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1. You can’t get enough cheesy love songs. I’m not saying that cheesy love songs don’t always have their place (I practically have Celine Dion’s entire catalog tattooed on my ribcage), but there is a point at which even the most bubblegum-ready songs become the New Theme Song of Your Life. To put it in perspective, I once found myself on the brink of actual human tears while listening to “Hey There, Delilah,” which I proceeded to put on repeat for the next 45 minutes. To be fair, I was 18 and facing down the prospect of a long-distance relationship. But still, this kind of unacceptable insanity is only excused for those in the heady throes of love. 2. You find any reason to bring them up. While there are going to undoubtedly be legitimate occasions to bring up your beloved, you might want to think about why your brain suddenly seems to make no distinction between “this incredible person I’m in love with” and “literally everything else on the planet.” If your roommate is wondering what you guys should make for dinner, and she suggests lasagna, and you’re like “Oh my god, so-and-so just has the cutest cat. He was totally crawling around the living room when we were making out and watching movies last night. So-and-so is such a good kisser. And has such a cute cat. You know, a cat. Like Garfield. Who is also a cat. The cat that loves lasagna. I’m sorry — we can eat whatever,” chances are you may be thinking of them more than would be considered normal. 3. Everything they do seems cute and endearing. There will come a time when your beloved’s habits might start to err towards the irritating side, depending on how disruptive and frequent they are. It’s only natural. But for now, though, enjoy thinking that everything they do is just perfect and adorable — from the way they don’t replace the toilet paper roll, to the way they take one single fork out of the dishwasher to use instead of emptying it, to the way they don’t cover their mouth when they cough. Scoop up all those precious germs, wouldn’t want to miss a drop of their intoxicating goodness. 4. You find yourself fantasizing about a life together. If, at a certain point while looking for a toothbrush holder at Bed, Bath and Beyond, you find yourself utterly paralyzed in front of a set of matching hand towels, overwhelmed with the thought of sharing a home with this person you can’t get enough of — you could very well be in love. If this fantasy extends to the kind of pet you’d like, what you would call your children, and the compulsion to write your married names all over a sheet of looseleaf — you are pressed like a fresh panini. Embrace it. 5. The only thing that matters is being with them. Not that there isn’t a lot to be said for intricate or adventurous outings, but one of the truer signs of love is the utter indifference towards what you are you actually doing, so long as you are with your dearest. The two of you, in fact, are more than content to spend an entire afternoon lying in bed naked, telling each other what you like about each other and generally being vomit-inducing to everyone who is not you. Outside of your little world, nothing exists — just remember to eat at least semi-regular meals in between all of your butterfly kisses. 6. You begin to retreat from society. It’s not that your friends aren’t awesome, because they totally are. It’s just that, for at least a few weeks, you are going to just fall off the face of the planet because nothing — not even President Obama riding up on a jet ski on a tidal wave of Corona ready to bring you to the beach party hosted by a naked Ryan Gosling — is as interesting or as engaging as being with your beloved. You’ll get back to them, it’s cool. 7. You are constantly denying being in love. It’s not that we don’t believe you, love, it’s just that, if your response to “Hey did you hang out with so-and-so this weekend?” is “WILL YOU SHUT THE HELL UP NANCY DREW I DON’T LOVE HIM OKAY GET OFF MY BACK JESUS,” welp… 8. All of a sudden, you’re a poet. There is an unspoken but universal law which states that any vaguely emotional blogging, Tweeting, status updating, or other forms of mass communication performed while in the heady throes of infatuation are not to be held against you. If you are up late one night and publish something along the lines of “You are the waves crashing against the sands of my beach, a depth of blue that seemed impossible to my parched skin,” it’s okay. We won’t judge. Just remember to make them private once you come to your senses. 9. You constantly feel like the words are going to slip out of your mouth. It’s an understandable fear that, at some uncertain point, you are going to see your beloved smile in a particular way while wiping a bit of ice cream from your lip while out at lunch and respond by literally exploding into a million pieces of confetti while screaming “I LOVE YOU.” We all know what that feels like. But it’s better to accept that it is how you feel and set to finding a good way to express this, rather than suppressing it like some volcano of terrifying levels of emotion, only to erupt at some unknown moment all over the both of you. 10. Everything seems unreasonably fun and happy. Have you ever noticed how beautiful flowers are? How about how cute little kis are? And that couple making out over there — good for them! They know what’s up! Oh, my god, let’s get some candy! Candy comes in so many beautiful, bright colors. Everything is just so perfect. It’s not too hot, not too cold. Let’s go for a walk. I don’t care where we go. Let’s just hang out. Or maybe we’ll cuddle under a blanket. I love blankets. Let’s knit a blanket with our initials in it. Oh, my god, an adorable old couple holding hands! DYINGGGGGG. TC mark

