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Andy Williams accuses Barack Obama of following Marxist theory — Andy Williams, the veteran pop singer, has accused Barack Obama of “following Marxist theory” and “wanting the country to fail”. — Williams, a lifelong Republican whose hits include Moon River and Music To Watch Girls By …
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Richard Cohen / PostPartisan:
Let Polanski Go — But First Let Me At Him — It's alright with me if Roman Polanski is freed by the Swiss authorities who have detained him at the request of the United States — if first I get a chance to bust him one in the mouth. I agree that it has been a very long time since …
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Roman Polanski arrest: Hollywood unites in his defence
Roman Polanski arrest: Hollywood unites in his defence
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David Gibson / Politics Daily:
Roman Polanski: What if He Were ‘Father Polanski’?
Roman Polanski: What if He Were ‘Father Polanski’?
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Jeffrey Young / The Hill:
How Finance swing votes break down — With 13 Democrats and 10 Republicans, the math is on Baucus's side. But getting a majority of panel members to back his bill is no easy task — especially with some Democrats complaining about various provisions of the bill he spent months crafting.
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Mark Steyn / The Corner on National Review Online:
What they're telling us — By: Mark Steyn — This piece by Lloyd Marcus, a black conservative, is called “Stop Allowing The Left To Set The Rules”, and deals with the alleged racism of the anti-Obama opposition. As Mr Marcus notes: — The Left published a cartoon depicting former black Secretary …
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Hillel Italie / Associated Press:
Palin finishes memoir, ‘Going Rogue,’ out Nov. 17 — NEW YORK — Sarah Palin (PAY'-lin) has finished her memoir just four months after the book deal was announced. Her publisher says the release date has been moved up from the spring to Nov. 17. — Harper publisher Jonathan Burnham …
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Palin's title: ‘Going Rogue’ — Sarah Palin's publisher plans to announce Tuesday that the title of her eagerly awaited memoir will be “Going Rogue: An American Life.” — Publication is being moved up from spring to Nov. 17 in order to catch the holiday book-buying season.
Lee Fang / Think Progress:
Right-Wing Conference Tells Activists To Get Their Guns Ready For ‘Bloody Battle’ With Obama The Nazi — At the How To Take Back America Conference last weekend, conservative speaker Kitty Werthmann led a workshop called “How to recognize living under Nazis & Communists.”
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Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
In Bad Times for Capitalism, Socialists in Europe Suffer — PARIS — A specter is haunting Europe — the specter of Socialism's slow collapse. — Even in the midst of one of the greatest challenges to capitalism in 75 years, involving a breakdown of the financial system due to …
Associated Press:
Secret Service probing Facebook poll on Obama — WASHINGTON—The U.S. Secret Service is investigating an online survey that asked whether people thought President Barack Obama should be assassinated, officials said Monday. — The poll, posted Saturday on Facebook, was taken off …
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Abortion Fight Complicates Debate on Health Care — WASHINGTON — As if it were not complicated enough, the debate over health care in Congress is becoming a battlefield in the fight over abortion. — Abortion opponents in both the House and the Senate are seeking to block the millions …
New York Times:
Nuclear Debate Brews: Is Iran Designing Warheads? — WASHINGTON — When President Obama stood last week with the leaders of Britain and France to denounce Iran's construction of a secret nuclear plant, the Western powers all appeared to be on the same page.
Wall Street Journal:
French Atomic Pique — Sarkozy unloads on Obama's ‘virtual’ disarmament reality. — Printer — Friendly — President Obama wants a unified front against Iran, and to that end he stood together with Nicolas Sarkozy and Gordon Brown in Pittsburgh on Friday morning to reveal the news …
Agence France Presse:
Empire State Building turns red-yellow for China's 60th — NEW YORK — New York's iconic Empire State Building will light up red and yellow Wednesday in honor of the 60th anniversary of communist China. — The Chinese consul, Peng Keyu, and other officials will take part in the lighting ceremony …
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Washington Post:
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Fox News:
McChrystal Says He's Talked With Obama Once Since Taking Afghanistan Command — The disclosure that the president and his top Afghanistan commander have talked just once added to concerns that the administration is waiting too long to deal with a request for more troops. — FOXNews.com
Pamela Constable / Washington Post:
U.S. Says Taliban Has A New Haven in Pakistan — ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — As American troops move deeper into southern Afghanistan to fight Taliban insurgents, U.S. officials are expressing new concerns about the role of fugitive Taliban leader Mohammad Omar and his council of lieutenants …
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Stanley Kurtz / The Corner on National Review Online:
Patrick Gaspard, ACORN, and Obama — By: Stanley Kurtz — With the revelation that White House Director of Political Affairs, Patrick Gaspard, has close ties to Bertha Lewis and to ACORN, Matthew Vadum and Erick Erickson appear to be onto something significant.
Philip K. Howard / Wall Street Journal:
Why Medical Malpractice Is Off Limits — A few thousand trial lawyers have a lock on Democrats, who refuse to consider any legal reform. — Printer — Friendly — Eliminating defensive medicine could save upwards of $200 billion in health-care costs annually, according to estimates …
Mackenzie Phillips / New York Post:
CNN planning life after Larry — Larry King's contract with CNN is set to expire in 18 months — and the cable network's chiefs are busy lining up his successor in case he retires. — King, 75, has been interviewing celebrities since 1985. Sources say CNN's first choice to succeed him would be
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Bluegrass Politics:
Mongiardo criticizes Beshear in profanity-laced recording — FRANKFORT — Lt. Gov. Daniel Mongiardo used profanity as he criticized Gov. Steve Beshear and his support of Mongiardo's U.S. Senate candidacy in a recording posted last week on the Internet. — In the recording …
Paul Lewis / Guardian:
How Brown health rumours began — • Alleged link between diet and medication fed speculation — • Andrew Marr and BBC say line of questioning was fair — The story began in a little known blog more than three weeks ago, and whizzed around the internet - with fleeting mentions …
The Huffington Post:
Leading Dem Plans To Blow Up Deal With Big Pharma — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — A Senate Democratic leader is hoping to blow up the deal reached between the White House, drug makers and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), by introducing an amendment on the floor …
Edmund L. Andrews / New York Times:
World Bank Head Sees Dollar's Role Diminishing — WASHINGTON — The president of the World Bank said on Monday that America's days as an unchallenged economic superpower might be numbered and that the dollar was likely to lose its favored position as the euro and the Chinese renminbi assume bigger roles.
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