Top Items:
Examiner:
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.”
RELATED:
Mike Allen / The Politico:
TSA head: ‘Not going to change’
TSA head: ‘Not going to change’
Discussion:
Reuters, Hot Air, Mediaite, I Will Opt Out Of TSA Scan and Right Klik
Darleen / protein wisdom:
More TSA “love” ...
More TSA “love” ...
Discussion:
The Gateway Pundit, theblogprof, The Sundries Shack, Associated Press and Scared Monkeys
Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Analyst: TSA methods ‘will kill more Americans on highway’
Analyst: TSA methods ‘will kill more Americans on highway’
Discussion:
Don Surber and Raw Story
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.
Discussion:
American Power, The Atlantic Online, Eunomia and The Monkey Cage
Adrian Chen / Gawker:
Special Underwear Makes Your Privates Invisible to TSA Scanners — Citizens, take heart: Even as our country falls under the total domination of our new TSA overlords, capitalism continues unabated. A Colorado man has developed undergarments with special body scanner-blocking fig leafs to hide your privates.
Discussion:
Balloon Juice
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 …
Discussion:
FORECLOSURE FRAUD and naked capitalism
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
For NBC Sale, Tensions Rise in Washington — Comcast is still in negotiations with the government over its proposed takeover of NBC Universal, but that did not stop the cable company from announcing a new management slate for the entertainment giant last week.
David S. Broder / Washington Post:
The GOP's lame-duck hardball — Washington began last week to come to grips with the new order of things, a regime in which Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell holds as much sway as the president of the United States. — With the additional leverage that six more Republican senators …
Discussion:
DownWithTyranny!, HazZzMat and Hullabaloo
RELATED:
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Nuking the White House
Nuking the White House
Discussion:
Eunomia, Commentary and Vox Popoli
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 …
Discussion:
HazZzMat, LewRockwell.com Blog and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
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 …
Discussion:
The Gateway Pundit, Scared Monkeys, The Moderate Voice and Weasel Zippers
NY Daily News:
Local jihadist website tied to terror thugs returns under new name, IslamPolicy.com — Revolution Muslim, linked to local terror plots, is now called IslamPolicy.com — A militant New York website tied to terror plotters - and shut down for promoting violence - has resurfaced under a new name.
Discussion:
The Jawa Report
Jimmy So / CBS News:
Clinton: I'd Avoid Airport Pat-Down if Possible — Secretary of State Says Limiting Number of Travelers Asked to Undergo Enhanced Security Should Be Considered — (CBS) Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she would not want to submit to an airport security pat-down, one of the new …
Discussion:
CBS New York, Scared Monkeys and Associated Press
RELATED:
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
TRENDING: Clinton: I'm not running for president
TRENDING: Clinton: I'm not running for president
Discussion:
The Politico, Michelle Malkin, American Power and The Gateway Pundit
Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
Gingrich: No debates moderated by Olbermann or Matthews — Newt Gingrich, a potential 2012 Republican presidential contender, said Sunday that he would not participate in a debate moderated by Keith Olbermann or Chris Matthews. — “There's no possibility that I would ever go to a debate …
Discussion:
CNN
Gautham Nagesh / The Hill:
Jindal blasts Obama administration, calls TSA searches excessive — Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal (R) blasted the Obama administration's handling suspected terrorist and called the Transportation Security Administration's controversial search procedures excessive during NBC's Meet the Press on Sunday.