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Is there something I'm missing? Brit Hume seems to have a personal problem with Newt? Last night on Greta when asked why Newt was staying in the race.. Hume basically said that Gingrich likes to hear himself talk. Seriously? What is the reason for such personal attacks?

The minutes of June's gathering of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) – the body that sets interest rates in the US – show that some officials believe fresh stimulus may need to be considered while others estimate that the risk of stoking inflation is now too high for such actions. The FOMC last month ended its controversial policy of quantitative easing, which saw the central bank buy $600bn (£377bn) of government bonds from banks and insurance companies in an effort to keep long-term interest rates low. Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the Fed, indicated in April that a further...

The liberal and left-wing reaction against Fox News political commentator Brit Hume's comments on Fox News Sunday this week telling Tiger Woods to turn his life around by leaving Buddhism and becoming a Christian has been startling. One MSNBC host said that Hume's comments "diminished" Christianity and that his "Christian friends" agreed with him. Then, bloggers on radical left-wing websites like The Huffington Post began insulting Brit Hume for daring to mention Christianity in a positive light. Finally, comic lightweight Jon Stewart and one of his goofy commentators on Tuesday night's episode of "The Daily Show" on Comedy Central weighed...

Man jailed for sex assault on policeman Awad Mustafa Last Updated: January 06. 2010 12:44AM UAE / January 5. 2010 8:44PM GMT DUBAI // A British educational-aid specialist was jailed yesterday for three months for sexually assaulting an on-duty policeman at Jumeirah Public Beach. The defendant, SH, was convicted of exposing himself and inappropriately groping the policeman early on the morning of October 10 after the Briton finished swimming. The judge at the Dubai Criminal Court of First Instance ordered he be deported following his jail term. The 38-year-old Briton had pleaded not guilty at a hearing on December 6....

..Will, 28, said: “I could only think of Kelly’s safety. That’s why I went first, to make sure the rope was okay.”... “The next thing I was on the ground looking at shards of bone sticking out of my wrist.” He broke three bones in his SPINE, shattered his PELVIS and broke BOTH ARMS horrifically. He has no sensation in his legs and doctors are concerned he may never walk again. Seconds after his fall, fire engines arrived to pluck Kelly from the blazing building on a hydraulic platform. The couple’s ordeal began on the final night of what had...

In the thriving Jewish community of Odessa, Ukraine, ritual circumcisions happen about one a week; weddings occur one a month. But the bris of young Alexander Gorvitz two weeks ago nevertheless made history for being the first time that more than 80 years that a Ukraine mayor hosted a public celebration on occasion of his son’s circumcision. Edward Gorvitz, the father, is currently in his second term as mayor of the Black Sea port. He and his wife, Olga, have one other son, 21-year-old Shmuel. According to Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Avraham Wolff, who organized the ceremony with the Brit Yosef Yitzchak...

A 91-year-old man from East Sussex has become the oldest person in Britain to go paragliding, according to his son. Reg Rose-Innes, from Beddingham, flew above Devil's Dyke in Sussex for a 20-minute flight at 800ft (243m). He said after the tandem flight: "It was marvellous being up in the air. It was a gorgeous view and lovely day."

Three factories in Iran are mass-producing the sophisticated roadside bombs used to kill British soldiers over the border in Iraq, it has been claimed.The lethal bombs are being made by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps at ordnance factory sites in Teheran, according to opponents of the country's theocratic regime. Designed to penetrate heavy armour, the devices being manufactured in Iran involve the use of "explosively formed projectiles" or EFPs, also known as shaped charges, often triggered by infra-red beams.The weapons can pierce the armour of British and American tanks and armoured personnel carriers and completely destroy armoured Land Rovers, which...

