Over 100 In Film Community Sign Polanski Petition - indieWIRE

DEBKAfile - Israel's Air & Missile Forces Could Wipe out Iran's Nuclear Sites

"For the past three years, US military and intelligence sources have used attributed and leaked assessments to the American media to emphasize that such an operation is beyond Israel's capabilities because of the nuclear facilities' wide distribution across Iran. At best, they maintained, the Israeli Air Force might knock out a few Iranian nuclear installations, but only enough to put Iran's nuclear drive temporarily on hold.

The CSIS paper refutes this assessment and maintains there is no need to destroy dozens or hundreds of sites; the destruction of seven to nine targets would be enough to cripple the Iranian program,"

Coins with Joseph's name found in Egypt | Middle East | Jerusalem Post

"Archeologists have discovered ancient Egyptian coins bearing the name and image of the biblical Joseph, Cairo's Al Ahram newspaper recently reported. Excerpts provided by MEMRI show that the coins were discovered among a multitude of unsorted artifacts stored at the Museum of Egypt."

DEBKAfile - Iran loses its only AWACS as Ahmadinejad threatens the world

"as Iranian president declared Iran's armed forces would 'chop off the hands' of any power daring to attack his country, two air force jets collided in mid-air. One was Iran's only airborne warning and control system (AWACS) for coordinating long-distance aerial operations,"

Divine intervention? Divine Oman?

'Diversity czar' takes heat over remarks - Washington Times

"President Obama's diversity czar at the Federal Communications Commission has spoken publicly of getting white media executives to 'step down' in favor of minorities, prescribed policies to make liberal talk radio more successful, and described Hugo Chavez's rise to power in Venezuela 'an incredible revolution.'"

Obama speech 'a litany of lies' (OneNewsNow.com)

"'[The AP story suggests] that he uttered 'a variety of over simplifications and omissions,'' says Noyes. 'He talked about how he would not add a single dime to the deficit, when the studies are showing it would add about a trillion dollars to the deficit over the second year of the plan. He talked about not permitting any illegal immigrant to be covered, when in fact it was Democrats who voted down any attempt to verify immigration status.'"

The Associated Press: Obama disapproval on health care up to 52 percent

"An Associated Press-GfK poll says that public disapproval of President Barack Obama's handling of health care has jumped to 52 percent.

The same survey shows that 49 percent now disapprove of his overall performance as president. In July, just 42 percent disapproved of how he was handling his job."

State preps to relocate quarantined H1N1 victims

"A blank document from the Iowa Department of Public Health has been discovered online, designed to be filled in with the name of an H1N1 virus victim who is required to relocate from his or her home to a quarantine facility."

"The Department has determined that it is necessary to quarantine your movement to a specific facility to prevent further spread of this disease.

"The Department has determined that quarantine in your home and other less restrictive alternatives are not acceptable," the document continues, before listing mandatory provisions of compliance with relocation to a quarantine facility.