Apparently Facebook really wants Jackie Chan dead because they keep perpetuating a death hoax about the martial artist this year. So far in 2013, there have been several death hoax's about Jackie Chan's death and so far none of them have been true. The death hoax rumor began spreading when a rogue Facebook application began posting about Jackie Chan's death earlier in 2013. It claimed that he died while filming a movie and performing a stunt. Hijacking the user's Facebook profile and posting the link to an article on Jackie Chan's death spread the Facebook virus from user to user. So don't click on any links that contain claims that Jackie Chan is dead! Jackie Chan has been handling his death hoax rumors very well since the first one in March of 2011. He took a photo of himself with the current daily paper to prove that he wasn't actually dead. He found the whole situation humorous unlike other celebrities who had been the subject of death hoaxes. He wrote in a Facebook comment, "If I died, I would probably tell the world! I took a photo with today's date, just in case you don't believe me! However, thank you all for your concern. Kiss kiss and love you all!" If you are unfamiliar with Jackie Chan's work in the martial arts world, take a look at these top ten Jackie Chan moments of all time!

A barrel of organic wine produced by Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s estate in the south of France has been sold for more than €10,000 (£8,500) at auction, with the money going to support an agricultural project in Africa. Winegrowers in the village of Correns, where Pitt and Jolie have their chateau, 50 miles inland from Saint-Tropez, organised the sale on Wednesday evening as part of an annual auction to raise funds for the Democratic Republic of Congo, and donated to an agricultural cooperative which aims to teach young people about sustainable farming. “We’ve organised this sale in solidarity with the people of the Kivu region,” said Michael Latz, mayor of Correns. “It’s in an area on bordering Rwanda which has been left impoverished by war. Young people and agriculture have been the principal victims of conflict – and yet they are the key to future stability in the region.” The Pitt-Jolie barrel was by far the top seller, and was bought by local wine merchant Vins Breban. A 60-gallon cask, signed by the couple; it holds approximately 300 bottles – each bottle therefore worth around £28. This year’s sale made almost €25,000 for the charity, which operates in an area that Jolie visited in March this year alongside William Hague, the Foreign Secretary.

Only now -- five years into his presidency -- are we seeing some cracks in the protective shield surrounding President Obama, and then only after the abuse of reporters' privacy has been threatened. Mainstream journalists have not scrutinized his controversial policies, nor have they held him accountable for questionable actions that have caused outrage among fair-minded critics and produced irreparable harm to the nation. Some facts are irrefutable, but the president has, by and large, deflected all blame and few in the media have dared question his policies and actions. Investor's Business Daily reports that we are becoming a welfare state. The Census Department reported this week that almost half (49 percent) of Americans (151 million) are on federal aid. The U.S. has spent nearly $4 trillion ($3.7) on welfare over the past five years -- that is five times greater than the money spent on transportation, education, and NASA, combined. Further, more than 70 percent of all federal spending goes to assistance programs, and the Congressional Budget Office projects that welfare spending will rise 80 percent over the next decade. Even with all that spending, though, 46.5 million Americans live in poverty and nearly half of all Americans pay absolutely no federal income tax. It doesn't take an economics genius to realize that with the nation's debt at $17 trillion and with more than $50 trillion in unfunded liabilities, we are in deep economic trouble. In short, the buck stops with President Obama when it comes to assessing blame for "the weakest recovery from a recession in modern American history." In the face of such dire statistics, it is instructive to review the president's economic performance to date. President Obama has been late in turning in a budget to Congress in four of the past five years. Current "solutions" to the fiscal crisis are to print more money, raise taxes, and, in the process, weakened the American dollar, threatening its status as the sole world reserve currency. The president's signature legislation -- his legacy, if you will -- is ObamaCare. This massive health insurance legislation, taking over one-sixth of the American economy, was forced on the nation through a straight party-line vote. While the president constantly chided the Congress for not "negotiating" or being unwilling to be "bipartisan," President Obama himself was unwilling to talk with Republicans and repeatedly stated that "He Won" the election and "shouldn't have to offer anything." The president has engaged in a pattern of lying to the American public. He has often repeated the ObamaCare mantra, "We will keep this promise to the American people. If you like your doctor you will be