The Bigger Battle Behind the Shutdown

At its core, the shutdown is part of a much bigger battle to restrain the federal government. It is spending $3.6 trillion per year without a budget, and its expenditures are expected to increase rapidly in the years ahead.

Meanwhile, the government has piled up $17 trillion in debt and $60 trillion more in unfunded spending promises. The Federal Reserve will borrow $1.1 trillion in 2013 alone to buy bonds—and it reserves the right to borrow unlimited amounts for future bond purchases without congressional or presidential permission.

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2013/10/10/the_bigger_battle_behind_the_shutdown_317498.html
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Acer Aspire S7-392 Ultrabook arrives in the US, starts at $1,450

We first met Acer's Aspire S7 at Computex in 2012, and since then it's gone through a major overhaul to become the Aspire S7-392 -- a Haswell-equipped Ultrabook that's now available in the US. You can choose between two models up for sale at retail outlets and on Acer's online store, with the cheaper $1,450 package toting a 1.6GHz Core i5 processor and a 128GB SSD. The $1,700 variant comes with a more powerful 1.8GHz Core i7 processor and double the storage space, but their other specs are identical. Both Windows 8 Ultrabooks boast a 13.3-inch 1,920 x 1,080 touchscreen display, an HD webcam, an 8GB of DDR3 RAM, and a bigger battery that promises up to 7 hours of power. It's too bad the European version's 2,560 x 1,440 screen didn't make it stateside, but at least the US incarnations are a bit easier on the wallet.

Update: We've revised the post to reflect that the higher-end model comes with a Core i7 processor, and not a Core i5.

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Anthony Weiner Accused of Whipping It Out Again (Little green footballs)

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Marlborough council asks mayor to explore fire station on west

The City Council on Monday night voted to ask Mayor Arthur Vigeant to look into building a fire station on the west side or finding another way to more adequately provide emergency services to one of the fastest-growing parts of the city.

An order from Ward 3 Councilor Matt Elder and City Council President Patricia Pope asked Vigeant to look into the options for the west side, which is seeing a boom in new business accompanied by hundreds of new apartments expected there.

During a recent meeting on a proposal from AvalonBay, which is applying for permission to build 350 apartments in a mixed-use, campus-style development at the former Hewlett-Packard parcel on Forest Street, the police and fire chiefs said their departments will need additional resources to serve a growing population.

The need for a fire station on the west side has come up frequently in discussions around new projects like the Forest Street mixed-use development being considered and the 225-unit Brookview Village 40B development that was approved on Ames Street late last year.

"This is something that has been discussed sort of formally and informally for a long time," Elder said at Monday?s meeting. "I just want the Mayor to talk about the options out there and figure out the costs associated."

The order put forth by Elder and Pope asks Vigeant to explore options including building a new fire station on a parcel donated to the city years ago by MetLife, building a smaller "satellite" station for emergency services and forming a partnership with Northbrough. The order, approved by the council in a 10-0 vote, asked Vigeant to report back to the council within 90 days.

In other business, the council approved a special permit allowing the owners of Bolton Street Tavern to build an outdoor deck overlooking the Fort Meadow Reservoir. The special permit was granted with conditions that there be no smoking on the deck and that it not be open past 10 p.m. during the week and 11 p.m. on weekends.
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Source: http://www.wickedlocal.com/marlborough/news/x853693037/Marlborough-council-asks-mayor-to-explore-fire-station-on-west?rssfeed=true

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Dillon Francis Goes Off At 'Guy Code Honors:' Watch Now!

Dillon Francis wowed the crowd at the first 'Guy Code Honors,' live from Comic-Con.
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Madrid president: Ronaldo to end career at club

MADRID -- Real Madrid president Florentino Perez says Cristiano Ronaldo will end his career with the Spanish giants and has denied receiving any bids for the Portugal forward.

Manchester United fans long for the return of Ronaldo, whom the English club sold to Madrid for a record 80 million pounds (then $131 million) in 2009.

Perez says in Tuesday's edition of French newspaper L'Equipe that "Real Madrid revolves around him," adding "I can assure you he will end his sports career here. We have not received any offers for him."

Despite scoring plenty of goals, Ronaldo has had off-field problems at Madrid and recently acknowledged he misses the Premier League.

There is a 1 billion euro ($1.5 billion) buy-out clause in Ronaldo's contract, which runs until 2015.

Source: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/07/23/3515721/madrid-president-ronaldo-to-end.html

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A Very Curious Website Has Posted a Tribute to Helen Thomas

The website of Hamas' military wing, the Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades, posted a prominent tribute to the late journalist Helen Thomas who died on Saturday. An image on the front page of the Al-Qassam website displayed a photo of "pioneer journalist Helen Thomas" next to the words, "Rest in peace, Helen Thomas. We respect you for taking a stand."

Below the Thomas photo and eulogy, the website prominently displays obituaries praising its "martyrs" who were engaged in the "long bright path of jihad" against Israel.

The Palestinian Islamist group that runs Gaza posted an article from Al Jazeera which detailed the accomplishments of the "trailblazing journalist who reported on every US president from John Kennedy to Barack Obama."

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Front page of Hamas' Al-Qassam website featuring a prominently-displayed tribute to Helen Thomas (Screenshot)

The article about Thomas that Hamas posted included this sentence praising her independent spirit: "Her disdain for White House secrecy and dodging spanned five decades, back to President John F Kennedy."

While Thomas' past anti-Israel statements would explain Hamas touting her as a role model, the radical Palestinian group is no shining example of the press freedom it lauds in the Thomas context.

In fact, the Hamas leadership in Gaza has excelled in harassing journalists who dare to criticize its rule. The Middle East news website Al-Monitor reported in May:

Since Hamas' takeover of the Gaza Strip in the summer of 2007, freedom of opinion and expression have suffered numerous transgressions, which have been documented by human rights organizations. Furthermore, a number of journalists have been summoned for questioning and subsequently arrested or barred from travel. Earlier this month, a demonstration was forcibly dispersed during which journalists were targeted, despite Hamas' denial of these violations, which it considers "individual incidents" and not part of any government policy.

The pro-Israel blogger Elder of Ziyon who first reported on the Hamas tribute to Thomas writes, "They also proudly show the video where she recommends ethnically cleansing Jews from the Middle East. This is the 'stand' they are referring to."

In a highly publicized incident in 2010 - which TheBlaze recounted in the Helen Thomas obituary posted on Saturday - rabbi and independent filmmaker David Nesenoff asked Thomas to comment on camera about Israel. "Tell them to get the hell out of Palestine," the daughter of Lebanese immigrants replied.

"Remember, these people [the Palestinians] are occupied and it's their land. It's not Germany, it's not Poland," she said. The rabbi asked Thomas where Israelis should go to which she answered, "They should go home." Asked where home is, Thomas replied: "Poland, Germany and America and everywhere else."

(H/T: Elder of Ziyon)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/hamas-terrorists-website-posts-tribute-helen-thomas-112412537.html

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