Saturday, February 11, 2012

Presidential Election 2012 - Maine Caucuses

Presidential Election 2012
Maine Caucuses
WINNER Mitt Romney!
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Post time: 8:45pm CST
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File photo by Mitt Romney Campaign Website
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Mitt Romney wins the Maine Republican Presidential Caucuses today receiving 39% of the vote while Ron Paul came in 2nd with 36%. Rick Santorum came in 3rd with 18% and poor Newt he came in dead last with just 06% of the vote.
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Note: I will not be posting the overall election totals tonight but you can keep up with the latest at FoxNews.com
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Congrats go out to Mitt for this first place finish tonight in Maine. Nothing more to say on that...  except maybe the bleeding has finally stopped for Mitt… For now…
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Just one more round to go this month as we end it on Tuesday, February 28th with the Arizona, Michigan Primaries.

.AubreyJ………
NEWT 2012
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Friday, February 10, 2012

Santorum, Romney and Gingrich Speak During Day Two of CPAC 2012

Image Credit C-SPAN

Friday, February 10, 2012
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* USA Today has this report on Romney and it starts off like this… Mitt Romney may have lost three GOP contests this week, but he showed no hint of weakness in his speech today at the Conservative Political Action Conference...
Read the full report at link below…
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- USA Today also has this report on Santorum and it goes in part like this… Fresh from three victories over Romney this week, the former Pennsylvania senator told the Conservative Political Action Conference that they should not choose the candidate with the most money or one who has supported "government control" in health care and the economy
Read the full report at link below…
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- Also from USA Today is the following report on Newt and it goes in part like this…
Newt Gingrich stressed his "bold solutions" to challenge the Republican establishment and defeat President Obama in November… In his remarks to the Conservative Political Action Conference, Gingrich touted a long list of ideas -- from ending "Obamacare" to revamping job training programs -- that he says will revive the economy and bring fundamental change to Washington…
Read this report in full at link below…
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Click out all Three
Santorum, Romney & Gingrich
CPAC Speeches HERE
Courtesy of C-SPAN

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AubreyJ.........
Newt 2012
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Tuesday, February 07, 2012

Presidential Election 2012 - Colorado Caucuses, Minnesota Caucuses and the Missouri Primary

Presidential Election 2012
We had three States voting this Tuesday…
Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
Post last updated: Wednesday - 12:20am CST
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I’d give the overall winner for this round to RICK!
Santorum file photo from his official campaign website
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The Three States Winner is…
- Minnesota Caucuses: Rick Santorum
- Missouri Primary: Rick Santorum
- Colorado Caucuses: RICK SANTORUM -- Upset!!!
Rick Runs The Board!!!
* Keep up with the latest at FoxNews.com
Track all three race results in real time at links below
NOTE: Sadly, Newt failed to file for the Missouri Primary
and was NOT included on said ballot

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Congrats go out to Rick Santorum on a GREAT showing tonight! Your Campaign strategy seems to be paying off with some well needed dividends for you. But I might add this game is just getting going good so good luck the rest of the way.
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Rick, hope you have some very thick skin my friend for the Romney campaign’s HELL Dogs will now be barking for you after tonight’s VERY strong showing. You haven’t had any of that as of yet either I might add. I truly do hope you handle the coming fireworks much better than my man Newt did.
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Mitt… just wasn’t the kind of finish you were expecting tonight, down the board, especially in Colorado!!!? I mean you just didn’t have anywhere near the results like you did back in 2008 against McCain. Not by a LONG shot!
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Newt… Newt… Newt… Need some WINS my man… and some REAL good Debate performances in the upcoming CNN Debates too! If not… I see no way for us to ever get you back on top.
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Now… there will only be one Debate this month and it will be held in Arizona on Monday, February 22nd. CNN will host this Debate at 7:00pm CST. CNN will also sponsor another Debate a little over a week later, on March 1st in Georgia. Not sure of time but would think it too would start at 7:00pm CST. Lol… if not on, would you believe 8:00!!!?
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With that said… It’s off to the Maine Caucuses we go and they will be held this Saturday, February 11th.
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Finally… we end the month on a Tuesday, February 28th with the Arizona, Michigan Primaries.

.AubreyJ………
NEWT 2012
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Monday, February 06, 2012

Super Bowl Halftime - Did Madonna put on the greatest show on Earth?

