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9:40 AM ET, May 28, 2013

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Peter Ferrara / Forbes:
To the Horror of Global Warming Alarmists, Global Cooling Is Here  —  Around 1250 A.D., historical records show, ice packs began showing up farther south in the North Atlantic.  Glaciers also began expanding on Greenland, soon to threaten Norse settlements on the island.
Discussion: americanthinker.com and Vox Popoli
Michael Shear / New York Times:
Obama Plans 3 Nominations for Key Court  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama will soon accelerate his efforts to put a lasting imprint on the country's judiciary by simultaneously nominating three judges to an important federal court, a move that is certain to unleash fierce Republican opposition …
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Confidential report lists U.S. weapons system designs compromised by Chinese cyberspies  —  Designs for many of the nation's most sensitive advanced weapons systems have been compromised by Chinese hackers, according to a report prepared for the Pentagon and to officials from government and the defense industry.
Politico:
John Boehner's shrinking power  —  House Speaker John Boehner, who by title and position should be the second most powerful person in Washington, sure doesn't seem or sound like it.  —  He has little ability to work his will with fellow House Republicans.  He has quit for good his solo efforts …
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Josh Rogin / The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: John McCain Slips Across Border Into Syria, Meets With Rebels  —  The leaders of the Supreme Military Council of the Free Syrian Army told the senator they want the U.S. to provide arms, a no-fly zone, and strikes on Hezbollah.  Josh Rogin reports.
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Paul Roderick Gregory / Forbes:
‘Austerity’ To Blame?  But Where's The Austerity?  —  Die-hard Keynesians bemoan that, with a few exceptions, the world's economies are drowning in the quicksand of austerity.  They preach we need more government spending and stimulus, not less.  Northern Europe should bail …
Discussion: americanthinker.com
Dean Chambers / Examiner:
Was President Obama high on coke while Benghazi burned?  (Video)  —  Bob Woodward Says Benghazi Is Like WatergateBob Woodward Says Benghazi Is Like Watergate  —  While our consulate in Benghazi was attacked during the night of September 11 of last year, our fearless leader …
Rich Calder / New York Post:
Labor big a real heavy sleeper  —  Just another doze at the office for union's ‘scarf-&-snore’ prez  —  Union fat cat Mark Rosenthal spends more time sleeping at his desk than organizing labor, a series of damning photos reveals.  —  The 400-pound president of Local 983 of District Council 37 …
Discussion: Capital New York
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate GOP feels jilted after being wined and dined by Obama  —  Senate Republicans who shared laughs with President Obama over dinner at the Jefferson Hotel in March are grumbling there has since been little follow-through from him on deficit talks.  —  They say the White House has not set …
New York Times:
Border Injustice  —  Those who view fixing immigration as simply a matter of getting tougher on lawbreakers tend to overlook how tough the system already is, an ever-growing web of agents, cops, courts and prisons whose cruelty and deficiencies are appalling.
Discussion: Pirate's Cove
John Steele Gordon / Commentary Magazine:
A Frequent Visitor to the White House  —  The Washington Examiner reported on Monday that Mark Everson, Commissioner of Internal Revenue from 2003 to 2007, during the Bush administration, visited the White House exactly once while in office.  Indeed he felt like he'd “moved to Siberia” so out of the ordinary political loop was he.
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Juliet Eilperin / The Fix:
A White House counsel known for her shoes
USA Today:
Penalties for politicians: Column … We entrust an inordinate amount of power to people who don't feel any pain when we fall down.  —  As scandals explode across Washington — from the IRS scandals, to the Benghazi scandal, to the HHS donations scandal, to Pigford and more …
Discussion: Hit & Run and Ed Driscoll
Politico:
After '08 debacle, who would Hillary Clinton hire?  —  Back in 2008, Hillary Clinton committed so many management sins it was hard to keep track of them all — yet none was worse than failing to establish a coherent, functional chain of command.  —  Loyalists often clashed with the best …
Discussion: msnbc.com
Hayley Dixon / Telegraph:
War memorials vandalised  —  Vandals have attacked two of Britain's most celebrated war memorials, apparently daubing them with the word “Islam” and covering over inscriptions.  —  The RAF Bomber Command War Memorial and the Animals in War Memorial, both in central London, were covered in red paint.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Pat Dollard
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Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Obama honors fallen as US turns ‘page on a decade of conflict’
Discussion: The Reaction and Politico
 
 
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Joel Alicea / Washington Times:
The academy's war on free thinking
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Chicago Tribune:
How a stolen video game led to baby's killing
Asaunders / CBS Detroit:
Pressure Cooker Discovered At Dearborn Hotel
Discussion: Atlas Shrugs
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Footnote to a Current Controversy
Discussion: Brad DeLong and TheMoneyIllusion
New York Post:
Weiner misses Memorial Day parade in his old congressional district in Queens
Discussion: BuzzFeed and Capital New York
Bishop Hill:
Met Office admits claims of significant temperature rise untenable
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Tom Vanden Brook / USA Today:
Marines punished for sexist, threatening posts
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Alex Isenstadt / Reuters:
Michele Bachmann faces existential threat in 2014
CNN:
High court poised for a month of high-stakes rulings
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
House lawmakers press on with IRS investigation over recess
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