AUDIO REMARKS ON PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CUTS TO MEDICARE  —  This November, America will make a choice about the direction we want to go as a country - and nowhere is that choice clearer than on the issue of Medicare.  —  President Obama's healthcare law raided $716 billion from the Medicare trust fund.

Mitt Romney's tax returns: the ‘voter fraud’ theory  —  There has been much speculation about why Romney refuses to disclose earlier tax returns.  Could it be as simple as an address?  —  Friday's exchange of letters between the election campaigns of Barack Obama and Mitt Romney …

How Management Killed “The Village Voice”  —  Mike Lacey figured out sex ads on the Internet, but little else.  The paper edges toward collapse.  —  Alt-weeklies are always dying.  But the news Friday that four editorial staffers were laid off or had their hours cut to part-time at The Village Voice …

Why doom has not materialized  —  Sometimes the news is that something was not newsworthy.  The United Nations' Rio+20 conference — 50,000 participants from 188 nations — occurred in June without consequences.  A generation has passed since the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio, which begat other conferences and protocols (e.g., Kyoto).

‘The Tonight Show’ Lays Off 20 Staffers And Host Jay Leno Takes Pay Cut To Save Jobs  —  BREAKING... EXCLUSIVE: NBC insiders tell me The Tonight Show went through “downsizing” today and that 20 staffers lost their jobs.  Others tell me the number is more like 25, and producers were forced to take pay cuts or lose their jobs.

With a Full Quiver, Senator Schumer Is Quick to Release Cupid's Arrows  —  Even by the standards of Capitol Hill, where ambitious and awkward young people are thrust together in cramped workplaces and crowded bars, the nuptial output of Senator Charles E. Schumer's office stands out.

August Unemployment Not Looking Good  —  New Gallup unemployment data suggest an increase in the government's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for August when it is reported on Friday, Sept. 7.  During recent months, Gallup's measurements have been more optimistic than those of the BLS.

Paul Ryan Claims He Didn't Know He Signed Letters Asking For Stimulus Funds  —  During an interview with Fox News' Carl Cameron on Saturday, Paul Ryan tried to explain why he denied requesting stimulus funds for a local energy company in 2009 after voting against and demagoguing the Recovery Act.

Chronicling Mitt's Mendacity, Vol.  XXX  —  Mitt Romney gave a speech Beallsville, Ohio, this week, and presented an unfortunate attack against President Obama.  “How can you go out there and tell people things that just aren't true?” he asked rhetorically.  He added, “This is a time for truths.”

US election: Mitt Romney may have breached ethics laws through company linked to Paul Ryan's brother  —  Mitt Romney may have breached state ethics laws as Governor of Massachusetts by holding a stake in a company that did lucrative work for his administration and was linked to the family of Paul Ryan …