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Josh Saul / New York Post:
Angry Manhattan residents lambast Zuccotti Park protesters — Infuriated lower Manhattan residents went ballistic on Zuccotti Park protesters at a chaotic Community Board 1 meeting tonight while blasting politicians for allowing the siege to continue without any end in sight.
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Tim Mak / The Politico:
New Yorkers rage over ‘Occupy Wall Street’ protestors
New Yorkers rage over ‘Occupy Wall Street’ protestors
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myfoxny.com and NY1.com
Alastair Gale / Korea Real Time:
Occupy Wall Street Gets Pyongyang's Backing
Occupy Wall Street Gets Pyongyang's Backing
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Weasel Zippers
Jon Bershad / Mediaite:
Psychic Claims He Predicted Exact Date And Time Of Occupy Wall Street Beginning...And He Has Proof!
Psychic Claims He Predicted Exact Date And Time Of Occupy Wall Street Beginning...And He Has Proof!
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Business Insider
Jerold S. Kayden / New York Times:
Meet Me at the Plaza — AN unintended but potentially significant …
Meet Me at the Plaza — AN unintended but potentially significant …
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Addicting Info, Firedoglake and Daily Kos
The Huffington Post:
Steve Jobs Biography Reveals He Told Obama, 'You're Headed For A One-Term Presidency' … In one of the most hotly-anticipated biographies of the year, “Steve Jobs,” author Walter Isaacson reveals that the Apple CEO offered to design political ads for President Obama's 2012 campaign despite …
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Tim Mak / The Politico:
Did Steve Jobs warn Obama? — Steve Jobs told President Barack Obama he was “headed for a one-term presidency,” citing the U.S.'s competitive disadvantages with China and a “crippled” education system, a new biography of former Apple CEO indicates. — “You're headed for a one-term presidency …
Manuel Roig-Franzia / Washington Post:
Marco Rubio's compelling family story embellishes facts, documents show — During his rise to political prominence, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) frequently repeated a compelling version of his family's history that had special resonance in South Florida. He was the son of exiles, he told audiences …
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Marc Caputo / Naked Politics:
Did the Washington Post embellish Marco Rubio's ‘embellishments’? — The Washington Post just released this interesting story headlined “Marco Rubio's compelling family story embellishes facts, documents show.” The paper flagged a clear inaccuracy in his official Senate biography that states …
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Hot Air, Pajamas Media, Ben Smith's Blog and National Review
Alex Leary / MiamiHerald.com:
Activists known as ‘birthers,’ who still question President …
Activists known as ‘birthers,’ who still question President …
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Political Mojo, Naked Politics, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Washington Post
Marco Rubio / Washington Post:
Marco Rubio's compelling family story embellishes facts, documents show
Marco Rubio's compelling family story embellishes facts, documents show
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National Review
The Hill:
Senate blocks new Obama jobs bill — For the second time in two weeks, Senate Republicans voted in unison to block “jobs” legislation, which the Obama administration and Senate Democratic leaders have made central to their agenda. — The majority of Democrats then blocked a second “jobs” measure offered by Republicans.
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p m carpenter's commentary, americanthinker.com, CNN and The Gateway Pundit
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Associated Press:
Senate Votes Down Trimmed Version of Obama's Jobs Bill — WASHINGTON - Despite a campaign-style push this week by President Barack Obama, the Senate on Thursday scuttled pared-back jobs legislation aimed at helping state and local governments avoid layoffs of teachers and firefighters.
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Weasel Zippers, Pat Dollard and Fire Andrea Mitchell!
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Obama's Jobs Bill, Now Piecemeal, Nears Senate Fight Over Aid to States — WASHINGTON — For the second time in 10 days, the Senate moved Thursday toward a showdown over Democratic efforts to take up a jobs bill championed by President Obama. — This time, the bill has been narrowed …
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Washington Monthly, The Caucus and Business Insider
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Senate blocks money for teachers, firefighters — Nine days after President Obama's $447 billion jobs package was blocked in the U.S. Senate, one of the plan's key components — which would provide $35 billion to states and local governments to hire teachers and first responders — suffered the same fate late Thursday.
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Right Wing News and Political Mojo
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Climate Skeptics Take Another Hit — Physicists are notorious for believing that other scientists are mathematically incompetent. And University of California-Berkeley physicist Richard Muller is notorious for believing that conventional wisdom is often wrong. For example, the conventional wisdom about climate change.
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Talking Points Memo and Watts Up With That?
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Economist:
The heat is on — A new analysis of the temperature record leaves little room for the doubters. The world is warming — from the print edition — FOR those who question whether global warming is really happening, it is necessary to believe that the instrumental temperature record is wrong.
