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Little Blue Pills Among the Ways CIA Wins Friends in Afghanistan — The Afghan chieftain looked older than his 60-odd years, and his bearded face bore the creases of a man burdened with duties as tribal patriarch and husband to four younger women. His visitor, a CIA officer, saw an opportunity …
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bastard.logic, TalkLeft, On Deadline, The Washington Independent, Hot Air, A Blog For All, Fox News, Reason and Don Surber
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She Said You Couldn't Stay Up — The portrait of 2009's passel …
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Matthew Yglesias
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WINNING HEARTS AND MINDS.... Conditions in Afghanistan …
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You Can't Make This Stuff Up — Afghan warlords align themselves …
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Poll: Obama is man Americans admire most — WASHINGTON — A month before his inauguration, Americans choose Barack Obama as the man they admire most in the world, according to a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll. It's the first time a president-elect has topped the annual survey in more than a half-century.
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The Moderate Voice, Washington Monthly, Salon, Matthew Yglesias, TPM Election Central, TIME.com, Donklephant, Don Surber, Oliver Willis and Shakesville
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Obama, Hillary Clinton Share “Most Admired” Billing — Palin makes impressive showing as second most admired woman — PRINCETON, NJ — A remarkable 32% of Americans choose Barack Obama as the man they most admire living anywhere in the world today, putting him in the No. 1 position on Gallup's annual Most Admired Man list.
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Retail Sales Plummet — Price-slashing failed to rescue a bleak holiday season for beleaguered retailers, as sales plunged across most categories on shrinking consumer spending, according to new data released Thursday. — Despite a flurry of last-minute shoppers lured by the deep discounts …
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Washington Monthly, Portfolio, On Deadline, TIME.com, Angry Bear, Riehl World View, Jules Crittenden, naked capitalism and QandO
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RNC candidate distributes controversial Obama song — RNC candidate Chip Saltsman's Christmas greeting to committee members includes a music CD with lyrics from a song called “Barack the Magic Negro,” first played on Rush Limbaugh's popular radio show. — Saltsman, a personal friend …
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Barack Be Good — Times have changed. In 1996, President Bill Clinton, under siege from the right, declared that “the era of big government is over.” But President-elect Barack Obama, riding a wave of revulsion over what conservatism has wrought, has said that he wants to “make government cool again.”
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Democratic Strategist, Commentary, theheretik.us, Prairie Weather, LewRockwell.com Blog and EconLog
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Blagojevich Attorney Asks Illinois Panel to Subpoena Emanuel and Others — An attorney for Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) has asked the legislative panel considering impeachment of the governor to subpoena more than a dozen witnesses, including President-elect Barack Obama's incoming chief of staff.
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White House Press Corps Faces Unique Challenges in Hawaii — It's prime time and CNN's Ed Henry is standing on the white sand of Waikiki Beach, reporting live on President-elect Barack Obama's holiday vacation in Hawaii. With the volcanic mountain Diamond Head in the distance …
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Calendar offers chance to spend 2009 with Sarah Palin — We're NOT “your friends”!!! — This is just wrong, so wrong. I do hope she runs again. She's one of the best things the Dems have going for them, except GWB! — Carol — December 26th, 2008 11:13 am ET — I got one for Christmas and I LOVE IT!
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Caroline has stiffed N.Y. Dems for years — Caroline Kennedy's supporters say she could raise tons of money as a senator, but when it comes to writing checks to New York Democrats, she's been largely AWOL. — This decade, other than a $1,000 donation to City Council Speaker Christine Quinn …
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Jeb Bush poised for Florida Senate run — As Caroline Kennedy pursues her bright-lights, big-city bid for the U.S. Senate, another child of dynasty is quietly testing the waters for his own Senate run. — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush - the son of one president and the brother of another …
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Naked man fights Harris deputies; dies after Taser shocks — A naked man who was banging on doors and windows at a northside apartment complex died Wednesday after being shocked by Tasers at least three times during a confrontation with Harris County sheriff's deputies, authorities said.
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Chinese Savings Helped Inflate American Bubble — “Usually it's the rich country lending to the poor. This time, it's the poor country lending to the rich.” — WASHINGTON — In March 2005, a low-key Princeton economist who had become a Federal Reserve governor coined a novel theory …
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Palestinian rocket kills 2 Gaza girls — Palestinians misfire rocket, two Gaza girls killed after Qassam hits home in northern Strip; earlier Friday, Palestinian man wounded by misfired rocket taken for treatment in Israeli hospital — A rocket apparently fired by Palestinians on Friday struck …
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Agencies' report warns of faster climate change — Reporting from Washington — The United States faces the possibility of much more rapid climate change by the end of the century than previous studies have suggested, according to a report led by the U.S. Geological Survey.
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Bush Is a Book Lover — A glimpse of what the president has been reading. — With only five days left, my lead is insurmountable. The competition can't catch up. And for the third year in a row, I'll triumph. In second place will be the president of the United States.