The Talk Shows Sunday, May 7th, 2006 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Rep. Pete Hoekstra, R-Mich.; Sens. Joseph Biden, D-Del., and Arlen Specter, R-Pa.; Washington Nationals co-owner Mark Lerner. MEET THE PRESS (NBC): House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.; Bush impersonator Steve Bridges. FACE THE NATION (CBS): Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. THIS WEEK (ABC): Sens. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga.; Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas; Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean; outgoing White House press secretary Scott McClellan. LATE EDITION (CNN) : Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt;...

So I am sitting here listening to FNS this evening. I looked for another thread but couldn't find one. Juan says that Patrick Kennedy is a "poor man" having to deal with ambient. What if he killed somebody in his irresponsibility? Would he still have been a poor man? Juan! What a stooge!

Boy, did Brit Hume give Juan Williams a spanking today, or what!?! It was great! And just what Juan deserved! Go Brit!

THE killers of the British backpacker Katherine Horton allegedly boasted about their actions within minutes of her being beaten and raped. "Delicious, very delicious," shouted Bualoi Posit, 23, and Wichai Somkhaoyai, 24, as they climbed back aboard their fishing boat, until told to be quiet by the vessel's mate.

Police in Britain leak PC guidelines to avoid offending Muslim suspectsZafar Khan, chairman of Luton Council of Faiths (Photo: Luton & Dunstable on Sunday) Police officers in England's Bedfordshire county have been told to take off their shoes and not interrupt anyone praying during raids of Muslim homes, according to leaked guidelines. The 18-point guide, under development before the recent London bombing attacks, says "the Muslim community feels victimized and suspicious of counter terrorist police operations and in the current climate a search at a British Muslim household has the potential to become a critical incident and come under...

London – An Iranian military source has disclosed an initiative on behalf of 'Al Quds Corps', which is affiliated to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, to reinforce its relations with 'Ansar Al Islam Organization' in Iraqi Kurdistan and the Qa'idat Al Jihad Fi Bilad Al Rafidain (The Base of Jihad in the Land of the Two Rivers) in the center and south of Iraq. The Iranian officer, who is a former colonel in 'Al Quds Corps' told Al Sharq Al Awsat that officials from the Revolutionary Guard have recently me[t] with leaders of Ansar Al Islam and the Jihad organizations in...

Why Did They Look Into It?Friday, August 05, 2005 By Brit Hume Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: The New York Times has been asking lawyers who specialize in adoption cases for advice on how to get into the sealed court records on Supreme Court nominee John Roberts' two adopted children. There is no indication The Times had any evidence there was anything improper in the family's adoption of five-year-old Josie and four-year-old Jack, both born in Latin America. Sources familiar with the matter told FOX News that at least one lawyer turned the Times down flat, saying...

Fighting talk as Galloway meets Senate accusers By Francis Harris in Washington (Filed: 17/05/2005) George Galloway MP arrived in Washington last night, promising to turn the tables on his accusers in the US Senate today when he meets them face to face to reject allegations that he profited from the sale of Iraqi oil under Saddam Hussein's regime. George Galloway arrives in Washington yesterday The powerful Senate permanent sub-committee on investigations plans to question the MP on his alleged dealings with the regime during more than a decade of campaigning for the lifting of United Nations sanctions. Arriving in Washington,...

reat story about a young British soldier , the last two paragraphs are odd to my American way of thinking. via Times Online Brit wins Victoria Cross in Iraq A YOUNG soldier who enlisted in the Army less than four years ago became a member of the most exclusive club in the world yesterday after being awarded the Victoria Cross for exceptional bravery in Iraq. Private Johnson Gideon Beharry, 25, is now one of just 14 living recipients of the award which he received for saving the lives of 30 comrades under remorseless attacks from grenades and machinegun fire in...

Re-broadcast coming up soon! In the last segment of Brit's "All Star" panel today, when discussing some politicians' move to allow convicted felons the right to vote, Mara Liasson makes the unsubstantiated statement (she cites no source) that those politicians (Hillary) are going after black voters because 70% of felons are black. Brit made several attempts to gently coax her into rephrasing that, which she doesn't and continues talking. Huh?

