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8:15 AM ET, August 3, 2009

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Gryphen / The Immoral Minority:
Was it something I said?  —  As many of you are already aware I DID receive a notification from Palin attorney Thomas Van Flein yesterday.  It arrived in my e-mail in PDF form and you can read it over at the Alaska Report.  —  Now Van Flein is forcing me to make an admission …
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Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
‘Mommy, Why Does My Kindergarten Teacher Lie About Sarah Palin?’  —  (BUMPED; SEE UPDATE BELOW)  —  UPDATE 10:53 p.m.: The identification of “Gryphen” as Jesse Griffin, part-time kindergarten teacher at Trailside Elementary in Anchorage, is now confirmed.  And let me add an overdue thanks …
WorldNetDaily:
Is this really smoking gun of Obama's Kenyan birth?  —  Attorney files motion for authentication of alleged 1960s certificate from Africa  —  WASHINGTON - California attorney Orly Taitz, who has filed a number of lawsuits demanding proof of Barack Obama's eligibility to serve as president …
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Native and Natural Born Citizenship Explored:
Third Obama birth certificate appears in court  —  Dr C reports that Orly has filed a motion claiming that she has discovered another Birth Certificate for President Obama, this one from the Republic of Kenya  —  Update: Ron Polarik calls Kenya BC a forgery
Michelle Malkin:
Yes, they are talking about a government takeover of health care  —  This video is spreading quickly across the Internet.  In their own words, via Naked Emperor News, here are Barack Obama, Jan Schakowsky, and Barney Frank exposing the true aim of the “public option.”
Little Green Footballs:
The True Nirth Certifikit At Last  —  LGF reader Shiplord Kirel has granted us exclusive permission to reveal his world-shattering scoop!  He's discovered the honest-to-goodness, no BS, real, true, and genuine nirth certifikit for Barack Obama ... and the conspiracy goes much deeper …
Discussion: Founding Bloggers
Kathianne Boniello / New York Post:
JOBLESS GRAD SUES COLLEGE FOR 70G TUITION  —  She has given new meaning to a class-action lawsuit.  —  Trina Thompson gave it the old college try, but couldn't find work.  Now she thinks her sheepskin wasn't worth her time, and is suing her alma mater for her money back.
Michelle Malkin:
When they can't attack the message...  ...they attack the messenger.  —  This is all they've got (vid at link if you can stomach it):  —  That's it.  Not a single refutation of a single fact in the book.  Bill Maher can't bring himself to open it and read what's in between the covers.  Why?
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Heather / Crooks and Liars:
Real Time: Bill Maher Mocks Malkin for Her New Book
Henny Sender / Financial Times:
Wall Street profits from trades with Fed  —  Wall Street banks are reaping outsized profits by trading with the Federal Reserve, raising questions about whether the central bank is driving hard enough bargains in its dealings with private sector counterparties, officials and industry executives say.
Wall Street Journal:
High-End Homes Miss Out on Rebound  —  KENILWORTH, Ill. — Housing is fast dividing into two markets: Sales of low- and moderately priced homes are picking up and values have stopped falling in some parts of the nation.  But on the upper end, sales remain mired in a deep slump and price declines are expected to accelerate.
James Kirchick / Washington Post:
Obama Said 'I Don't.' He May Just Mean It.  —  Last month, former president Bill Clinton joined the increasing number of Democratic politicians who publicly back same-sex marriage.  Granted, Clinton's endorsement — offered in response to a questioner at a Washington conference …
Discussion: OxBlog and Conventional Folly
Mark Landler / New York Times:
U.S. to Push Peace in Middle East Media Campaign  —  WASHINGTON — George J. Mitchell likes to remind people that he labored for 700 days before reaching the Good Friday accord that brought peace to Northern Ireland.  So the fact that Mr. Mitchell has shuttled back and forth to the Middle East …
Times of London:
Iran is ready to build an N-bomb - it is just waiting for the Ayatollah's order  —  Iran has perfected the technology to create and detonate a nuclear warhead and is merely awaiting the word from its Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, to produce its first bomb, Western intelligence sources have told The Times.
Philip Elliott / Associated Press:
2 Obama officials: No guarantee taxes won't go up  —  2 Obama administration officials can't guarantee middle-class Americans won't see tax hike  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's treasury secretary said Sunday he cannot rule out higher taxes to help tame an exploding budget deficit …
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msnbc.com:
Aug. 2: Larry Summers, roundtable
Elizabeth Bluemink / Anchorage Daily News:
Lu Young, wife of Rep. Don Young, dies at 67  —  Congressman Don Young's wife, Lu Young, died overnight Saturday, according to his press secretary.  —  Lu Young was 67 years old.  She died after going to sleep at the Young's home in Great Falls, Va., apparently of natural causes …
Roger Maynard / The Independent:
Defectors tell of Burma's secret nuclear reactor  —  North Korea is helping country develop weapons, according to the men  —  Two of Asia's most oppressive regimes may have joined forces to develop a nuclear arsenal, according to strategic experts who have analysed information supplied by a pair of Burmese defectors.
Discussion: PrairiePundit
Washington Post:
New Detainee Facility in U.S. Being Considered for Guantanamo Prisoners  —  Facility Would Contain Courtrooms, House Some Guantanamo Prisoners  —  The administration is considering whether to transfer some detainees at the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to a facility in the United States …
Discussion: The BLT and Emptywheel
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Rewarding Bad Actors  —  Americans are angry at Wall Street, and rightly so.  First the financial industry plunged us into economic crisis, then it was bailed out at taxpayer expense.  And now, with the economy still deeply depressed, the industry is paying itself gigantic bonuses.
 
 
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