memeorandum: Europeans Clash on Bailout (Wall Street Journal)

8:30 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

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

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit

New York Times:

G.O.P. and Tea Party Gains Are Mixed Blessing for Israel — WASHINGTON — When Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel came to the United States recently for another round of tense talks with the Obama administration, he got a decidedly warmer welcome from one of the rising Republican stars …

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Anne E. Kornblut / Washington Post:

For Obama's 2012 campaign, aides debate a Chicago headquarters — When President Obama kicks off his reelection campaign sometime in the next few months, senior advisers say, it is virtually certain that his headquarters will be located in Chicago. — But should it be?

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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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Wall Street Journal:

Europeans Clash on Bailout — EU Officials Propose Doubling $588 Billion Fund, But Germany Spurns Idea — BERLIN—European leaders sparred over whether to commit more funds to rescue struggling euro-zone countries, as financial-market pressure on the region's weakest economies intensified.

Discussion: European Tribune, The Big Picture and New York Times

Washington Post:

Tea party hopes to plant local roots in Virginia for next year's statewide elections — With the November elections behind them, tea party activists are working to solidify their movement by pivoting quickly to state and local issues they think will allow them to show that theirs …

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Joshua Partlow / Washington Post:

Karzai aide blames British for bringing Taliban impostor to talks — KABUL - President Hamid Karzai's chief of staff on Thursday said that British authorities were responsible for bringing a Taliban impostor into the presidential palace and that foreigners should stay out of delicate negotiations with the Afghan insurgent group.

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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.

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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 …

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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.

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