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What’s In My Pocket Dawg? Big Faced Hundreds!! News: President Barack Obama and the Democratic National Committee raised more than $70 million from July to September for his re-election bid, his campaign said Thursday, demonstrating Obama can still bring in big money despite dipping approval ratings. The haul topped the campaign’s $55 million target for the third quarter, as expected. It raised $86 million in the second quarter, but had predicted a third-quarter drop due to summer vacations. Read more here.

Occupy A Jail Cell News: Raj Rajaratnam, a self-made hedge fund tycoon convicted in the biggest Wall Street trading scandal in a generation, was ordered on Thursday to serve 11 years in prison, one of the longest sentences ever in an insider-trading case. The sentence was lighter than the 19-1/2 year minimum prison term that prosecutors had sought, but is still above the 10 years handed down recently in another major insider trading case. Federal inmates typically must serve at least 85 percent of their terms before being eligible for release. Read more here.
Every Dog Has Its Day And Please Believe This Dirty Motherfucker Will Have His Day News: A French inquiry into attempted rape claims against ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been dropped. The prosecutor’s office said the evidence suggested sexual assault – a less serious offence than attempted rape, with a shorter statute of limitations. Writer Tristane Banon had accused Mr Strauss-Kahn of attempted rape in 2003. Read more here.
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Hoe, Have A Seat News: GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain said Tuesday that many liberal Democrats in the black community are “racist” for questioning his political ambitions as a black conservative Republican. “A lot of these liberal, leftist folk in this country, that are black, they’re more racist than the white people that they’re claiming to be racist,” Cain said Tuesday in a radio interview on the conservative Neal Boortz talk show. Read more
here. To hear the interview in full, listen here.
Well Lookie Here….Americans Aren’t The Only One’s Who Have Expanding Waistlines News: British health officials say the country needs to slash 5 billion calories from its collective daily diet to slow the obesity epidemic. In a report issued Thursday, the department of health said most adults in the nation of about 60 million people are already eating far more than they need. The average Briton eats about 10 percent more calories than necessary, the report said. Read more here.

Happy Thursday Obot family! Check out the links and come back to discuss. Today’s Thursday Throwbacks aren’t really throwbacks, but songs from current artists that have an old school vibe. Enjoy…

 

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Thursday Obot Link Review | Afternoon Open Thread

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Tropical Storm Katia in a satellite image taken September 1, 2011. REUTERS/NOAA
Tropical Storm Katia in a satellite image taken September 1, 2011.

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Hurricane Katia Needs To Sit Her Ass Down Somewhere News: A low-pressure system in the Gulf of Mexico will probably strengthen into a storm that may threaten energy production, while Hurricane Katia is forecast to grow into a major storm in the Atlantic this weekend. Read more here.

Meanwhile….In Libya News: Leaders of the coalition that helped push out Muammar Qaddafi gathered in Paris as the Libyan strongman called on his loyalists to reject surrender and exhorted them to fight until the country is “engulfed in flames.” Read more here.
Sad News For Tennis Fans News: Venus Williams’ surprising withdrawal from the U.S. Open on Wednesday has shifted the spotlight from the tennis star’s daunting serve to her diagnosis with a little-known disease known as Sjogren’s syndrome. Williams, 31, said the disease has diminished her energy level and caused joint pain, curtailing her ability to continue in the tournament. Read more here.
The Auto Bailout Clearly Didn’t Work News: General Motors Co. (GM) said U.S. sales rose 18 percent in August, beating analysts’ estimates. Chrysler Group LLC and Nissan Motor Co. also exceeded projections, while Ford Motor Co. (F) fell short. Deliveries during the month rose to 218,479 vehicles from 185,176 a year earlier, Detroit-based GM said today in an e- mailed statement. Read more here.

Drink More Water For Your Health News: On any given day, half the people in the United States guzzle a sugary beverage like soda, sports drinks, or sweetened bottled water. That translates into 175 extra daily calories for men and 94 extra calories for women, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Read more here.

Happy Thursday Obot family! Check out the links and come back to discuss. Here’s today’s Thrusday Throwback:

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