Tue Nov 16,12:08 PM ET A British hooligan in the streets of Belgium. The typical Briton is polite, witty and phlegmatic, but lacks a certain style and has a dental hygiene issue while having an occasional drinking problem(AFP/EPA/File)

Brit Hume: "Finally tonight, for the benefit of those viewers who might have chosen this network over CBS News on Election night, here's a sample of what you missed:" Dan: "This Presidential race has been...you know, crackling like a hickory fire for at least the last hour and a half - two hours..." Dan to Lockhurt: "I know that you'd Rather walk through a furnace in a gasoline suit..." Dan: "This race is hotter than a Times Square Rolex and it has all night long..." Dan:"George Bush is sweeping through the South like a big wheel through a delta cotton...

Does anyone have a copy of the Dan Rather clips from Election Night that were shown at the end of the Brit Hume show of yesterday? I would love to have a copy as it was one of the funniest I have seen.

Brit leads off today with the Mary Cheney controversy. He'll also be highlighting the DRUDGE info about the DNC putting out a 66 page manual on how to lie about the voting discrepancies, even if there are none... Tune in and let's ROLL!

Did anybody catch Special Report with Brit Hume? again, Juan Williams had to be sent to a time out--big baby--by Brit and Mort Kondracke--because he insists on talking about the contents of the memos even though they are frauds... he keeps saying Bush disobeyed a direct order to take a physical... Brit and the others said, "the memos are frauds..." and then Juan had the stupidity to say something like, "just because these are frauds doesn't mean there wasn't a memo in existence that ordered him to take the physical..." and Brit and you can't base a story on a...

Men scared of being 'girly' Men are embarrassed to buy beauty products in public for fear of being thought effeminate. According to the Mirror research suggest men in the UK spend £45.50 a year on personal care products - less than the French, Germans, Dutch and Americans. The Datamonitor survey found over a third of men think it's girly to worry about their appearance, though a quarter borrow their partner's lotions. Analysts blame the "macho culture" for men not being more like David Beckham, with his sarong, hairband and painted nails.

Cavers 'were denied sleep' while detained in Mexico By Chris Boffey (Filed: 31/03/2004) The British potholers arrested in Mexico after being rescued from a cave arrived home yesterday, claiming they had been deprived of sleep during their detention. The six men said that on their first night behind bars, after spending nine days trapped by flood water 120ft underground, they were woken at 3am to be told they would be questioned later that morning. The six British cavers who were trapped underground in caves in Mexico pose for photographs at Heathrow "It was obviously done to deprive us of sleep,"...

<p>FRISKY First Daughter Barbara Bush put on a belly-dancing show at Chelsea hot spot Viscaya early yesterday while imitating the undulating tummy of a sword-twirling Japanese dancer named Yoko. Bush jumped up and joined Yoko at the socialite-studded after-party for Jennifer Nicholson's fashion show, prompting partygoers to throw flowers and hundreds of dollars in cash at the feet of Bush and Yoko. Commenting on the trays of margaritas and Veuve Clicquot champagne delivered to Bush's table before her gutsy performance, one wag quipped, "I hope the Secret Service is driving her home." Socialites Amanda Hearst, Elisabeth Kieselstein-Cord and Tinsley Mortimer hosted the "Magic Carpet Ride"-themed bash and post-show supper at adjoining restaurant Sette. The glammy guests included Ivanka Trump (hand-in-hand with Q-Tip heir and "Born Rich" director Jamie Johnson), Muffie-Potter Aston, Somers Farkas, Kimberly Stewart and Robert De Niro's ex-wife, Grace Hightower. Nicholson, the thirtysomething designer daughter of Jack Nicholson, also showed off her boy toy, 24-year-old Warren Hode, the sole male model in her show.</p>

Mansoor Ijaz On The Brit Hume Show (Fox News)Please help me fill-in the discussion with Mansoor Ijaz and Brit Hume about the spread of nuclear weapons. Mansoor said that at least 3 other countries beside Libya, Iran and N. Korea have nuclear technology from Pakistan and 'maybe' 2 others. He seemed to confirm that the terrorist have 'dirty bombs' and are anxious to use them now that the US is aware of them.

