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Bloomberg:
Secret Fed Loans Gave U.S. Banks Undisclosed $13B — The Federal Reserve and the big banks fought for more than two years to keep details of the largest bailout in U.S. history a secret. Now, the rest of the world can see what it was missing. — The Fed didn't tell anyone which banks …
Wolfgang Münchau / Financial Times:
The eurozone really has only days to avoid collapse — In virtually all the debates about the eurozone I have been engaged in, someone usually makes the point that it is only when things get bad enough, the politicians finally act - eurobond, debt monetisation, quantitative easing, whatever.
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CTV.ca:
Canada to pull out of Kyoto Protocol next month … Date: Sun. — Canada will announce next month that it will formally withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol, CTV News has learned. — The Harper government has tentatively planned an announcement for a few days before Christmas, CTV's Roger Smith reported Sunday evening.
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Northern Reflections, iOwnTheWorld.com, Jammie Wearing Fools and Scared Monkeys
Charles Franklin / Polls And Votes:
Recognition and Favorability of GOP2012 Candidates — The rise of Newt Gingrich over the past 10 days or so, now capped with a Manchester Union Leader endorsement, is the culmination of a months long rejuvenation process. In April Gingrich ran neck-and-neck with Mitt Romney in net favorability ratings …
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The American Prospect and New York Times
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Things to Tax — The supercommittee was a superdud — and we should be glad. Nonetheless, at some point we'll have to rein in budget deficits. And when we do, here's a thought: How about making increased revenue an important part of the deal? — And I don't just mean a return to Clinton-era tax rates.
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ThinkProgress, Prairie Weather and NewsBusters.org blogs
Steven T. Dennis / Roll Call:
Payroll Tax Cut Will Top Political Theater — Senate Democrats and the White House are setting up a certain-to-fail vote to extend and expand the payroll tax cut as soon as this week as their signature political showcase heading into the election year. — For Democratic partisans …
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Washington Monthly, New York Times and msnbc.com
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Neela Banerjee / Los Angeles Times:
Parties look to payroll tax deal after collapse of deficit talks
Parties look to payroll tax deal after collapse of deficit talks
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Hot Air, Daily Kos, The Hill and Calculated Risk
Associated Press:
Teen tweeter won't apologize to Sam Brownback — KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas teenager who wrote a disparaging tweet about Gov. Sam Brownback said Sunday that she is rejecting her high school principal's demand for a written apology. — Emma Sullivan, 18, of the Kansas City suburb of Fairway …
Discussion:
Alan Colmes' Liberaland and The Moderate Voice
Frances Martel / Mediaite:
CNN Prank Caller Poses As Student Arrested In Cairo, Thanks 'Baba Booey's Monkey Nuts' For Freedom — CNN anchor Fredricka Whitfield got a bit of an unwelcome surprise this evening as an interview with who she thought was Gregory Porter, an American student recently arrested and released in Cairo, went awry.
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BuzzFeed
New York Times:
The Price of Intolerance — It's early yet for a full accounting of the economic damage Alabama has done to itself with its radical new immigration law. — Farmers can tally the cost of crops left to rot as workers flee. Governments can calculate the loss of revenues when taxpayers flee.
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Prairie Weather
Hans Nichols / Bloomberg:
Schwarzman Backs Romney as Wall Street Turns Away From Obama — (Adds Schwarzman's donations to McCain in fifth paragraph and Romney's background in private equity in the sixth. For more news on the 2012 campaign, see ELECT.) — Nov. 28 (Bloomberg) — Stephen Schwarzman …
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The Hill and Business Insider
BBC:
Strike: BBC poll suggests strong support — An opinion poll commissioned by BBC News suggests 61% of people believe public sector workers are justified in going on strike over pension changes. — More than two million people are due to walk out on Wednesday.
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blogs.telegraph.co.uk and Guardian
Ynetnews:
Iran: We'll fire 150,000 missiles at Israel if attacked — Defense minister Vahidi tells army volunteers ‘Israel has to be punished for what it has done to the Muslims in Palestine’ — Iranian Defense Minister General Ahmad Vahidi said Iran Independent News Service reported Sunday.
Discussion:
Bob Owens, The Gateway Pundit and Israpundit