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Pakistan Tells U.S. to ‘Vacate’ Air Base as Border Strike Inflames Tensions — Pakistan's government has ordered the U.S. to “vacate” an air base used for suspected drone attacks, in retaliation for a NATO strike that allegedly killed two-dozen Pakistani soldiers, Fox News has confirmed.
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The Moderate Voice, Washington Post, Bob Owens and HotAirPundit
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Shams Momand / Reuters:
Pakistan stops NATO supplies after raid kills up to 28 — (Reuters) - NATO helicopters and fighter jets attacked two military outposts in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing as many as 28 troops and plunging U.S.-Pakistan relations, already deeply frayed, further into crisis.
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Guardian, The Atlantic Online, The Hindu, Wall Street Journal, The Long War Journal, NO QUARTER, The Huffington Post, Associated Press, The Moderate Voice, Belmont Club, Jihad Watch, Booman Tribune, americanthinker.com, Blogs of War, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Zandar Versus The Stupid and CNN
Salman Masood / New York Times:
Tensions High After NATO Air Strikes Kill Pakistani Soldiers — ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistani officials said Saturday that NATO aircraft had killed at least 25 soldiers in strikes against two military posts at the northwestern border with Afghanistan, and the country's supreme army commander called …
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CNN, Hot Air, Outside the Beltway and The Agonist
Associated Press:
Pakistan demands US vacate suspected drone base — has demanded the U.S. vacate an air base within 15 days that the CIA is suspected of using for unmanned drones. — The government issued the demand Saturday after — NATO — helicopters and jet fighters allegedly attacked two — Pakistan army
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The Gateway Pundit
A.Killough / CNN:
House Democrat to pass on seeking re-election — (CNN) - Rep. Charlie Gonzalez of Texas and chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus will forgo seeking an eighth term in the U.S. House of Representatives. — “I've been in Congress for 14 years and I want to do something else - what that is, I really don't know.
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Alicia M. Cohn / Ballot Box:
Texas court refuses to hold GOP-contested redistricting map
Gary Martin / MySanAntonio.com:
Rep. Gonzalez will not run again
Karoli / Crooks and Liars:
Updated: The Shocking Truth About Naomi Wolf's Factless Assertions — In an article for The Guardian, Naomi Wolf wrote this: … This follows the ongoing meme that DHS has coordinated the Occupy crackdowns on a national level; that they are orchestrating the violence behind the clearing of Zuccotti Park and others.
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Wonkette, Joshua Holland's Blog, American Times and The Moderate Voice
Kate Linthicum / Los Angeles Times:
Villaraigosa announces impending shutdown of Occupy L.A. camp — The mayor says the City Hall park will close at 12:01 a.m. Monday but that police might not immediately begin removing protesters who linger. Occupy L.A. has issued a statement vowing to stay.
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L.A. NOW, Hot Air, New York Magazine, Reuters, Occupy Los Angeles and Jammie Wearing Fools
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Erik Lacitis / Seattle Times:
Occupy Seattle visits Walmart's 99% — Mostly, what happens when about 80 Occupy Seattle demonstrators carpool Friday afternoon from Westlake Park to picket in front of the Walmart in Renton is that customers glance at them briefly, and then ignore them. — “It's not your purpose in life …
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American Times, The Gateway Pundit and The Stranger …
Barry Ritholtz / The Big Picture:
Examining the big lie: How the facts of the economic crisis stack up — It's fair to say that our discussion about the big lie touched a nerve. — The big lie of the financial crisis, of course, is that troubling technique used to try to change the narrative history and shift blame …
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Outside the Beltway, The Impolitic, Firedoglake and Angry Bear
Shocked / WSAZ-TV:
Man Dies on Black Friday; Shoppers Unfazed … SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) — A man collapsed while doing some Black Friday shopping in a crowded store, and people nearby continued to shop. — Witnesses tell WSAZ.com some shoppers walked around and even over the man's body.
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msnbc.com, The Political Carnival, Mediaite and The Other McCain
James Kirkup / Telegraph:
Prepare for riots in euro collapse, Foreign Office warns — British embassies in the eurozone have been told to draw up plans to help British expats through the collapse of the single currency, amid new fears for Italy and Spain. — As the Italian government struggled to borrow …
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ParaPundit, Zandar Versus The Stupid, blogs.telegraph.co.uk and Joe. My. God.
Megan McArdle / Wall Street Journal:
Spend It or Save It? … Shoppers in downtown Chicago on Black Friday, 2010. The day after Thanksgiving remains one of the country's most anticipated shopping days. — A few months ago, I became the proud, and slightly sheepish, owner of what must be the world's most expensive food processor.
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TBogg and The Impolitic
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Obama and family take in basketball game, chat with Bill Murray — President Obama and the First Family continued their post-Thanksgiving tradition by attending the Oregon State versus Towson game in Maryland on Saturday afternoon. Michelle Obama's brother Craig Robinson coaches …
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Weasel Zippers
Rob Waugh / Daily Mail:
Climategate scientists DID collude with government officials to hide research that didn't fit their apocalyptic global warming — 5,000 leaked emails reveal scientists deleted evidence that cast doubt on claims climate change was man-made — Scientist asks, 'What if they find that climate change is a natural fluctuation?
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Don Surber, YID With LID, The Gateway Pundit and Tom Nelson
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Perry ad features SuperPAC footage — The last shred of regulation preventing unlimited money from flowing into presidential campaigns is the requirement that campaigns not “coordinate” their communications with Super PACs and the other independent groups pouring money into that race.
A. G. Sulzberger / New York Times:
North Dakota Oil Boom Creates Camps of Men — TIOGA, N.D. — As much as the drilling rigs that tower over this once placid corner of the prairie, the two communities springing up just outside of town testify to the galloping pace of growth here in oil country.
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Via Meadia and The Other McCain
Wall Street Journal:
The Non-Green Jobs Boom — Forget ‘clean energy.’ Oil and gas are boosting U.S. employment. — So President Obama was right all along. Domestic energy production really is a path to prosperity and new job creation. His mistake was predicting that those new jobs would be “green,” …
A.Killough / CNN:
TRENDING: Obama on NBA tentative agreement: ‘Good deal’ — (CNN) - After playing basketball at Washington's Fort McNair Army Base on Saturday, President Barack Obama seemed to approve the tentative deal reached earlier in the day to end the NBA lockout. — When asked about the potential agreement …
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Jammie Wearing Fools
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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Obama gives thumbs up to end of NBA strike