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Annie Karni / New York Post:
Columbia offers ‘Occupy 101’ — Does getting pepper-sprayed count as extra credit? — Columbia University is offering a new course on Occupy Wall Street next semester — sending upperclassmen and grad students into the field for full course credit. — The class is taught by Dr. Hannah Appel …
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Big Government, American Glob and Weasel Zippers
Laura Bassett / The Huffington Post:
Ron Paul Flips Out Over Accusation That He Believed 9/11 Conspiracy Theories … GOP Candidates , Elections 2012 , Video , Ron Paul 2012 , Ron Paul Iowa , Ron Paul 9/11 , Ron Paul Newsletters , Ron Paul Racist , Ron-Paul-Conspiracy-Theory , Politics News — Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul …
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Radio Iowa, Lez Get Real, Mediaite, ABCNEWS, Hot Air, The Daily Caller, Washington Post, The Moderate Voice, Little Green Footballs and Althouse
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Pariahs and Prophets — IN 1984, after serving three terms …
Pariahs and Prophets — IN 1984, after serving three terms …
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Patterico's Pontifications, The Mahablog, Spengler, No More Mister Nice Blog and Rod Dreher
Patricia Murphy / The Daily Beast:
New Poll Shows Mitt Romney on the Cusp of Iowa Victory — The latest Des Moines Register poll shows Mitt leading the Iowa pack. Patricia Murphy on a candidate finally coming into his own. — As the clock ticked toward midnight in Sioux City, Iowa, Mitt Romney burst into a smallish meeting room …
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Outside the Beltway
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msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: Breaking down the final Iowa poll — Surging in the polls, former Sen. Rick Santorum talks Tuesday's Iowa caucuses, President Obama and foreign policy. — NBC's Domenico Montanaro reports on the ad race in Iowa, why Santorum's making his move, and how undecided voters might break on Election Night.
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New York Times, Slate, FiveThirtyEight, Iowa Caucuses and The Moderate Voice
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Santorum downplays need to win, wants to beat Bachmann, Perry
Santorum downplays need to win, wants to beat Bachmann, Perry
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CNN, Catholic Bandita, Rick Santorum for President and The Other McCain
USA Today:
Iowa Poll: Romney leads Paul; Santorum surges
Iowa Poll: Romney leads Paul; Santorum surges
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Saint Petersblog, Los Angeles Times and The Daily Dish
Niall Stanage / Ballot Box:
No endorsement yet by Rep. Steve King
No endorsement yet by Rep. Steve King
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The Politico, CNN, Quad City Times, Saint Petersblog and ABCNEWS, more at Mediagazer »
John H. Cochrane / The Grumpy Economist:
Krugman on stimulus — I usually don't respond to Paul Krugman's blog posts. But last week he wrote about Stimulus and Ricardian Equivalence. The post gives a revealing view of his ideas, so it's worth making an exception. — Paul explains: … So, according to Paul, “Ricardian Equivalence …
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Paul Krugman, Modeled Behavior, Brad DeLong, Economist's View, Econbrowser and Angry Bear
Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs:
We won't eat halal meat, say MPs and peers: Reject Islamic Supremacist Demands to serve it at Westminster — The Palace of Westminster has rejected demands to serve halal meat: “We won't eat halal meat, say MPs and peers who reject demands to serve it at Westminster.”
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Daily Mail and Jihad Watch
Michael Ono / ABCNEWS:
Santorum Says He Would Bomb Iran's Nuclear Plants — Rick Santorum said today that would be in favor of launching airstrikes against Iranian nuclear facilities. — “We will degrade those facilities through airstrikes, and make it very public that we are doing that,” Santorum said on “Meet the Press.”
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Weasel Zippers
City Room:
Surging Back Into Zuccotti Park, Protesters Are Cleared by Police — Updated More than 500 people associated with the Occupy Wall Street movement gathered in Zuccotti Park on Saturday and, in a return to scenes from earlier in the year, the evening began with the sound of drumming and calls …
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Scared Monkeys, Firedoglake, OccupyWallSt News, Mediaite, Weasel Zippers and American Power
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Dave Boyer / Washington Times:
EEOC: High school diploma requirement might violate Americans with Disabilities Act — Employers are facing more uncertainty in the wake of a letter from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission warning them that requiring a high school diploma from a job applicant might violate the Americans with Disabilities Act.
New York Times:
I Just Got Here, but I Know Trouble When I See It — BELIEVE it or not, times are getting better. — At least that's what the dry statistics keep telling us. Industrial production, G.D.P. — the kind of figures that Washington and Wall Street sweat over — suggest that the economy is on the mend.
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The Big Picture, Brad DeLong and EconLog
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Huntsman offers up own money for bid — (CNN) - Jon Huntsman is reaching into his own pockets to prop up his presidential campaign. — The former Utah governor and U.S. ambassador to China will match donations to his campaign dollar-for-dollar until midnight Sunday, according to a statement from Team Huntsman.
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The Politico
maannews.net:
Hamas cracks down on fortune-tellers, mannequins — GAZA CITY (Ma'an) — The Hamas-run government has launched a series of campaigns targeting fortune-tellers, mannequins and cigarette vendors in the Gaza Strip. — Police sources told Ma'an that 142 fortune tellers were forced to sign …
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Israellycool, Weasel Zippers, Jihad Watch and Elder of Ziyon