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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Republicans Against Science — Jon Huntsman Jr., a former Utah governor and ambassador to China, isn't a serious contender for the Republican presidential nomination. And that's too bad, because Mr. Hunstman has been willing to say the unsayable about the G.O.P. — namely, that it is becoming the “anti-science party.”
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Prairie Weather, Daily Kos, Pajamas Media and Balloon Juice
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Erik Jensen / Sydney Morning Herald:
Mental illness rise linked to climate — RATES of mental illnesses including depression and post-traumatic stress will increase as a result of climate change, a report to be released today says. — The paper, prepared for the Climate Institute, says loss of social cohesion in the wake …
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americanthinker.com, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Weasel Zippers and The Gateway Pundit
David Wessel / Wall Street Journal:
Labor Economist to Fill Key Post — President Barack Obama on Monday plans to nominate Princeton University's Alan Krueger to be chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, a White House official said. — If confirmed by the Senate, Mr. Krueger, a labor economist …
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Sam Youngman / The Hill:
For President Obama, more storms await on the horizon — President Obama arrived back in Washington after his August vacation to deal with a hurricane, but Irene was only the first of many tests awaiting the embattled commander-in-chief. — With his approval ratings at the lowest point in his presidency …
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The Daily Beast:
A Hurricane of Hype — Irene fell far short of the media's dire warnings even before it was downgraded. Howard Kurtz on the scaremongering by television and local officials.
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Nic Robertson / CNN:
CNN Exclusive: Lockerbie bomber comatose, near death, family says — Tripoli, Libya (CNN) — Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset al-Megrahi is comatose, near death and likely to take secrets of the attack on Pan Am Flight 103 to his grave. — CNN found al-Megrahi under the care of his family …
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The Politico, Associated Press, YID With LID, Guardian, Hot Air, TigerHawk, The Jawa Report, Telegraph, Althouse, Israel Matzav and Jihad Watch
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Nic Robertson / CNN:
CNN's Robertson on finding Lockerbie bomber
CNN's Robertson on finding Lockerbie bomber
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Israel Matzav, New York Times, Guardian, Informed Comment and Jihad Watch
Jonathan Martin / Reuters:
Is Rick Perry dumb? — Another Texas governor who drops his “g's” and scorns elites is running for president and the whispers are the same: Lightweight, incurious, instinctual. — Strip away the euphemisms, and Rick Perry is confronting an unavoidable question: is he dumb - or just misunderestimated?
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Politics, Campaign 2012 and WJLA-TV
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Patrick O'Connor / Wall Street Journal:
GOP Leaders Bring Some Bad Blood to Race
Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
George Will Slams Dick Cheney For Not Apologizing For Iraq — Damn it, I hate it when this happens. I actually agree with George Will. As I reel from worlds colliding, let's look at the astonishing admission of wrongness on behalf of a Republican to which George Will wants an apology:
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Outside the Beltway, Attackerman, Booman Tribune and Prairie Weather
Daniel S. Hamermesh / New York Times:
Ugly? You May Have a Case — Daniel S. Hamermesh, a professor of economics at the University of Texas, Austin, is the author of “Beauty Pays,” published this month. — BEING good-looking is useful in so many ways. — In addition to whatever personal pleasure it gives you …
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PointOfLaw Forum, americanthinker.com and JammieWearingFool
Adam C. Smith / St. Petersburg Times:
Michele Bachmann rally draws over 1,000 in Sarasota, but some prefer Rick Perry — SARASOTA — Hurricane Irene bypassed the state and spared Michele Bachmann's first campaign foray in Florida this weekend, but now she has to contend with Hurricane Perry. — Even as the Minnesota congresswoman …
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Washington Monthly and GOP 12
Ynetnews:
Abbas: We won't recognize Israel as Jewish state — Palestinian leader defiant ahead of UN statehood bid, urges international community to back off; 'Don't order us to recognize Jewish state,' he says. Foreign Minister says world must tell Abbas state cannot come at Israel's expense — Elior Levy
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Atlas Shrugs and Jihad Watch
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Postal Service paying fewer workers to do nothing — The U.S. Postal Service, expecting $7 billion in losses this year amid slumping mail volume, is still paying thousands of its workers millions of dollars each year to do nothing. — But it's paying tens of millions of dollars less for …
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CNN:
Irene leaves damaging floods, widespread destruction — Brattleboro, Vermont (CNN) — The torment from Irene isn't over as parts of the Northeast grapple with dangerous floodwaters, widespread power outages and stranded residents. — At least 21 deaths across eight states were blamed on Irene …
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BBC:
Yoshihiko Noda wins Japan leadership race — The BBC's Roland Buerk says Mr Noda will need to reach out to the opposition — Japan's governing Democratic Party (DPJ) has chosen Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda as its leader, lining him up to become the country's sixth prime minister in five years.
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americanthinker.com and Truthdig
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Perry back to ‘Ponzi scheme,’ ‘monstrous lie’ on Social Security — Rick Perry's spokesman Ray Sullivan told the Wall Street Journal recently that the views in his book “Fed Up!” - such as his description of Social Security as an “illegal Ponzi scheme” - don't necessarily reflect how he feels now.
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The Other McCain and Instapundit
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Peggy Fikac / Houston Chronicle:
Perry calls Social Security ‘monstrous lie’
Perry calls Social Security ‘monstrous lie’
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Campaign 2012, Associated Press, Taegan Goddard's …, Firedoglake, ThinkProgress, Power Line, The Hill, Crooks and Liars and Viking Pundit
Howie Carr / Boston Herald:
Deval Patrick laments ‘tragedy,’ fails to take action — My guess is that Hurricane Irene is going to kill a lot fewer Americans in Massachusetts this year than illegal aliens are. But don't tell that to Gov. Deval Patrick — he doesn't want to talk about dead Americans and the drunk Ecuadorians who killed them.
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Lucy Madison / CBS News:
Colin Powell undecided on 2012 choice — PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO — Former Secretary of State Colin Powell says there are some “interesting” presidential candidates for the 2012 Republican nomination - but that he's not sure yet who he'll be voting for. — Powell, who served under former …
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The Note:
Powell Not Sold on Obama in '12
Powell Not Sold on Obama in '12
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The Reaction, Scared Monkeys, CNN and Michelle Malkin