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The turkey that laid a golden egg — Today's panelists, all members of Pajamas Media's Editorial Advisory Board, will be carving up the turkey that was OSM (Open Source Media) and has now been reborn as Pajamas Media. What is our new identity, and what does it mean for us moving forward?
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This Blog Is Full Of Crap, Daily Pundit, Publius Pundit, Tammy Bruce, Barcepundit, Riehl World View, Peaktalk and Clive Davis
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Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
Somebody get these guys a mirror — Well Pajamas Media, nee OSM, nee Open Source Media, nee Pajamas Media is trying to do some navel-gazing on Thanksgiving and one thing becomes painfully, loudly, self-apparently apparent: — They have no idea what they want to be or why they exist.
John M. Broder / New York Times:
States' Coffers Swelling Again After Struggles — LOS ANGELES, Nov. 24 - After four years of tight budgets and deepening debt, most states from California to Maine are experiencing a marked turnaround in their fiscal fortunes, with billions of dollars more in tax receipts than had been projected pouring into coffers around the country.
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Robert H. Frank / New York Times:
Sometimes, a Tax Cut for the Wealthy Can Hurt the Wealthy — WHEN market forces cause income inequality to grow, public policy in most countries tends to push in the opposite direction. In the United States, however, we enact tax cuts for the wealthy and cut public services for the needy.
Alexandra von Maltzan / All Things Beautiful:
Loyalty To The Truth on Thanksgiving — Hugh Hewitt inspired me to write this post today. Read this it's brilliant. — The loyalty and integrity we should have as bloggers is to the Truth and liberation of that Truth, and not to the Truth we assign to the political denominations we belong to.
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Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
Officials More Hopeful on Iraq Draw Down — WASHINGTON - The Bush administration and military leaders are sounding optimistic notes about scaling back U.S. troops in Iraq next year, as public opposition to the war and congressional demands for withdrawal get louder.
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Associated Press:
N.M. Gov Admits He Wasn't Baseball Pick — Gov. Bill Richardson is coming clean on his draft record _ the baseball draft, that is, admitting that his claim to have been a pick of the Kansas City A's in 1966 was untrue. — For nearly four decades, Richardson, often mentioned …
Cori Dauber / Rantingprofs:
Much to Be Thankful For — I am so blessed, that to try and catalogue everything I have to be thankful for is simply overwhelming. First and foremost is without a doubt the people who love me — they have been, and continue to be, a gift. — I feel blessed by you all as well, by the way.
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GM's Corner
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Gregory Krappman / Major K.: Thankful — Much to my surprise, everyone here is acknowledging Thanksgiving.
M.E. Sprengelmeyer / shns.com:
'Brownie' seeks fresh start as consultant in Colorado — WASHINGTON — He learned his lessons, and now they're for sale. — Ousted FEMA director Michael Brown, who was vilified over his handling of the Hurricane Katrina disaster, plans to make a fresh start in Colorado …
Greyhawk / Mudville Gazette:
NEWS FROM IRAQ — Haider Ajina sends his latest translation of Iraqi media reports: — Greetings, — The following is my translation of a headline and news from the November 24th edition of the Iraqi Arabic newspaper "Alsabah" — "Iraqi forces now implement 70% of the security operations."
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Howard W. French / New York Times:
A Party Girl Leads China's Online Revolution — SHANGHAI, Nov. 23 - On her fourth day of keeping a Web log, she introduced herself to the world with these striking words: "I am a dance girl, and I am a party member." — "I don't know if I can be counted as a successful Web cam dance girl," that early post continued.
FbL / Valour-IT:
Special Thank Yous — In this season of thanks, I am very thankful for a bunch of wonderful people. — Everybody who participated in the recent Valour-IT fundraising competition deserves the thanks of all involved, and the thanks of those who will benefit from the funds raised.
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Hindrocket / Power Line:
BE THANKFUL FOR DEMOCRACY — The optimistic title of Jennifer Harper's article in the Washington Times this morning is "Public Ignores Iraq War Naysayers." That might be a bit of a stretch, but it certainly is true that the public at large retains a more optimistic view of the Iraq war than the media.
Opinion Journal:
And the Fair Land — Let's give thanks for America. — Anyone whose labors take him into the far reaches of the country, as ours lately have done, is bound to mark how the years have made the land grow fruitful. — This is indeed a big country, a rich country, in a way no array of figures …
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Andrea Mitchell, Take Two — Andrea Mitchell, who caught the eye of the Huffington bloggers recently, tried to explain herself to Don Imus on Wednesday morning, and Crooks and Liars was there with the video. [Pants on fire, Ms. Mitchell - see UPDATE] — But we are lo-tech, so let's run the Newsmax transcript:
Colum Lynch / Washington Post:
Bolton Admonishes U.N. — U.S. Could Bypass World Body if Reform Fails, He Says — UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 22 — John R. Bolton, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, warned Tuesday that the United States might bypass the United Nations to solve some of the world's pressing problems …
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Frank Davies / Knight Ridder:
Administration heads off legal showdown over executive powers — WASHINGTON - The Justice Department's decision to indict Jose Padilla is the latest example of how the Bush administration short-circuits any legal review of the expansive powers it has claimed in the war on terror, legal experts said Tuesday.
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