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Climate Etc., Pajamas Media, Watts Up With That? and ThinkProgress
Richard Black / BBC:
Global warming ‘confirmed’ by independent study
Global warming ‘confirmed’ by independent study
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InsideClimate News, Guardian, New York Times and Biased BBC
The Politico:
The art of the cheap shot — It's hard to dispute that Rick Perry's he-hired-an-illegal-immigrant attack on Mitt Romney was a cheap shot. — It's even harder to dispute that it worked beautifully. — Put aside the fact that Perry's broadside was recycled, and barely relevant to the debate.
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ABCNEWS, Washington Post, CNN and Opinion L.A.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Party of Pollution — Last month President Obama finally unveiled …
Party of Pollution — Last month President Obama finally unveiled …
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Northern Reflections, Prairie Weather and Daily Kos
Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Yet More Debates Added to Calendar
Yet More Debates Added to Calendar
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Ben Smith's Blog, GOP 12 and Balloon Juice
ABCNEWS:
Car Company Gets U.S. Loan, Builds Cars In Finland — Vice president Joe Biden, left, and Henrik Fisker, CEO of Fisker Automotive announces that the company will produce plug-in hybrid electric vehicles at the former General Motors Boxwood Plant, Oct. 27, 2009, in Wilmington, Del. (Rob Carr/AP Photo)
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Andrew / Fantastical Andrew Fox:
Fisker Karma: Solyndra on Wheels?
Fisker Karma: Solyndra on Wheels?
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Power Line and Doug Ross
New York Times:
Violent End to an Era as Qaddafi Dies in Libya — MISURATA, Libya — Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi's last moments Thursday were as violent as the uprising that overthrew him. — In a cellphone video that went viral on the Internet, the deposed Libyan leader is seen splayed on the hood of a truck …
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Guardian, War Is A Crime .org, Business Insider, The Reaction and Fox News
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The Daily Beast:
When Condi Met Gaddafi
When Condi Met Gaddafi
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Connecting.the.Dots, Mediaite, New York Magazine and FP Passport
James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
Well, Good for WDAV — According to this update just now, the classical music public radio station WDAV, in North Carolina, will not dismiss Lisa Simeone from her role as a freelance (ie, non-employee) host of an opera (ie, non-political) program carried by NPR, just because she has also been a spokesperson for the Occupy DC movement.
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NPR, The Daily Caller, Balloon Juice and skippy the bush kangaroo, more at Mediagazer »
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Brett Zongker / Associated Press:
Freelancer heard on NPR stations fired for protest
Freelancer heard on NPR stations fired for protest
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Truthdig, New York Magazine, Little Green Footballs, TBogg and NPR, more at Mediagazer »
San Francisco Chronicle:
Oakland orders Occupy protesters to leave plaza — (10-20) 22:43 PDT OAKLAND — Oakland officials Thursday night ordered protesters inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement to vacate Frank Ogawa Plaza outside City Hall, where hundreds of people have lived since Oct. 10 in an elaborate tent city complete …
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Hot Air and JammieWearingFool
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Obama Job Approval Average Slides to New Low in 11th Quarter — Prior low was 45% in his seventh quarter — PRINCETON, NJ — President Barack Obama's 11th quarter in office was the worst of his administration, based on his quarterly average job approval ratings.
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The Moderate Voice and Don Surber
John Quiggin / Crooked Timber:
Has the US Defense Department killed a million Americans since 2001? — I've spent the day at a workshop on benefit-cost analysis where a lot of discussion is on valuing policies that reduce risks to life of various kinds. US policy, for better or worse, is focused on the idea of Value of a Statistical Life.
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Unqualified Offerings and Discourse.net
Jon Hilsenrath / Wall Street Journal:
Fed Is Poised for More Easing — Federal Reserve officials are starting to build a case for a new program of buying mortgage-backed securities to boost the ailing economy, though they appear unlikely to move swiftly. — The idea would be to target any new efforts by the central bank …
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FT Alphaville and Business Insider
Associated Press:
Number of gay couples who adopt tripled over last decade — A four-year study cites an easing of restrictions by some states, including rules that allow adoptions from foster care. — The number of gays and lesbians adopting children has nearly tripled in the last decade despite discriminatory rules …
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Holy Bullies … and Towleroad News #gay
Alex Alvarez / Mediaite:
Jon Stewart On GOP Reaction To Gaddafi's Death: ‘What The F*ck Is Wrong With You?’ — Thursday night on the Daily Show, Jon Stewart tackled the big headline of the day: The death of Muammar Gaddafi... Specifically, the right's reaction to the former dictator's passing.
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The Raw Story
Hotline On Call:
Announcing Retirement, Dem Congressman Bashes Obama — Rep. Dennis Cardoza, D-Calif., announced his retirement from Congress this afternoon — and he issued a scathing parting shot at President Obama's track record on his way out. — In a statement explaining his decision, Cardoza …
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The Gateway Pundit and iOwnTheWorld.com