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10:55 AM ET, August 29, 2011

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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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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 …
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
South Carolina's attorney general to endorse Huntsman
Discussion: GOP 12
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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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Bachmann sees Irene as divine message on spending  —  Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann campaigned in Florida yesterday, attending services at a Baptist megachurch near Tampa.  Afterwards, the right-wing lawmaker offered a rather unique perspective on the weekend's weather developments.
Discussion: Booman Tribune and Mediaite
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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Patrick O'Connor / Wall Street Journal:
GOP Leaders Bring Some Bad Blood to Race
Discussion: The Note
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
American Theocracy Revisited  —  During George W. Bush's presidency, many liberal and secular Americans came to regard religious conservatives not merely as their political opponents, but as a kind of existential threat.  The religious right, they decided, wasn't a normal political movement.
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New York Times:
As a States' Rights Stalwart, Perry Draws Doubts
Discussion: ThinkProgress and National Review
Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
Rick Perry has distanced himself from George W. Bush's brand of conservatism
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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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 …
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 …
Discussion: JammieWearingFool
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Michelle Malkin:
Paparazzi President at work
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
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 …
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 …
Discussion: The Politico and TigerHawk
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:
Joseph / Coffee Strong:
Veteran and Military Spouse Dragged from Rumsfeld Book Signing  —  Yesterday Coffee Strong published a summary of the events that took place at the Donald Rumsfeld book signing on Joint Base Lewis-McChord.  Below is the text from our official press release, sent to our media contacts this morning:
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Matt Misterek / FOB Tacoma:
Ranger's widow ejected from Rumsfeld book signing
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
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.
WikiLeaks:
Global - 30 new revelations from #wlfind  —  Belarus (2005) Burundi (2010)  —  Quota system of female representation in government is not leading to improvement in women's rights because they are placed in their elected positions by their male-led parties to meet quotas …
Discussion: The Agonist
 
 
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Tim Pawlenty Left GOP Primary With Campaign In Debt
Discussion: GOP 12
The Daily Beast:
We're All Cheneyites Now  —  The dark lord of American politics …
Jack Cashill / American Thinker:
Early Obama Letter Confirms Inability to Write
Discussion: Power Line
CEPR:
Thomas Freidman Spews Nonsense with Hurricane Force
Discussion: New York Times, Hullabaloo and Eschaton
Washington Examiner:
Obama's regulatory flood is drowning economic growth
CNN:
Irene leaves damaging floods, widespread destruction
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Ynetnews:
Abbas: We won't recognize Israel as Jewish state
Discussion: Atlas Shrugs and Jihad Watch
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
POLITICO's guide to Cheney's book
BBC:
Yoshihiko Noda wins Japan leadership race
Discussion: americanthinker.com and Truthdig
Eric Dash / New York Times:
As Fortunes Dim, Banks Confront a Leaner Future
Ron Todt / Associated Press:
Va. soldier sought in 4 deaths found dead in Pa.