memeorandum: Frustrated Obama Sends Nation Rambling 75,000-Word E-Mail (The Onion)

1:40 AM ET, November 27, 2010

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Allahpundit / Hot Air:

The obligatory “Obama elbowed in the face during pick-up game” post; Update: Elbower identified — First he gets pounded in the midterms, then Kim Jong-il starts shelling South Korea, now he's getting flagrantly fouled while shooting hoops with friends and family. What's next?

Discussion: Federal News Radio 1500 AM

Associated Press:

Obama Needs Stitches After Being Hurt During Basketball Game — WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama needed 12 stitches in his upper lip after taking an errant elbow during a pickup basketball game Friday morning with family and friends visiting for the Thanksgiving holiday, the White House said.

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland and iOwnTheWorld.com

Fhardingj / CNN:

President Obama injured — By: CNN Senior White House Correspondent Ed Henry, CNN White House Unit — Washington (CNN) - Apparently no good deed goes unpunished for President Barack Obama, who was trying to make sure he didn't get a flabby belly after Thanksgiving but wound up with a fat lower lip instead.

Discussion: Scared Monkeys, The Last Tradition, theblogprof, No More Mister Nice Blog and Macsmind

Craigjohnsoncnn / This Just In:
Obama gets busted lip, stitches in basketball game

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Left Coast Rebel

msnbc.com:
Obama needs 12 stitches after being hit on lip during basketball game

Discussion: Reuters and Wonkette

Jon Bershad / Mediaite:

FoxNation.com Reposts Anti-Obama Article From The Onion, Doesn't Mention It's A Joke — Most people recognize The Onion as the Peabody Award-winning satire machine that it is. Some people, however, don't. Which is why we get a story like this every few months.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Balloon Juice, Gawker, Little Green Footballs, News Hounds, The Wire, No More Mister Nice Blog and Bark Bark Woof Woof

The Onion:

Frustrated Obama Sends Nation Rambling 75,000-Word E-Mail — WASHINGTON—Having admittedly “reached the end of [his] rope,” President Barack Obama sent a rambling 75,000-word e-mail to the entire nation Wednesday, revealing deep frustrations with America's political culture, his presidency, U.S. citizens, and himself.

Discussion: The Politico and Raw Story

Romalley / Fox Nation:

The Onion: Frustrated Obama Sends Nation Rambling 75,000-Word E-Mail — Having admittedly “reached the end of [his] rope,” President Barack Obama sent a rambling 75,000-word e-mail to the entire nation Wednesday, revealing deep frustrations with America's political culture, his presidency, U.S. citizens, and himself.

Discussion: Hullabaloo

Enigmax / TorrentFreak:

U.S. Government Seizes BitTorrent Search Engine Domain and More — Following on the heels of this week's domain seizure of a large hiphop file-sharing links forum, it's clear today that the U.S. Government has been very busy. Without any need for COICA, ICE has just seized the domain …

Discussion: Raw Story, Gizmodo, Mashable! and Pirate's Cove, more at Techmeme »

Sara Jerome / The Hill:

Homeland Security seizes domain names — The investigative arm of the Homeland Security Department appears to be shutting down websites that facilitate copyright infringement. — Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has seized dozens of domain names over the past few days, according to TorrentFreak.

Discussion: TorrentFreak and Weasel Zippers

Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:

Why America Won't Buy Palinism — I didn't note Sarah Palin's verbal screw-up when she called South Korea North Korea in an interview with Glenn Beck. Why? Because in context it seemed like a simple verbal slip-up, the kind everyone makes from time to time.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, The Reaction, Weasel Zippers, Macsmind, JOSHUAPUNDIT, iOwnTheWorld.com, NewsBusters.org blogs, Patterico's Pontifications and The Daily Caller

msnbc.com:
South Korea honors slain marines; commander vows ‘thousand-fold’ retaliation

Discussion: HotAirPundit

William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
How Do We Say “Hail To The President Of Our 57 States” In Austrian?

Discussion: Conservatives4Palin.com, PERRspectives and justoneminute.typepad.com

Martin Fackler / New York Times:
North Korea Warning After Artillery Fire

Discussion: Information Dissemination, Blogcritics, Guardian, American Power, Associated Press and Christian Science Monitor

BBC:
China works to ease North-South Korea tension

Discussion: Biased BBC and Fox News

Amie Parnes / The Politico:

Barack Obama to Barbara Walters: ‘Extraordinarily proud’ of health care reform — President Barack Obama, in a wide-ranging, reflective interview with Barbara Walters, staunchly defends his controversial policies - including sweeping health care reforms and the massive economic stimulus package …

Discussion: Power Line and Weasel Zippers

Lauren Sher / ABCNEWS:
Obamas Reflect on Life in White House

Discussion: Politics Daily, CNN and Washington Wire

Roland S. Martin / CNN:
Palin's reckless views on obesity

Discussion: DownWithTyranny!, Conservatives4Palin.com and AmSpecBlog

N.C. Aizenman / Washington Post:

Doctors say Medicare cuts force painful decision about elderly patients — Want an appointment with kidney specialist Adam Weinstein of Easton, Md.? If you're a senior covered by Medicare, the wait is eight weeks. — How about a checkup from geriatric specialist Michael Trahos?

Discussion: Liberal Values, The Mahablog, Patterico's Pontifications, Questions and Observations and Prairie Weather

John / Verum Serum: It Begins: Medicare Patients See Long Waits for Doctors

New York Times:

Health Law Faces Threat of Undercut From Courts — WASHINGTON — As the Obama administration presses ahead with the health care law, officials are bracing for the possibility that a federal judge in Virginia will soon reject its central provision as unconstitutional and …

Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …, Althouse, theblogprof and The Hill

Robert Eugene Simmons Jr / American Thinker:

Holding Sarah Palin to Her Promise — In a recent interview, Sarah Palin said to the interviewer that she will consider running for president if there is no one willing to do the job and take on the problems facing America. I think America is going to have to hold her to that promise.

Discussion: Conservatives4Palin.com

Sheila C. Bair / Washington Post:

Will the next fiscal crisis start in Washington? — Two years ago the United States experienced its worst financial crisis since the 1930s. The crisis began on Wall Street, where misguided bets on risky mortgage loans resulted in enormous losses that few anticipated.

Discussion: Money & Company, Liberty Pundits Blog, Firedoglake, Viking Pundit and Real Time Economics

Scott / Power Line:

“Just who the hell do you think you are?” — Tyler Durden directs our attention to Euroskeptic MEP Nigel Farage, who “tells more truth about the entire European experiment [in under four mintues] than all European bankers, commissioners, and politicians have done in the past decade.”

Discussion: Fausta's Blog