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7:20 PM ET, May 15, 2011

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Ethan Bronner / New York Times:
Israel Clashes With Protesters on Four Borders  —  JERUSALEM — Israel's borders erupted in deadly clashes on Sunday as thousands of Palestinians — marching from Syria, Lebanon, Gaza and the West Bank — confronted Israeli troops to mark the anniversary of Israel's creation.
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Ynetnews:
Deadly clashes on Israel's borders with Syria, Lebanon  —  Bloody Sunday: IDF forces fire at Syrian ‘Nakba Day’ protestors who breach border fence; four people reportedly killed, up to 20 hurt as dozens of infiltrators enter Israel.  Meanwhile, 10 people killed, scores reportedly wounded …
Robert Wenzel / EconomicPolicyJournal.com:
Shadow Stat Misery Index Highest on Record  —  John Williams, over at Shadow Stats, compiles economic data for inflation and unemployment the way it used to be calculated pre-1990.  Based on that data, the CPI inflation rate is over 10%, and the unemployment rate is over 15% (see charts).
Discussion: Sky Dancing
New York Times:
I.M.F. Chief's Arrest Throws French Politics Into Disarray  —  PARIS — For months, France has been buzzing with speculation that Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the popular chief of the International Monetary Fund, would quit his job in Washington to take on President Nicolas Sarkozy in next year's presidential elections.
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Zachary A. Goldfarb / Washington Post:
IMF chief arrested in alleged sex assault, police tell AP
Andrew Stiles / National Review:
Newt Tacks Left, Slams Ryan's Medicare Plan  —  Newt Gingrich's appearance on “Meet the Press” today could leave some wondering which party's nomination he is running for.  The former speaker had some harsh words for Paul Ryan's (and by extension, nearly every House Republican's) plan to reform Medicare, calling it “radical.”
Brian Kates / NY Daily News:
Union whistleblowers: We were beaten and harassed after they accused bosses of looting  —  Unionized phone company employees say they were beaten or threatened after they accused their labor bosses of looting their coffers through various scams.  —  One member of Communications Workers …
Matthew Yglesias / Yglesias:
Newt Gingrich Proposes Reviving “Poll Tests” Of The Sort Outlawed In The Civil Rights Era  —  Ta-Nehisi Coates heard the dog whistle loud in clear in Newt Gingrich's proclamation last night that Barack Obama is “the most successful food stamp president in modern American history.”
Duncan Hollis / Opinio Juris:
What kind of immunity does the IMF Managing Director Have?  —  The arrest on sexual assault charges of IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Khan (or “DSK” as he's known to the French tabloids) is big news this morning.  Most of the main stream media attention (quite naturally) …
Tali Sharot / New York Times:
Major Delusions  —  THIS month American college seniors will don caps and gowns.  As they await receipt of their diplomas, they will absorb lessons handed to them by the accomplished men and women who deliver commencement speeches.  More often than not the speakers will be outliers: rare individuals who made it against all odds.
Patterico's Pontifications:
Patterico Criticizes Google; Gets Locked Out of Gmail  —  Over the last day or so, I have written several posts criticizing Google's treatment of Ann Althouse.  So did my guest blogger Aaron Worthing.  —  I collected several examples of people getting locked out of their Google accounts …
Kendra Marr / The Politico:
Ryan will decide soon on Wisconsin Senate race  —  House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said on Sunday he'll decide this week if he'll run for the Senate seat being vacated by Democrat Herb Kohl.  —  “Herb just announced this Friday,” Ryan said on CNN's “State of the Union.”
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Ryan announcement on Wisconsin Senate seat coming soon
Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:
Obama's hypocritical rhetoric on immigration reform  —  Senior Political Analyst Follow Him @MichaelBarone  —  Barack Obama's immigration speech in El Paso, Texas, on May 10 was an exercise in electioneering and hypocrisy.  Hypocrisy because while Obama complained about “politicians” …
Debbie Cenziper / Washington Post:
A trail of stalled or abandoned HUD projects  —  The federal government's largest housing construction program for the poor has squandered hundreds of millions of dollars on stalled or abandoned projects and routinely failed to crack down on derelict developers or the local housing agencies that funded them.
Discussion: Don Surber and Taylor Marsh
Matthew Yglesias / Yglesias:
An Evening On The Beltway Yuengling and Minor Assault Circuit  —  So . . . I was walking back from the home of Megan McArdle and Peter Suderman and instead of doing the normal thing and taking Q Street west to 5th and then walking south, I wanted to take a shortcut by walking south on North Capitol to then cut southwest on New York.
 
 
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Blogger Bob / The TSA Blog:
Texas House of Representatives Seeking to Ban Current TSA Pat-Down
Discussion: Pajamas Media
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Paul is second Tea Party senator to miss coveted committee slot
Guardian:
Historic climate change deal with legal powers agreed by Cabinet
Con Coughlin / Telegraph:
Nato must target Gaddafi regime, says Armed Forces chief Gen Sir David Richards
Discussion: Guardian and LewRockwell.com Blog
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Republicans Optimistic About Retaking Senate
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Social Security deficits now ‘permanent’
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Boehner questions Obama's commitment to tackling debt, deficit
Discussion: Firedoglake and CNN
Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
Federal worker pensions emerge as target in debt-reduction talks
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Vicki Needham / Ballot Box:
Haley: No 2012 VP run
Discussion: ABCNEWS and CNN
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
McConnell: Debt limit a ‘great opportunity’
Discussion: CNN and Washington Monthly
John Bresnahan / The Politico:
Huckabee: ‘I would have made a fine president’
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Telegraph:
Osama bin Laden hiding place visited by Taliban
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
An Ill Season  —  Screaming “With our blood and soul …
Discussion: Israpundit
Fox News:
Huckabee Opts Against 2012 White House Bid
 

 
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