Post Date: Monday, February 06, 2012
Madonna - Half Time Show (Super Bowl 2012) HD 720p
Click it out before they pull it down…
This music video posted on YouTube by Chippoluax
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Did Madonna put on the greatest show on Earth? Singer suffers only a small slip up during spectacular half time show at the Super Bowl
Read more - with LOTS of Images and more HERE
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Got to LOVE Madonna!
AubreyJ………
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Saturday, February 04, 2012

Presidential Election 2012 - Nevada Caucuses

Presidential Election 2012 - Nevada Caucuses
It was the Nevada Voters who spoke and…
Winner, Mitt Romney!
Saturday, February 04th, 2012
Post time: 11:45pm CST
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File photo by Mitt Romney Campaign Website
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I will not be posting the election totals tonight but you can keep up with the latest at link below…
FoxNews.com:
Track the race results in real time HERE
Note: 28 Total Delegates at stake in Nevada
* They will be divided proportionately
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Congrats go out to Mitt Romney for his first place finish tonight in Nevada. A very handy win too, I might add.
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Was this an upset win tonight? No… It was an expected win for Mitt and along the margins we had expected. I mean… how could he have not won?
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Mitt had pretty much home court advantage I’d say and besides… he had already won Nevada hands down back during his run in 2008 against John McCain. Much the same way as tonight I might add.
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OK then… How about my man, Newt Gingrich? Not a bad 2nd Place showing tonight, all in all, being he spent little to no time or money here. Nor did Santorum! Who I might add came in a distance 4th.
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Ron Paul on the other hand… that is another story. He spent all kinds of time, organization and money here. And we see the results he really didn’t get out of all of that. 3rd Place...


With that said… It’s off to the Colorado Caucuses, Minnesota Caucuses and the Missouri Primary. All three will be held on February 7th. Maine’s Caucuses will follow four days later on February 11th. We end the month on February 28th with the Arizona, Michigan Primaries.
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.AubreyJ…......
NEWT 2012


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-- UPDATE --
Sunday morning, EARLY…
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- What a mess and a must READ from Newsday...

- LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL reports it this way…

Friday, February 03, 2012

Photo for the Day - February 03, 2012

About today’s Image: Three Generations of Rovers with Crouching Engineers
Two spacecraft engineers join a grouping of vehicles providing a comparison of three generations of Mars rovers developed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. The setting is JPL's Mars Yard testing area.
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Front and center is the flight spare for the first Mars rover, Sojourner, which landed on Mars in 1997 as part of the Mars Pathfinder Project. On the left is a Mars Exploration Rover Project test rover that is a working sibling to Spirit and Opportunity, which landed on Mars in 2004. On the right is a Mars Science Laboratory test rover the size of that project's Mars rover, Curiosity, which is on course for landing on Mars in August 2012.
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Sojourner and its flight spare, named Marie Curie, are 2 feet (65 centimeters) long. The Mars Exploration Rover Project's rover, including the "Surface System Test Bed" rover in this photo, are 5.2 feet (1.6 meters) long. The Mars Science Laboratory Project's Curiosity rover and "Vehicle System Test Bed" rover, on the right, are 10 feet (3 meters) long.
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The engineers are JPL's Matt Robinson, left, and Wesley Kuykendall. The California Institute of Technology, in Pasadena, operates JPL for NASA.
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Thursday, February 02, 2012

Israel: On Ground Updates - DoD Secretary Panetta believes Israel likely to strike Iran in coming months - Israeli Defense Minister Barak says world increasingly ready to consider military strike against Iran if economic sanctions don't work

