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TSA airport screeners gone wild in San Diego- again — In what can only be described as TSA handlers gone wild, the San Diego Harbor Police arrested an area resident for refusal to complete the screening/security process yesterday. This is the same airport that created the TSA security catch phrase “don't touch my junk.”
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The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Bail, Scared Monkeys, Verum Serum, LewRockwell.com Blog, Left Coast Rebel and Sun-Sentinel
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
TSA head: ‘Not going to change’ — John Pistole, administrator of the Transportation Security Administration, said several times Sunday that no changes are planned in airport screening procedures, despite an online backlash. — “Do I understand the sensitivities of people?
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Reuters, Hot Air, Mediaite, The Sundries Shack, Right Klik and I Will Opt Out Of TSA Scan
Darleen / protein wisdom:
More TSA “love” ... [Darleen Click] UPDATED 3X “Grandmama! They touched you in your special girl spots!” — Description of the above video: … In addition: … We don't talk about ostomies, but approximately 500,000 Americans have a stoma for one reason or another.
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The Gateway Pundit, Gizmodo and Associated Press
Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Analyst: TSA methods ‘will kill more Americans on highway’
Analyst: TSA methods ‘will kill more Americans on highway’
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Don Surber and Raw Story
Frank Rich / New York Times:
Could She Reach the Top in 2012? You Betcha — “THE perception I had, anyway, was that we were on top of the world,” Sarah Palin said at the climax of last Sunday's premiere of her new television series, “Sarah Palin's Alaska.” At that point our fearless heroine had just completed a perilous rock climb …
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Jedediah Bila / Human Events:
A Reply to Mona Charen's “Why Sarah Palin Shouldn't Run” — In a National Review Online column on November 19, Mona Charen provided an explanation of why she believes Sarah Palin shouldn't run for President. She argued that after the 2008 campaign, Palin “quit her job as governor …
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Riehl World View and Caffeinated Thoughts
Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
Carter: Fox commentators have ‘deliberately distorted’ news — Jimmy Carter said Sunday that Fox News commentators including Glenn Beck have “deliberately distorted” the news. — Speaking on CNN's “Reliable Sources” Sunday, the former Democratic president took aim at the cable news channel climate …
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The Moderate Voice, Liberal Values, Weasel Zippers and The Gateway Pundit
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
TRENDING: Clinton: I'm not running for president — (CNN) - Secretary Of State Hillary Clinton is not running for president - just ask her. — “I am not in any way interested in or pursuing anything in elected office,” Clinton said on “Fox News Sunday.” — Clinton laughed off speculation that she might run for president in 2012.
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The Politico, The Gateway Pundit, American Power and Michelle Malkin
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Jimmy So / CBS News:
Clinton: I'd Avoid Airport Pat-Down if Possible
Clinton: I'd Avoid Airport Pat-Down if Possible
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Scared Monkeys, CBS New York and Associated Press
Jeff Sommer / New York Times:
A Forecast That Obama Could Love — THINGS are looking up for Barack Obama. — You might not think so, given the flow of news lately. His foreign policy has met with limited success, at best. And, back home, unemployment is mired at 9.6 percent. Earlier this month, in a major political blow …
Juliann Neher / Bloomberg:
Buffett Tells ABC Rich Americans Should Be Paying ‘A Lot’ More in Taxes — Billionaire Warren Buffett said that rich people should pay more in taxes and that Bush-era tax cuts for top earners should be allowed to expire at the end of December. — “If anything, taxes for the lower …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, HazZzMat and LewRockwell.com Blog
CNN:
Mullen: Marines will comply with 'don't ask, don't tell' repeal — Washington (CNN) — The head of the U.S. Marine Corps will fully cooperate with a repeal of the “don't ask, don't tell” policy barring openly gay and lesbian soldiers from the military, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen said Sunday.
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Raw Story and Towleroad News #gay
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Tammy S. Schultz / Washington Post:
Why are the Marines the military's biggest backers of 'don't ask, don't tell'?
Why are the Marines the military's biggest backers of 'don't ask, don't tell'?
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Prairie Weather, AMERICAblog Gay and Federal Eye
Steve Clemons / The Washington Note:
The Impact Today and Tomorrow of Chalmers Johnson — Next week, Foreign Policy magazine and its editor-in-chief Susan Glasser will be releasing its 2nd annual roster of the world's greatest thinkers and doers in foreign policy. I have seen the list — and it's impressively creative and eclectic.
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The Atlantic Online, Talking Points Memo and The Monkey Cage
Paul Krugman:
FDR, Reagan, and Obama — Some readers may recall that back during the Democratic primary Barack Obama shocked many progressives by praising Ronald Reagan as someone who brought America a “sense of dynamism and entrepreneurship that had been missing.” I was among those who found this deeply troubling …
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Liberal Values
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
AN UNLIKELY VORACIOUS READER.... The New York Times' Sunday magazine has a lengthy piece from Robert Draper today on a certain former half-term governor. The piece covers quite a bit of ground — and should probably dispel any lingering doubts about Sarah Palin's national ambitions — but a couple of things stood out.
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Mediaite, Dennis the Peasant, Balloon Juice and Washington Post
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL — Top political scientist: U.S. voters are ‘pretty damn stupid’ — Political reporters often rely on University of Wisconsin political scientist Charles Franklin for expertise. In just the past few months, his insights have appeared in articles in the New York Times …
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American Power and Althouse
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
A Madison liberal struggles to understand the 2010 elections …
A Madison liberal struggles to understand the 2010 elections …
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Patterico's Pontifications
Matt Richtel / New York Times:
Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction — REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — On the eve of a pivotal academic year in Vishal Singh's life, he faces a stark choice on his bedroom desk: book or computer? — Your Brain on Computers — Staying on Task — Articles in this series examine how a deluge …
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Yglesias, The Huffington Post, TechCrunch, Lance Mannion, Althouse and Runnin' Scared, more at Techmeme »
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Deposition: Countrywide Never Sent Mortgage Notes to Trust; Mortgage-Backed Securities in Question — Christine at Foreclosure Industry gives her 10 reasons why the MERS problem cannot be fixed by legislation, and it's a pretty good list. I would add that it's simply not the only problem …
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FORECLOSURE FRAUD and naked capitalism
Landon Thomas Jr / New York Times:
Europe Welcomes Irish Request for Assistance — DUBLIN — After months of trying to persuade bond investors and Europe as a whole that it could survive its financial crisis without outside aid, Ireland buckled on Sunday and formally applied to the European Commission and the International Monetary Fund …
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