memeorandum: Reality Check — Something I find incredibly puzzling … (Myglesias/Yglesias)

2:00 AM ET, November 26, 2010

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Sarah Palin / Facebook:

A Thanksgiving Message to All 57 States — My fellow Americans in all 57 states, the time has changed for come. With our country founded more than 20 centuries ago, we have much to celebrate - from the FBI's 100 days to the reforms that bring greater inefficiencies to our health care system.

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Huma Khan / ABCNEWS:

Sarah Palin's North Korea Gaffe — Liberals Seize on Palin's Gaffe on Glenn Beck Show — Was it a simple blunder or did a possible 2012 presidential contender really get her geography wrong? — That's the question being debated after Sarah Palin said in an interview with Glenn Beck Wednesday that North Korea was a U.S. ally.

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New York Times:

South Korea Reassesses Its Defenses After Attack — SEOUL, South Korea — Responding to growing public criticism after a deadly North Korean attack, President Lee Myung-bak accepted the resignation of his defense minister on Thursday and announced changes in the military's rules of engagement …

Jeremy Laurence / Reuters:
North Korean leader and son visited artillery site: reports

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit

Myglesias / Yglesias:

Reality Check — Something I find incredibly puzzling is the strange determination many progressive have to diagnose what the “problem” is with Democrats that makes them so “bad” at electoral politics. They actually seem to me to be fine. Look at the 30 year span from 1980 to 2010.

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Daily Express:

GET BRITAIN OUT OF EUROPE — THE Daily Express today becomes the first national newspaper to call for Britain to leave the European Union. — From this day forth our energies will be directed to furthering the cause of those who believe Britain is Better Off Out.

Discussion: Vox Popoli and Newshoggers.com

The Huffington Post:

Elizabeth Warren Helped Shoot Down Bill That Would Have Sped Foreclosures, Calendar Shows — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? … Elizabeth Warren was the first senior Obama administration official to recognize the potentially incendiary impact of a bill that would have made it significantly easier …

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, The Political Carnival, Hullabaloo and Daily Kos

BBC:

Girl, 15, arrested over ‘Facebook Koran burning video’ — A teenager has been arrested on suspicion of inciting religious hatred after allegedly burning an English language version of the Koran. — The 15-year-old, who lives in the West Midlands, allegedly posted the video, filmed two weeks ago on her school premises, on Facebook.

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Robert Faturechi / Los Angeles Times:

UCLA researcher says he won't be deterred by animal activists' attacks — After the latest incident, in which he received a letter containing razor blades and threats that his throat would be cut, J. David Jentsch says he isn't intimidated. ‘This is the work I feel morally obligated to do,’ he says.

Discussion: Right Wing News

Telegraph:

Barack Obama's grandmother ‘prays he converts to Islam’ — Barack Obama's Kenyan grandmother has said she prayed for the US president to convert to Islam, according to reports. — Barack Obama — Sarah Omar, 88, who was on hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, told the Al-Qatan Saudi daily …

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Jeane MacIntosh / New York Post:

Muslim woman says roller-skating rink discriminated against her — Tweet — A Muslim woman claims that a Connecticut roller-skating rink discriminated against her because it wouldn't allow her to skate in her headscarf. — Marisol Rodriguez-Colon, 40, said she was “mortified” …

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Jennifer Viegas / Discovery News:

Find out why we eat turkeys, but never see their eggs in the store. … Discovery News > Earth News > Could Climate Change Ruin Thanksgiving Dinner? … Climate change could one day affect the cost and quality of dishes traditionally served for Thanksgiving Day dinner …

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Christopher N. Osher / Denver Post:

Ward Churchill loses appeal of his firing — The Colorado Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court decision denying University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill's effort to get his job back. — The court ruled that Denver District Judge Larry Naves was right to direct a verdict in favor …

Discussion: Moonbattery

David S. Broder / Washington Post:

What Murkowski's write-in win says about the electorate — If you have any doubts about the real meaning of this month's midterm elections, let me refer you to the most notable winner in those contests. I am talking about Lisa Murkowski, the reelected senator from Alaska.

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