memeorandum: Barack Obama to Barbara Walters: ‘Extraordinarily proud’ of health care reform (Amie Parnes/The Politico)

11:55 PM ET, November 26, 2010

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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, Little Green Footballs, Balloon Juice, Gawker, 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

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: Hot Air, The Last Tradition, theblogprof, No More Mister Nice Blog and Macsmind

msnbc.com:

Obama needs 12 stitches after being hit on lip during basketball game — President was struck by elbow of Rey Decerega of Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute — Below: — WASHINGTON — The White House has identified the person whose elbow injured President Barack Obama during …

Discussion: Reuters and Wonkette

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

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit

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, more at Techmeme »

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.

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Jeremy Page / Wall Street Journal:
China Protests U.S.-South Korea Exercises

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Huma Khan / ABCNEWS:
Sarah Palin Defends Korea ‘Slip-of-the-Tongue,’ Blasts Media

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

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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

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

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

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 and Washington Wire

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

Discussion: DownWithTyranny!, Conservatives4Palin.com and AmSpecBlog

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

Tyler Durden / zero hedge:
Nigel Farage To European Parliament: “The Euro Game Is Up …

Discussion: Doug Ross and Newshoggers.com

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 and theblogprof

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.