BLACKFIVE: The Consequences of Benghazi. “The President made the decision to not use F18s (even in a flyover to shake the resolve of the terrorists). The President made the decision to go to Vegas to a campaign dinner. So what is worse than our State people now knowing that the President will do nothing if they are attacked? Al Qaeda knows that now, too.”

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Which Video Chat Service Is The Best?

SO… IS THIS A WELL-KNOWN SF WRITER? Gay leftist wants Romney-supporting friends to “defriend” him.

‘OH LORD, PLEASE DON’T LET ME FAINT:’ “Joe Biden, rock star of the octogenarian set. This, apparently, is what qualifies as ‘journalism’ at something called the Politico.”

JENNIFER RUBIN: Richard Mourdock and media misrepresentation.

CHANGE: Mark Levin sues Obama’s EPA in federal court.

THEY’RE NOT FLIP-FLOPS, THEY’RE MERELY PROMISES THAT HAVE MET THEIR EXPIRATION DATE: “Obama Says To Look At ‘Videotape’ For His Flip-Flops” — perhaps surprisingly, Buzzfeed does just that.

Gary Hart could not be reached for comment.

(For Jim Geraghty’s complete (?) list of Obama statement expiration dates, click here.)

MON DIEU! Actual Romney Supporters in France?

AIRBRUSHING: Washington Post erases all Hating Breitbart reviews from site. “The Washington Post, whose Mark Jenkins gave 1.5 stars to the Andrew Breitbart documentary Hating Breitbart, has now erased all user reviews from their website, according to the movie’s producer Andrew Marcus. The documentary, which brought in the second-highest per-screen revenues in the country over the weekend, had such a successful run that it is now expanding beyond its initial four-market opening.”

BOGUS “PAY GAP” RHETORIC: Christina Hoff Summers: The AAUW Spin Sisters Strike Again.

YOU WORK FOR CNN? YEAH, YOU’RE IN THE CAN FOR OBAMA: Erin Burnett tells Conan O’Brien that a passenger sitting next to her on airplane said to her:

“Who do you think won the debate?” And I said, “Oh well, you know, they both tried to do what they needed to do.” She goes, “Why won’t you answer my question? You were taking notes. Are you a reporter?” I said, “Yeah I’m a reporter.” “Oh is that why you won’t say who won the debate? Who do you work for?” I said, “CNN.” She goes, “Oh yeah. In the can for Obama.”

Why on earth would a CNN viewer think that?

CREATING NATURAL GAS, using coal-eating microbes.

HMM: Sudan’s opposition claims the weapons manufacturing plant that was just allegedly bombed by the Israelis belongs to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.

OBAMA PULLS A GARY HART: Challenges Press to Find Flip-Flops — Shockingly, They Do. Also, “videotape?” What is this, the 20th Century? Well, he does still use a Blackberry.

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Also, 54% off on The Munsters: The Complete Series, $32.49.

IN CHICAGO, THEY EVEN DEFRAUD THE FEDS! Cause of Action’s Daniel Epstein tells The Washington Examiner he and his intrepid investigators are determined to get to the bottom of what he calls the “Chicago-style fraud” perpetrated maybe as far back as 1982 by that city’s transit agency. It has to do with how the locals count mileage used to determine how much federal money the Chicago Transit Authority gets. Can you guess who was CTA’s board chairman from 1995 to 2003? Some people refer to her as “the other side of Obama’s brain.”

CLINT EASTWOOD DOES A ROMNEY AD: No empty chair involved, but there is a reference of sorts.

WELL, HE CERTAINLY KNOWS HOW TO SUCK THE OXYGEN OUT OF A ROOM: “This was Trump’s preemptive strike against Gloria Allred. That’s what this is about. Make her share the headlines with him. Bring her fully down to his level: P. T. Barnum.”

JACK REACHER ON THE BIG SCREEN. I can’t vouch for this movie starring Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher, but I can say I’ve read five of Lee Child’s Jack Reacher novels and they are outstanding.

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Lee Child writes brilliant stories with compelling characters that completely take over your life.

#NARRATIVEFAIL: Hey, remember when Stephanie Cutter said Benghazi only a scandal because, Romney?

UPDATE: Coordination: Gloria Allred Met with Obama Before ‘October Surprise’.

SLIPPAGE: Letterman: Say, Obama’s kind of lying about this GM bankruptcy thing, huh?

TROPICAL STORM SANDY: Now a Hurricane, and a Serious US Threat, with the potential to be a billion-dollar disaster for the Mid-Atlantic, and could impact the presidential election, “Weather Nerd” Brendan Loy writes.

TRYING TO GET A HANDLE ON THE GOLD. “The report says the gold bars ‘have never been physically checked by the Bundesbank itself or other independent auditors regarding their authenticity or weight.’ Instead, it relies on a ‘written confirmations by the storage sites.'”

HURRICANE SEASON NOT OVER: Sandy Now a Hurricane, and a Serious U.S. Threat.

UPDATE: “In this observer’s opinion, preliminary preparations for the tens of millions living in the region that would be affected by Sandy should be begun before the weekend, with unusually long power outages among the risks posed by the storm.”

Related: Snow removal gear. Also, generators and portable power.

SCIENTISTS CRACK FORMULA FOR PERFECT PINT.