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10:40 PM ET, October 2, 2011

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Stephanie McCrummen / Washington Post:
At Rick Perry's Texas hunting spot, camp's old racially charged name lingered  —  Paint Creek, Tex. — In the early years of his political career, Rick Perry began hosting fellow lawmakers, friends and supporters at his family's secluded West Texas hunting camp, a place known by the name painted …
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Washington Post:
At Rick Perry's Texas hunting spot, camp's old racially charged name lingered  —  “Ever since, any time I ever saw the rock it was painted over,” Perry said.  —  Perry's version of events differs in many respects from the recollections of seven people, interviewed by The Washington Post …
Fox News:
Cain: Name of Perry's Hunting Camp ‘Insulting’ to Blacks  —  Businessman Herman Cain on Sunday called it “insulting” that the family of Rick Perry leased a hunting camp with a racially charged name well into the 1980s and possibly even later.  —  According to a Washington Post article that appeared Sunday …
Discussion: Erick's blog
Bloomberg:
Koch Brothers Flout Law Getting Richer With Secret Iran Sales  —  In May 2008, a unit of Koch Industries Inc., one of the world's largest privately held companies, sent Ludmila Egorova-Farines, its newly hired compliance officer and ethics manager, to investigate the management of a subsidiary in Arles in southern France.
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Patrick / Politicalgates:
In new bombshell story, “Bloomberg Markets” reveals that Koch Industries sold petrochemical equipment to Iran and paid bribes in six countries  —  Thanks to our excellent contacts, we got hold of a copy of the still unpublished November issue of “Bloomberg Markets” magazine, because the cover story sounds more than just promising:
Thereisnospoon / Hullabaloo:
An excellent beginning by David Atkins  —  An excellent beginning  —  The official list of grievances of the General Assembly of Occupy Wall Street: … There are those who will argue that this list is far too broad and inclusive for a specifically anti-Wall Street protest.
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Nicholas D. Kristof / New York Times:
The Bankers and the Revolutionaries  —  AFTER flying around the world this year to cover street protests from Cairo to Morocco, reporting on the latest “uprising” was easier: I took the subway.  —  The “Occupy Wall Street” movement has taken over a park in Manhattan's financial district and turned it into a revolutionary camp.
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Hippies and Hipsters Exhale
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Breitbart.tv:
ROSEANNE: RICH SHOULD BE BEHEADED IF THEY DON'T GIVE UP WEALTH
Discussion: Moonbattery and The Right Scoop
Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
Restless House Republican members pointing fingers at one another  —  House Republicans return to Washington this week a restless bunch in the wake of an embarrassing legislative defeat and months before they face primary voters in the 2012 election.  —  The stunning downfall of a stopgap spending bill …
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Cheney wants Obama apology for saying Bush administration ‘overreacted to 9/11’  —  Former Vice President Dick Cheney applauded the U.S. drone strike that killed American-born al Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki but added that President Obama now owed the Bush administration an apology for claiming they “overreacted to 9/11.”
Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:
Obama HRC Speech 2011: President Talks Gay Rights At Human Rights Campaign Dinner … Barack Obama , Human Rights Campaign , Obama Gay Rights , Dadt , Gay Marriage , Gay Rights , Same-Sex Marriage , Video , Defense Of Marriage Act , Obama Gay Rights Speech , Obama HRC Speech …
Discussion: GayPatriot, Power Line and The Politico
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Washington Wire:
Christie Stays Mum on 2012 Run at N.J. National Guard Event  —  With fervor growing about “will he or won't he,” a larger than normal local and national press corps watched eagerly as Gov. Chris Christie presided over an annual awards ceremony for National Guard at a training center on the New Jersey shore.
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
 
 
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BBC:
Tory conference: Cameron in jobs and homes vow
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Washington Examiner:
Barone: Time to raise Cain to contender status
Mike O'Brien / Daily Mail:
It's Obama Fried Chicken! …
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