while there is a certain entertainment factor in watching these folks contradict themselves and get facts wrong, it’s also very, very sad. This is a large part of America. And it makes me sad.

Produced and edited by Chase Whiteside (interviewer) & Erick Stoll.

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New jobs report: “Solid – right direction”

U.S. employers stepped up hiring in October and the jobless rate ticked higher as more workers restarted job hunts, a good sign a lackluster economy is slowly, but steadily improving.

Employers added 171,000 people to their payrolls last month, the Labor Department said on Friday. The government also said 84,000 more jobs were created in August and September than previously estimated.

“We still have a long way to go but this is a step in the right direction,” said Stephen Bronars, chief economist of Welch Consulting. Analysts had expected a smaller number of new jobs – around 125,000 – to be added, according to Bloomberg News.

All of the gain in payrolls was in the private sector, which added 184,000 jobs in October, the biggest increase since February. The government shed 13,000 positions.

The jobless rate edged up a tenth of a point to 7.9 percent, but that was due to workers surging back into the labor force. Only people who are looking for a job count as unemployed.

“This report is consistent with the emerging picture of an economic recovery that is continuing to regain traction after grinding to a halt earlier this year,” said Millan Mulraine, senior U.S. strategist at TD Securities in Toronto.

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