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Paul Krugman:
Romer and Bernstein on stimulus — Is this enough? — OK, Christina Romer and Jared Bernstein have put out the official (?) Obama estimates of what the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan would accomplish. The figure above summarizes the key result.
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Tim Fernholz / American Prospect:
NEW STIMULUS ANALYSIS. — The transition team has just released a report that analyzes the potential effects of the stimulus package, written by incoming Council of Economic Advisors Chair Christina Romer and Vice-President-elect Biden's Chief Economic Advisor, Jared Bernstein.
George E. Bisharat / Wall Street Journal:
Israel Is Committing War Crimes — Hamas's violations are no justification for Israel's actions. — Israel's current assault on the Gaza Strip cannot be justified by self-defense. Rather, it involves serious violations of international law, including war crimes.
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Chris McGreal / Guardian:
Israel to step up assault on Hamas — The Israeli military appeared to be preparing for a major new ground assault against Gaza City and other towns tonight after dropping leaflets warning residents it was about to “escalate” its offensive against Hamas. — The tens of thousands of leaflets …
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Mohamed Olad Hassan / Associated Press:
5 Somali pirates drown with ransom share — MOGADISHU, Somalia - Five of the pirates who hijacked a Saudi supertanker drowned with their share of a $3 million ransom, a relative said Saturday, the day after the bundle of cash was apparently dropped by parachute onto the deck of the ship.
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Jacob Weisberg / Slate:
We still don't know how or why Bush made the key decisions of his administration. — As George W. Bush once noted, “You never know what your history is going to be like until long after you're gone.” What I think he was trying to say is that, over time, historians may evolve toward …
Daily Mail:
Protesters clash with police as 100,000 strong London Gaza demo descends into violence … Violent clashes occurred between police and around 20,000 protesters outside the Israeli Embassy in London - with an estimated 100,000 protesters airing their views around the city.
Mark Steyn / Orange County Register:
The ‘oldest hatred’ lives, from Gaza to Florida — Jew-hating pathologies ultimately harm the Jew-hater, too. — Recommend — In Toronto, anti-Israel demonstrators yell “You are the brothers of pigs!,” and a protester complains to his interviewer that “Hitler didn't do a good job.”
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'Alan Colmes, You're a Great American' — J$P Video! Alan signs off the last Hannity & Colmes:
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John Bresnahan / The Politico:
Burris may return to D.C. to demand seat — Roland Burris may return to Washington next week to demand that he be accepted as the legitimate Senate appointee to replace President-elect Barack Obama and be sworn into office, according to a Burris adviser. — If Burris' appointment is not accepted …
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Stephen Moore / Wall Street Journal:
‘Atlas Shrugged’: From Fiction to Fact in 52 Years — Some years ago when I worked at the libertarian Cato Institute, we used to label any new hire who had not yet read “Atlas Shrugged” a “virgin.” Being conversant in Ayn Rand's classic novel about the economic carnage caused …
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
U.S. Rejected Aid for Israeli Raid on Iranian Nuclear Site — WASHINGTON — President Bush deflected a secret request by Israel last year for specialized bunker-busting bombs it wanted for an attack on Iran's main nuclear complex and told the Israelis that he had authorized new covert action intended …
Sam Roberts / New York Times:
When a C.I.A. Nominee Urged a New York Coup — President-elect Barack Obama's nominee as C.I.A. director plotted his first coup when he was in City Hall. — Before he became a California congressman and later chief of staff to President Bill Clinton, Leon E. Panetta was hired in 1970 …
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Paul / Power Line:
RACIAL PREFERENCES — THE PLOT THICKENS — The Supreme Court has decided to review the Second Circuit's decision in Ricci v. DeStefano. In that case, New Haven firefighters — one Hispanic and more than a dozen whites — sued the city after they were denied promotion because the city disregarded …
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