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8:20 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 and TigerHawk

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, 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

Bryan Denson / Oregonian:

FBI thwarts terrorist bombing attempt at Portland holiday tree lighting, authorities say — The FBI thwarted an attempted terrorist bombing in Portland's Pioneer Courthouse Square before the city's annual tree-lighting Friday night, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Oregon.

Discussion: Oliver Willis and The Gateway Pundit

Associated Press:

Feds Arrest Somali-Born Teen in Car Bomb Plot — PORTLAND, Ore. — A Somali-born teenager plotted to carry out a car bomb attack at a crowded Christmas tree lighting ceremony in downtown Portland on Friday, but the bomb turned out to be a dud supplied by undercover agents as part of a sting, federal prosecutors said.

Discussion: The Jawa Report, Right Wing News, Jihad Watch and HotAirPundit

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: Balloon Juice, Little Green Footballs, 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

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: Mashable!, Raw Story, Gizmodo 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 Reaction, Weasel Zippers, The Moderate Voice, Macsmind, iOwnTheWorld.com, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, JOSHUAPUNDIT, Patterico's Pontifications and NewsBusters.org blogs

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

Discussion: HotAirPundit

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

Discussion: CNN, NO QUARTER, Hot Air, Biased BBC, American Power, Guardian, BBC and New York Times

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

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: Althouse, theblogprof and Taegan Goddard's …

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, Prairie Weather and Questions and Observations

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

Roger Cohen / New York Times:

The Real Threat to America — LONDON — The full-body scanners and intrusive pat-downs that are fast becoming the norm at U.S. airports — just in time for Thanksgiving! — do at least provide the answer to what should be done with Osama bin Laden if he's ever captured …

Discussion: ParaPundit, Wonkette and Prairie Weather

Waqar Hussain / Agence France Presse:

Pakistan Muslims warn of anarchy over Christian — LAHORE, Pakistan — Pakistani Muslims threatened protests and anarchy if the government pardons a Christian mother sentenced to death for blasphemy, calling hundreds of demonstrators onto the streets on Friday.

Discussion: Jihad Watch

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