IAF file photo
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Thursday, February 02, 2012
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* Google has the following AP report posted this afternoon and it starts off like this… Capping a day of strident warnings by Israeli officials about the dangers posed by Iran, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Thursday that the world is increasingly ready to consider a military strike against Iran if economic sanctions don't halt Tehran's suspect nuclear program
Read the rest at link below…
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* Haaretz.com has this take on today’s news out of Israel and it goes in part like this… "Should sanctions fail to stop Iran's nuclear program, there will be a need to consider taking action," he said… He noted that many analysts believe that confronting a nuclear Iran will be much more complicated and dangerous, and will cost many more lives, than taking action today… "Whoever says 'later', could find that it is too late," he stressed…
Read the full report at link below…
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* I’ll end this post with this post on Ynetnews.com and it starts off like this… US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta believes that Israel is likely to strike Iran in the coming months, [Washington Post columnist David Ignatius said Thursday]… "Panetta believes there is strong likelihood that Israel will strike Iran in April, May or June - before Iran enters what Israelis described as a “zone of immunity” to commence building a nuclear bomb," Ignatius wrote…
Read the rest at link below…
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  My Take:
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  I’m along the lines of thinking as our DoD Secretary Panetta that Israel is likely to strike Iran in the coming months. That there is a strong likelihood that Israel will strike Iran in April, May or June. (Now why he came out and said this in the first place is another matter and up for debate.) I for one would kick this timeframe on into the mid, late summer. Either way… the ENDGAME is closely at hand.
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  Watch for how Iran plays the IAEA Inspectors over the next so many months. These good stall attempts by Iran have already started as you have read over the last so many weeks in the news. Along with, “LET’S TALK!” Yeah… yeah… been there done that… and Israel I’m sure will not let the world go down that track again.
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  Sadly… something no one talks about in the MSM anymore is the possibility of the next major attack… somewhere in the world, in a major population. In my opinion… that attack will be a Dirty Bomb.
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  Iran doesn’t have to make a Nuke, even though it is believed they have enough nuke material now to build 4 bombs if they wish. And still building that stockpile as I type I might add.
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  While we are at it… let us never forget our so-called friends with all their Nukes and such in Pakistan.
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  I can see how some of this material could conveniently walk off from either one of these countries. And more than likely has already done so.
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  Iran has toooo many proxies to mention to slip this material off to and we all know the Pakistanis have been giving the Taliban, (thus in turn we can make the leap to al-Qaeda,) major support for like, ever!
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  Back to the problem at hand… the bottom-line is it’s going to be a LONG SPRING/SUMMER for all our good friends and loved ones in Israel.
    AubreyJ………

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Iran will help any nation or group that confronts the "cancer" Israel, the Islamic Republic's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Friday…
Read this AP report HERE
Friday, February 03, 2012
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* JPost.com has this report up early Friday morning and it goes in part like this… [The Jerusalem Post’s Military Correspondent, Yaakov Katz] Katz opines that the international community needs to be cautious about how much faith it instills in diplomacy as a means to prevent Iran from developing its nuclear program. His claim is that Iranians are experts at fooling and toying with the West…
Read the full report/watch the video at link below
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* Fox News has this report this early Friday morning… U.S. officials say they believe Iran recently gave new freedoms to as many as five top Al Qaeda operatives who have been under house arrest, including the option to leave the country, and may have provided some material aid to the terrorist group… The men, who were detained in Iran in 2003, make up Al Qaeda's so-called management council, a group that includes members of the inner circle that advised Usama bin Laden and an explosives expert widely considered a candidate for a top post in the organization…
Read this repot in full at link below…
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Wednesday, February 01, 2012

Afghanistan: On Ground Updates - U.S. military said in secret report that Taliban, backed by Pakistan, set to retake control of Afghanistan after NATO-led forces withdraw

U.S. Army file photo by Sgt. Joseph Watson 9-16-11
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Wednesday, February 01, 2012
* The U.S. military said in a secret report that the Taliban, backed by Pakistan, are set to retake control of Afghanistan after NATO-led forces withdraw, raising the prospect of a major failure of Western policy after a costly war… Lieutenant Colonel Jimmie Cummings, a spokesman for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force, confirmed the existence of the document, reported on Wednesday by Britain's Times newspaper and the BBC… But he said it was not a strategic study… "The classified document in question is a compilation of Taliban detainee opinions," he said. "It's not an analysis, nor is it meant to be considered an analysis."… Nevertheless, it could be interpreted as a damning assessment of the war, dragging into its 11th year and aimed at blocking a Taliban return to power…
Read this somewhat lengthy report by Reuters at link below…
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* The Guardian reports it this way… A secret US military report says the Taliban, heavily backed by Pakistan, are confident they can win the Afghanistan conflict, and that they are gaining popular support at the expense of the Kabul government…
Read this report in full at link below…
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* ABC.net.au has this report and it starts off like this…
A leaked NATO report in Afghanistan says the Taliban are being directly assisted by Pakistan's intelligence service, the ISI, and have widespread support among the Afghan people…
Read this report in full at link below…
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Report says Taliban preparing to retake Afghanistan
About this video: A leaked NATO report claims the Taliban are preparing to retake control of Afghanistan when the alliance's troops leave in 2014.
This news video posted on YouTube by Euronews
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Said more than one time…
What a MESS!
AubreyJ………
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