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1:00 PM ET, November 23, 2010

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Mark McDonald / New York Times:
‘Crisis Status’ in South Korea After North Shells Island  —  SEOUL, South Korea — The South Korean military went to “crisis status” on Tuesday and threatened military strikes against the North after the North fired dozens of shells at a South Korean island, killing two South Korean soldiers …
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Keith B. Richburg / Washington Post:
North Korea fires artillery at South Korean island of Yeongpyeong  —  BEIJING - North Korea launched a massive artillery barrage on a South Korean island Tuesday, killing two South Korean marines, wounding at least 14 others and setting more than 60 buildings ablaze in the most serious confrontation since …
John Garnaut / Sydney Morning Herald:
North Korean dictator-in-waiting linked to deadly artillery attack  —  NORTH KOREA has burnished the leadership credentials of its 26-year-old dictator-in-waiting with a deadly artillery attack on South Korean territory, causing its neighbour to return fire and scramble F-16 fighters.
CNN:
Koreas exchange artlillery fire
New York Times:
Taliban Leader in Secret Talks Was an Impostor  —  KABUL, Afghanistan — For months, the secret talks unfolding between Taliban and Afghan leaders to end the war appeared to be showing promise, if only because of the appearance of a certain insurgent leader at one end of the table …
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Joshua Partlow / Washington Post:
Negotiator for Taliban was an impostor, Afghan officials say
The Fix:
Sarah Palin's Mike Huckabee problem  —  1. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said Monday that Sarah Palin might well “run away” with the Republican nomination for president.  —  It's funny Huckabee should say such a thing, because he's got a lot of say over whether she does just that.
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Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:   House Republican gains rise to 62 seats
Rachel D'Oro / Associated Press:
Miller files vote-count lawsuit in state court
Emma Perez-Trevino / Brownsville Herald:
Ortiz concedes District 27 race to Farenthold
Patrick Gavin / The Politico:
BARBARA BUSH EXPLAINS MISCARRIAGE ANECDOTE  —  George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush appeared on CNN's “Larry King Live” Monday night, and George said that the two were “living a quiet life” (even though George said he still planned on sky-diving in 2014 to mark his 90th birthday, an endeavor he undertakes every year).
Discussion: CNN and Wonkette
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Former President Bush names Romney as favorite GOP presidential contender  —  Former President George H.W. Bush wants former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney to be the GOP's 2012 presidential nominee.  —  The elder Bush said that Romney would make a “very good president” in an interview with CNN's Larry King Monday night.
Emily Goodin / Ballot Box:   Bushes name Mitt Romney as their 2012 favorite
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
My TSA Anti-Rant  —  I am so going to regret writing this post.  For those of you who used to respect me, please just chalk it up to food poisoning or early onset Alzheimer's or whatever.  But here goes.  —  I hate the TSA screening process.  Everyone hates the TSA screening process.
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Myglesias / Yglesias:
Oversecured America  —  I suppose I agree with Kevin Drum about one aspect of the Transportation Security Administration namely that public outrage about the indignities it imposes seems to me to be 80 percent middle class white people not liking the idea of being placed in the subordinate position …
Discussion: Unqualified Offerings
Steven Thomma / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
New poll undercuts GOP claims of a midterm mandate  —  WASHINGTON — A majority of Americans want the Congress to keep the new health care law or actually expand it, despite Republican claims that they have a mandate from the people to kill it, according to a new McClatchy-Marist poll.
Michelle Singletary / Washington Post:
Woman who told Obama her financial fears has lost her job  —  Nobody is safe.  —  Velma Hart, who burst onto the media scene after telling President Obama she was scared about her financial future, has been laid off.  Hart was let go as the chief financial officer for Am Vets, a nonprofit Maryland-based veteran services organization.
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Zogby:
