memeorandum: In Polanski Case, '70s Culture Collides With Today (Michael Cieply/New York Times)

9:45 PM ET, October 10, 2009

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Michael C. Moynihan / Hit & Run:

Praise Our Nobel Laureate, You Churlish Anti-American — Listening to NPR's truly awful coverage of the Norwegian Nobel Committee's truly awful decision to give President Obama the Peace Prize, I heard this segment, in which Morning Edition hosts Renee Montagne and Steve Inskeep …

Discussion: Salon, RedState, Michael Moore, PewResearch.org and Media Matters for America

Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:

WHAT KIND OF QUESTION IS THAT?.... Yesterday's White House press briefing was pretty lively, with, as one might imagine, plenty of questions about the Nobel Peace Prize. CBS News' Chip Reid's interests stood out, but not in a good way. (via BarbinMD) — Reid said, “I mean …

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Bob Kerrey / Wall Street Journal:

Obama's Nobel and His Obligation to Afghanistan — When it comes to moral reputation, almost nothing matters more than keeping your word. — Printer — Friendly — In a wonderfully stunning decision, the Nobel Committee in Oslo awarded our president its Peace Prize.

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Michael Moore:

Get Off Obama's Back ...second thoughts from Michael Moore — Last night my wife asked me if I thought I was a little too hard on Obama in my letter yesterday congratulating him on his Nobel Prize. “No, I don't think so,” I replied. I thought it was important to remind him he's now conducting the two wars he's inherited.

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WhiteHouse.gov Blog:
PRESS BRIEFING

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Orange County Register:
Mark Steyn: Nobel tops ‘SNL’ for Obama joke

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Spectator:
Some facts appear to be more sacred than others at the Guardian

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Fox News:
State Department Lauds Obama's Nobel Peace Prize by Making Jab at Bush

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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
For Presidency in Search of Success, Nobel Adds a Twist

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Paul Hudson / BBC:

Hot and cold — This headline may come as a bit of a surprise, so too might that fact that the warmest year recorded globally was not in 2008 or 2007, but in 1998. — But it is true. For the last 11 years we have not observed any increase in global temperatures.

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Michael Cieply / New York Times:

In Polanski Case, '70s Culture Collides With Today — LOS ANGELES — At the end of “Manhattan,” the celebrated movie romance from 1979, a teenager played by Mariel Hemingway delivers some good news to the 42-year-old television writer, portrayed by Woody Allen, with whom she has had a long-running sexual affair.

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Jim Demint / Wall Street Journal:

What I Heard in Honduras — Our ambassador is the only person I met there who thinks there was a ‘coup.’ Let's release the State Department legal analysis. — Printer — Friendly — Tegucigalpa — In the last three months, much has been made of a supposed military “coup” …

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Andy McCarthy / The Corner on National Review Online:
More Stonewalling from the Most Transparent Administration …

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Ian Urbina / New York Times:

Debate Follows Bills to Remove Clotheslines Bans — CANTON, Ohio — After taking a class that covered global warming last year, Jill Saylor decided to save energy by drying her laundry on a clothesline at her mobile home. — “I figured trailer parks were the one place left where hanging …

Jane Perlez / New York Times:

In Brazen Raid, Militants Storm Headquarters of Pakistani Military — ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — In a brazen attack on the headquarters of the Pakistani military, gunmen dressed in military fatigues stormed the heart of the nation's army operations on Saturday, killing six people and taking 10 to 15 hostages …

Discussion: Matthew Yglesias and Newshoggers.com

Donald Douglas / American Power:
Taliban Escalate Siege of Pakistan: Militants Hit Army HQ …

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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:

CBO: Tort reform would reduce deficit by $54 billion — Lost in the shuffle of the CBO scoring of Max Baucus' non-existent bill on the health care overhaul system this week is another analysis by the CBO on tort reform. According to CBO director Douglas Elmendorf on his blog …

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Aresu Eqbali / Agence France Presse:

Three Iranian protestors face death penalty — TEHRAN — Three people arrested after Iran's disputed presidential election have been condemned to death despite a global outcry over trials of people who claimed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election was rigged. — “Three people who were accused …

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Michelle Marsh / CBSAtlanta.com:

Restaurant Sign Attacking Obama Sparks Race Debate — Restaurant Owner Opposes Obama Healthcare Plan — TEMPLE, Ga. — When you walk into the Georgia Peach Oyster Bar in Paulding County, you feel like you've walked into a different era. — Behind the pool tables stands a mannequin …

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Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org:

ABC: Al Qaeda and Taliban Being Helped By Global Warming — Global warming is helping America's sworn enemies al Qaeda as well as the Taliban in Afghanistan. — So claimed ABCNews.com's “World News Webcast” Friday in a segment not only designed to increase America's fear …

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Carl Hulse / New York Times:

As Republicans Predict a 2010 Surge, Democrats Dig In — WASHINGTON — Some House Republicans are boasting about their chances of regaining control of the House in 2010 and relegating Democrats led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi to minority status for the second half of President Obama's term.

B. Daniel Blatt / GayPatriot:

Solid Majority of Americans Support Same-Sex Civil Unions — Welcome Instapundit Readers!! — Perhaps the most interesting thing in the latest Pew Research Center survey on public attitudes toward gays was the juxtaposition of these two numbers. While 57% of Americans supports civil unions …

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