able to keep your doctor. Period. If you like your healthcare plan, you will be able to keep your healthcare plan. Period." He added, "Nothing in our plan requires you to change what you have." Now, NBC News, no less, informs Americans that the president knew that he was not telling the truth about his healthcare plan. The NBC report quoted healthcare experts who expect more than half and perhaps as many as 80 percent of those with individual plans will have their policies terminated and have to buy new policies with expanded coverage they don't need or desire due to the requirements of ObamaCare. So how many single 27-year-old guys really need a policy that covers maternity costs? Bob Woodward, one of the journalists famed for breaking the Watergate story, called the Obama Administration a "rat's nest of concealment and lies" and described it as a "secret government." That secret activity includes using the Internal Revenue Service to spy on and intimidate opponents. After he spoke at the National Prayer Breakfast, including critical remarks about President Obama's leadership, the famous Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon Benjamin Carson joined a long line of conservative who have been audited by the IRS. Some of the worst lying from the Obama Administration is related to the Benghazi tragedy; the president called it a "phony scandal." But four Americans, including an American ambassador, were murdered, and there was remarkably little willingness from the Administration to investigate. Instead, the public received "misinformation, confusion and intense partisanship." From the outset, the administration blamed the attack on an obscure anti-Muslim video that hardly anyone had seen. It quickly became clear that the video had nothing to do with the 9/11 attack; instead, there were numerous warnings ahead of time (including pleas from the ambassador himself for better protection) and time for rescue teams to provide assistance to the victims. All were told to "stand down" and, thus far, no one has accepted responsibility or been willing to seriously investigate the tragedy. That is, until Lara Logan, a reporter for CBS' 60 Minutes declared that numerous authorities "saw it coming" and "Benghazi was a planned, sophisticated attack by al Qaeda against a barely protected American outpost." Amazingly, even a year later, the administration stonewalls, concealing the identities and whereabouts of survivors to prevent them from testifying before Congress and attacking anyone who dares ask penetrating questions. I have written previously about the president's demagoguery; he has often chosen inflammatory and divisive rhetoric over being a leader of the whole nation. He has operated in campaign mode throughout his presidency instead of focusing on bringing the nation together to work together on our financial, economic, and other problems. Not only are we a nation more divided than ever, as former Vice President Dick Cheney said, "Our allies no longer trust the U.S., our enemies don't fear us." In a stinging indictment of the president's leadership, Dennis Prager declared that the "United States is at its weakest, has fewer allies, and has less military and diplomatic influence than at any time since before World War I." All of that can be laid at the president's feet and finally a few brave investigative reporters (national and international) are holding him accountable for his failed policies, stunning arrogance and betrayal of the American Constitution. When a president's egregious actions yield a deterioration of conditions to the degree we face today, it is time for that leader who has presided over such a pathetic administration -- albeit from the golf course -- to be called to account for his empty hype of "hope and change" and claims of "Yes, we can." Janice Shaw Crouse, Presidential Speechwriter for the first President Bush, has written extensively on presidential rhetoric and debating. She is a spokesperson for Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee. Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/10/the_facade_cracks_at_last.html#ixzz2jQ39Mrmx Follow us: @AmericanThinker on Twitter | AmericanThinker on Facebook

LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – A Philippines earthquake today 2013 has just hit Carmen. The Philippines earthquake today November 1, 2013 struck near the stronger October epicenter. No reports of injuries have yet to be indicated by local news. Officials tell news that a 4.9 magnitude Philippines earthquake today 2013 has hit just after 9:58 pm local time, roughly twelve minutes ago. The quake had a moderate depth however. USGS indicates to news that the quake was twenty-three miles below ground level. But unlike recent quakes, this epicenter was located on land. Today’s Philippines earthquake was one mile northwest of Carmen. It was seventeen miles east of Tibigan and twenty-three miles south of Talibon. It started twenty-five miles east of Tagbilaran and roughly four hundred miles south of Manila. In June a 6.0 magnitude quake struck the country. The quake was one hundred sixty-miles southeast of Hengchun and roughly four hundred miles from Manila. But today’s epicenter also caused a 7.2 magnitude quake back on October 14. USGS indicated to news at the time that the quake was one mile south of Carmen, Philippines. The quake was nineteen miles east of Tibigan and twenty-five miles southwest of Talibon. The quake began twenty-five miles east of Tagbilaran and roughly four hundred miles south of Manila.