Zogby Interactive: Obama Falls to 39%, As Support from Democrats Continues to Slide; He Trails Romney, J. Bush & Gingrich in '12  —  Those Saying U.S. on Wrong Track Hits High Under Obama of 69%  —  UTICA, New York - President Barack Obama's job approval rating has dropped to the lowest point …
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Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Lowest ever: Obama job approval sinks to 39%, as even Democrats' support melts away
Discussion: protein wisdom and National Review
Andrew Malcolm / Hot Air:
How low will he go? Obama hits 39% job approval
Discussion: Moonbattery and Say Anything
Sahil Kapur / Raw Story:
Exclusive: Fox News said to reject ad on 'don't ask, don't tell'  —  Fox News has declined to air an ad advocating for repeal of the “don't ask, don't tell” policy that bans gays from serving openly in the military, a source at the public policy think tank Palm Center informs Raw Story.
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Lisa Leff / Associated Press:
Pentagon: No gays were discharged in past month
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Psst: DADT repeal is still not quite dead
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
New Poll Suggests Shift in Public Views on T.S.A. Procedures  —  The White House has begun to push back on the notion that there is a massive backlash against the T.S.A.'s new security procedures, citing a CBS News poll, released last week, which had shown 4 out of 5 Americans in favor …
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Washington Post:
Poll: Nearly two-thirds of Americans support full-body scanners at airports
Paul Bedard / US News:
TSA Promise: No Cavity Searches
Catherine Rampell / New York Times:
Corporate Profits Were the Highest on Record Last Quarter  —  The nation's workers may be struggling, but American companies just had their best quarter ever.  —  American businesses brought in $1.66 trillion at an annual rate in the third quarter, according to a Commerce Department report released Tuesday.
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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis:   Gross Domestic Product, 3rd quarter 2010 (second estimate); …
Michael Luo / New York Times:
Effort for Liberal Balance to G.O.P. Groups Begins  —  In what may prove a significant development for the 2012 elections, David Brock, a prominent Democratic political operative, says he has amassed $4 million in pledges over the last few weeks and is moving quickly to hire a staff to set …
Discussion: Ballot Box, Hot Air and USA Today
Sally Quinn / Washington Post:
The unholy (s)election of Bristol Palin  —  I feel for Bristol Palin.  Here's a plucky young woman who signed up for “Dancing With the Stars” knowing she had no chance to win but thinking it might be an adventure.  Bristol had never danced and was up against some world-class dancers.  That takes guts.
Ezra Klein:
The future of Social Security in one graph  —  This comes from the Strengthen Social Security Campaign, and it lists the impact of all of the various deficit-reduction plans on a medium-income Social Security beneficiary (click for a larger version):  —  It's worth noting that the “current law” …
Discussion: Angry Bear
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Empty promises on health care will haunt Obama  — TAGS: - aaron carroll - american medical association - Byron York - center for medicare and medicaid services - Gallup - indiana university school of medicine - New York Times - patient protection and affordable care act
Discussion: Betsy's Page
 
 
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Michael A. Fletcher / Washington Post:
Retrained for green jobs, but still waiting on work
Michael Kinsley / The Politico:
Go ahead, touch my junk
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Peter Lattman / DealBook:
Rattner Rails Against Cuomo
Discussion: New York Magazine
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Chana Ya'ar / Arutz Sheva:
Obama's UN Officials Silent on Nine Anti-Israel Resolutions
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Antonio Sosa / The Daily Caller:
Chavez responds to President Obama's joke about visiting Venezuela …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
GOP leadership warns freshmen about the press and ethics traps
Discussion: Ballot Box and Wonkette
Domenico Montanaro / msnbc.com:
Palin says she will ‘clean up’ journalism
Landon Thomas Jr / New York Times:
Irish Debt Crisis Forces Collapse of Government
John F. Burns / New York Times:
Lessons of Hate at Islamic Schools in Britain
Discussion: FrumForum
J. Taylor Rushing / The Hill:
Lugar not too worried about a 2012 Tea Party challenge
Discussion: FrumForum
Matt Welch / Hit & Run:
Editorial Boards to the Little People Complaining About the TSA …
Discussion: Wizbang and The Agitator
 

 
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