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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
TRENDING: Barbara Bush to Palin: stay in Alaska — (CNN) - Sarah Palin may not have the biggest fan in former first lady Barbara Bush. — “I sat next to her once. Thought she was beautiful,” Barbara Bush said. “And she's very happy in Alaska, and I hope she'll stay there.”
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Dan / Riehl World View:
Barbara Bush Should Shut-Up — This annoys the hell out of me, because I'm not some rabid Palinista. Crap like this from Barbara Bush leaves one no alternative but to respond to it. What, does she have another son, or a grand kid lined up for the job of President?
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
The 800-Pound Mama Grizzly Problem
The 800-Pound Mama Grizzly Problem
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Outside the Beltway, Wake up America, Conservatives4Palin.com, Real Clear Politics and Hot Air
Associated Press:
Palin's publisher sues Gawker over book excerpts
Palin's publisher sues Gawker over book excerpts
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Mediaite, Cubachi, Runnin' Scared, Hot Air, Reliable Source, MediaMemo, New York Magazine and Liberty Pundits Blog, more at Mediagazer »
Mona Charen / Townhall.com:
Why Sarah Palin Shouldn't Run
Why Sarah Palin Shouldn't Run
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Taylor Marsh, American Power, Conservatives4Palin.com, Right Wing News, The Moderate Voice and Hit & Run
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
NONE DARE CALL IT SABOTAGE.... Consider a thought experiment. Imagine you actively disliked the United States, and wanted to deliberately undermine its economy. What kind of positions would you take to do the most damage? — You might start with rejecting the advice of economists and oppose any kind of stimulus investments.
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Mother Jones, Dennis the Peasant, Booman Tribune, Grasping Reality … and Hullabaloo
John Lantigua / Sun-Sentinel:
$11,000 fine, arrest possible for some who refuse airport scans and pat downs — Palm Beach Post — If you don't want to pass through an airport scanner that allows security agents to see an image of your naked body or to undergo the alternative, a thorough manual search …
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Incoming Speaker Takes Commercial Flight, but Skips the Pat Down — WASHINGTON — Representative John A. Boehner, the soon-to-be Republican speaker, pledged recently that he would fly commercial airlines back home to Ohio, passing up the military plane used by the current speaker, Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat.
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Sarah Palin / Facebook:
An Exclusive Sneak Peek at “America By Heart” — The following is an exclusive sneak peek at my new book “America By Heart” which comes out next Tuesday. Signed editions are still available for pre-order at barnesandnoble.com. You can click here to pre-order your copy. — Enjoy the excerpt:
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Associated Press:
Pope: condoms can be justified in some cases — VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI says in a new book that condoms can be justified for male prostitutes seeking to stop the spread of HIV, a stunning comment for a church criticized for its opposition to condoms and for a pontiff who has blamed them for making the AIDS crisis worse.
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Politics Daily, Advocate, The Daily Dish and Little Green Footballs
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
In Wake of Losses, New Powers for a Political Master — WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats engineered a leadership change in response to the election devastation, but the shakeup did not come in the House, where Nancy Pelosi held on to power in her caucus despite having lost more than 60 seats …
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Booman Tribune and The Page
Washington Post:
Democrats strategists ready to take page from GOP playbook in 2012 — Major Democratic strategists, still reeling from a barrage of midterm spending by conservative groups, are planning a similarly well-funded campaign by liberal organizations aimed at reelecting President Obama in 2012.
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Raw Story, The Moderate Voice, Prairie Weather and Right Wing News
Phillip Longman / Foreign Policy:
Think Again: Global Aging — A gray tsunami is sweeping the planet — and not just in the places you expect. How did the world get so old, so fast? — “The World Faces a Population Bomb.” — Yes, but of old people. — Not so long ago, we were warned that rising global population would inevitably bring world famine.
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Booman Tribune and TPMCafe
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. in Vast Insider Trading Probe — Federal authorities, capping a three-year investigation, are preparing insider-trading charges that could ensnare consultants, investment bankers, hedge-fund and mutual-fund traders and analysts across the nation, according to people familiar with the matter.
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The White House:
Weekly Address: Senators Opposing New START “Want to Trust But Not Verify” — WASHINGTON - In this week's address, President Obama called ratifying New START this year “fundamental” to America's national security. Failure to ratify the treaty this year not only would mean losing …
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Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
Citing Reagan, Obama pushes to move stalled arms treaty
Citing Reagan, Obama pushes to move stalled arms treaty
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The Politico and Daniel W. Drezner
Popular Mechanics:
Security and Terrorism Expert Bruce Schneier: TSA Scans “Won't Catch Anybody” — Since 9/11, cryptology expert and security consultant Bruce Schneier has been one of the most pointed critics of the government's anti-terrorism security programs. In his 2003 book “Beyond Fear,” he coined the phrase …
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Spiegel Online:
Terrorists Believed to Be Planning Attack in Berlin — It would be an attack on the very heart of democracy. SPIEGEL has learned that terrorists may have been planning an attack on the Reichstag, the home of the German parliament and one of the most popular tourist destinations in Berlin.
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msnbc.com and Power Line
Myglesias / Yglesias:
Social Security Trust Fund — I really hate this kind of rhetoric from Maya MacGuineas: … I think this is incredibly misleading. If your rich uncle wanted to set up a trust fund for you and chose to stipulate that the fund should be invested 100 percent in treasuries …
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Dennis the Peasant
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