<p>WHILE men the world over drooled over the latest cover of Esquire, which featured Britney Spears mimicking a famed 1966 Angie Dickinson photo, Spears herself was livid. Sources say the singer - who appears in less and less clothing with each successive magazine cover - was "humiliated" by her bottom-baring pose, which had her standing sideways in a skin-tight sweater and white stilettos. The photo was shot by James White for Esquire's "70 Years of Women We Love" issue. "Britney thinks the pictures are too naked and is really angry at Esquire," a magazine insider said. "But really, is she out of her mind? I mean, her brother was at the shoot. Exploited? Is she crazy? Look at the photos she has done for everyone else. The Rolling Stone cover was practically naked, too - but she wasn't exploited by them?" Relations between Esquire and Spears have been frosty ever since editor David Granger thought he had an exclusive on the pop tart - and then she posed for other magazines without telling him. A rep for Spears declined comment.</p>

Insecure, vulgar writer Al Franken, who now claims to be a satirist, revealed during a fund-raising speech to the DNC in New York this week that he is planning on going full bore against the Fox News channel and its anchor Brit Hume. Franken disclosed during the speech that he is still mad about Brit's remark statistically comparing US fatality rate in Iraq to violent deaths in California and that he is planning on attacking Fox News and Brit Hume for alleged insensitivity and callousness towards troops. Viewers of Bill O'Reilly's The Factor may recall Franken's tirade early last...

=====Washington===== U.S. National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice (news - web sites) fields a question during a press briefing at the White House, September 22, 2003. Rice spoke about President George W. Bush (news - web sites)'s trip to New York tomorrow, where he will address the United Nations (news - web sites) General Assembly on the situation in Iraq (news - web sites). REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) listens to Iraqi Minister of Electricity Ayham Sameraei (R) as he speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House, September 22, 2003....

Did anyone see/hear Mona Charen's comment tonight on Special Report? The subject was Ari Fleischer and his replacement...Ari's deputy Scott was mentioned, as was Victoria Clark, and then---was it tongue in cheek? Mona said SHE heard the White House was interested in Brit Hume. Brit kind of slit his eyes and shook his head, but didn't deny the statement. He merely said something like, "Well, Fred (Barnes) doesn't think they'd want someone from the press..." What do you think? Is this rumor mill grist, would it be a good move for Brit, or Fox, or The White House? I think...

MONTPELLIER, France - A British man named Eric Bush has taken a dramatic step to protest the U.S.-led war in Iraq — he's changed his name. Bush, a 72-year-old retiree living in Jonquieres in southern France, says he was "ashamed" to bear the same name as President Bush. His surname was officially changed Friday to Buisson, the French word for bush. "People tell me that this will pass, but I don't agree, because this name will go down in history as that of a tyrant," he told The Associated Press. Buisson, a retired researcher in semiconductors who moved to France...

Anyone watching Special Report With Brit Hume? THE LIGHTS LITERALLY WENT OUT ON HIM! He was a silhoutte on the TV!

Mark Ginsburg, foreign policy expert, former ambassador, is a favorite interview subject on Fox News. And usually his observations are on-target. But today, he kind of blew it. In an interview with Brit on "Special Report", he tried to explain France's pro-Saddam stance on the Security Council. France, said Ginsburg, has a 20% Muslim population. Brit gently tried to interject that the Muslim population of France was half that. Ginsburg insisted that 1 in 5 Frenchmen were Muslim.Well, here's the breakdown of France's religious demographics straight from the CIA Worldbook: Roman Catholic 83%-88%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 5%-10%, unaffiliated...