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President Obama jokes with Buddhist monk asking for prayers on budget

BANGKOK, Thailand – President Obama joked with a Buddhist monk at the Wat Pho Royal Monastery in Bangkok that, “yes we’re working on this budget we’re going to need a lot of prayer for that.” Obama made the remark after…

Can Obama change?

Listening to President Obama speak on election night, I thought of the moment in “The Lion King” when Scar took over Pride Rock. My sentiment for America was perfectly captured by the accompanying song, “Be Prepared.” Be prepared, America, for…

barHappy app hooks you up with food, drink specials

Answering the ever-common question “What should we do tonight?” is barHappy, a smartphone app and website that puts bar, restaurant, and club special at your fingertips. Using GPS, the app displays local watering holes so you can pick a spot…

Remembering Kristallnacht when anti-Semitism is on the decline

On the night of November 9, 1938, SA Stormtroopers, encouraged and supported by thousands of German civilians, took to the streets of Nazi Germany and Austria, burning synagogues, attacking Jewish-owned businesses and buildings, and murdering 91 people in what came…

WWRD: What would Reagan do after Obama’s victory?

The Republican Party and the conservative movement in America have been brought to their current appalling state because they are full of people who endlessly praise Ronald Reagan while doing the opposite of what he taught and practiced. In fact,…

A Successful Election For Mike Bloomberg And Forces For Moderation And Bipartisanship

Move up http://i.forbesimg.com tMove down Snapshot: Michael Bloomberg Follow Following Unfollow #10 Forbes 400 Voters Reject Divisive GOP Strategy. Can Obama And The House Deliver The Compromises The Electorate Wants? Doug Schoen Contributor Billionaire Michael Bloomberg had a good election…

There was no ‘tipping point’ in the 2012 election

There was no tipping point in this election. Former Gov. Mitt Romney simply made a number of strategic errors that cost him and the Republican Party the presidency, and any hope that they had of winning control of the U.S.…

Nor’easter to veer away from Sandy-ravaged Jersey Shore

How much can they take? Staten Islanders still digging out from superstorm Sandy now face a new weather threat. (AP) The Jersey Shore may have caught a break as a nor’easter that threatened to bring new flooding on the heels…

Sudden danger signs in polling as Election Day nears

As Election Day approaches, we must be very sensitive to last minute changes in the polls. Remember that President George W. Bush fell from a 4 point lead into a tie over the last weekend in 2000 and Clinton rose…

Obama says Romney raised taxes as governor, jokes about birth certificate

NASHUA, N.H. — President Obama opened a new line of attacks Saturday on opponent Mitt Romney regarding his time as Massachusetts governor and slammed Romney saying that the former governor raised taxes. “[D]uring Governor Romney’s campaign for governor down there,…