memeorandum: Is the Black Church Dead? Debate Flares Among African-American Christians (David Gibson/Politics Daily)

7:05 AM ET, January 16, 2011

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Death threat at ABC-TV Town Hall event Saturday — Reporter: Forrest Carr Web producer: Sheryl Kornman — TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) -The meeting room at St. Odilia's Catholic Church on the city's northwest side was packed with local dignitaries, witnesses to the mass shooting Jan. 8 …

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John Hayward / Human Events:

Meet Eric Fuller — The Left finds a new icon. — Trackback Link (Loading. . .) — You might be seeing a lot of Eric Fuller over the weekend. He's one of the people injured in Jared Loughner's shooting rampage, taking rounds in the knee and back. He's also a vicious bigot …

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Doug Powers / Michelle Malkin:

Tucson Shooting Victim Charged for Death Threat to Tea Party Leader — Welcome to Bizzaro World — even the local station couldn't help but make note of the sad irony. — From KGUN9 in Tucson: … According to the story, Fuller was charged with one count of threats and intimidation and at least one count of disorderly conduct.

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Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org blogs:

ABC World News Reports Threat at its Tucson Town Hall, Omits it Was Made to a Tea Partier — As NewsBusters previously reported, a survivor of last week's Tucson shootings issued a death threat to a Tea Party member Saturday in the middle of a taping for a town hall meeting to be aired on ABC's “This Week.”

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Sify.com:

Arizona survivor blames Palin's ‘crosshair’ posting for shooting mayhem — Eric Fuller, a 63-year-old veteran who survived the Arizona shootings after being shot in the knee and the back, has blamed US potential presidential candidate Sarah Palin, House Speaker John Boehner …

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New York Times:

Israel Tests on Worm Called Crucial in Iran Nuclear Delay — The Dimona complex in the Negev desert is famous as the heavily guarded heart of Israel's never-acknowledged nuclear arms program, where neat rows of factories make atomic fuel for the arsenal. — Over the past two years …

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Charles Johnson / Little Green Footballs:

Wingnut Blogger Jim Hoft Mistakes Closed Caption for Applause Prompt at Tucson Memorial — Just when you think popular right wing blogger Jim “Dim” Hoft (Gateway Pundit) couldn't possibly post anything more stupid than his last post, he finds a way to take it to the next level of numbskullitude.

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Annie Groer / Politics Daily:

Michael Reagan Rips Half-Brother Ron Over Book and Alzheimer's Claim … Michael Reagan blasted as “falsehoods and lies and conspiracy theories to sell books,” the suggestion by half-brother Ron Reagan that their father may have had Alzheimer's disease while still in the White House.

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James Hohmann / The Politico:
Michael Reagan calls brother an ‘embarrassment’

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David Gibson / Politics Daily:

Is the Black Church Dead? Debate Flares Among African-American Christians … LITHONIA, Ga. — Under a sparkling blue sky, thousands of worshipers in cars and SUVs streamed into the mall-like parking lots at the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, a sprawling campus just off I-20 in this suburb of Atlanta.

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Diane / cab drollery:

Help Needed — I find myself in deep financial trouble. My hours have been cut once again, which means I'm done, ruined, forked, at least for the short term while I try to find another source of income. It appears, given the current job market and my age, that the other source will have to be early Social Security.

Tyler Durden / zero hedge:

Guest Post: How Many Senators Does It Take To Screw A Taxpayer? — How Many Senators Does It Take To Screw A Taxpayer? … - Ron Paul — When bipartisanship breaks out in Washington DC, check to make sure your wallet is still in your pocket. Every time you fill up your car this winter …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice

Sarah Palin / MediaCurves.Com:

Americans View Sarah Palin as more Sincere and Believable after Watching Speech — Speech does little to increase voter support for potential run in 2012 — Flemington, NJ, January 14, 2011 - A new national study among 1,437 self-reported Democrats, Republicans and Independents revealed …

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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:

In Tunisia, Clashes Continue as Power Shifts a Second Time — TUNIS — Tanks, police officers and gangs of newly deputized young men wielding guns held the deserted streets of Tunis Saturday night after a day of sporadic rioting and gunfire. Power changed hands for the second time in 24 hours …

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