memeorandum: Democrats get little boost from stimulus (Shailagh Murray/Washington Post)

9:40 AM ET, August 8, 2010

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Paul Ryan / JSOnline:

Krugman's detour on ‘Roadmap’ to solvency — Despite watching European welfare states collapse under the weight of their own debt, those running Washington are leading us down precisely the same path. With the debt surpassing $13 trillion, we can no longer avoid having a serious discussion …

Discussion: Paul Krugman and Hot Air

Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:

Krugman Is Wrong on Ryan and the CBO — Last night, a few of us were discussing Paul Krugman's apparent erroneous belief that Paul Ryan should have gotten the CBO to score the revenue side of his plan, but didn't because he was attempting to put one over on the American people.

Discussion: Mother Jones and Paul Krugman

Neda Bolourchi / Washington Post:

A Muslim victim of 9/11: ‘Build your mosque somewhere else’ — I have no grave site to visit, no place to bring my mother her favorite yellow flowers, no spot where I can hold my weary heart close to her. All I have is Ground Zero. — I watched as terrorists slammed United Flight 175 …

Discussion: pandagon.net, sisu, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, Guardian, Jihad Watch, Time and Weasel Zippers

Newsweek:

Fareed Zakaria's Letter to the ADL — Five years ago, the ADL honored me with its Hubert Humphrey First Amendment Freedoms Prize. I was delighted and moved to have been chosen for it in good measure because of the high esteem in which I hold the ADL. I have always been impressed by the fact …

Discussion: The Mahablog, NO QUARTER, Israel Matzav, Gothamist, Mediaite, Jihad Watch, Think Progress, Taylor Marsh, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Paul Krugman and Matthew Yglesias

Fareed Zakaria / ADL:
ADL Letter to Fareed Zakaria

Discussion: Media Decoder and Mediaite

David Montalvo / Crain's New York Business:
Museum of Tolerance backer: No to WTC mosque

Discussion: Raw Story, TPMMuckraker, TalkLeft, The Reality-Based Community and Think Progress

Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
ADL: If mosque-builders really wanted to promote reconcilation, they'd move

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Gothamist and Washington Monthly

Maureen Dowd / New York Times:

Feliz Cumpleaños, and Adiós — Her critics used to paint her as a scary Marxist. Now they cast her as a spoiled princess. — During the campaign, she was caricatured on the cover of The New Yorker as a fist-bumping, gun-toting Black Panther.

Discussion: Big Journalism, Balloon Juice and Media Matters for America

Voice of America:

8 Westerners on Medical Team Killed in Afghanistan — An international Christian charity said Saturday that militants killed part of its 12-member medical team, including six Americans, one German, one Briton and two Afghan interpreters, in a remote area of northern Afghanistan.

Discussion: The Long War Journal and Christianity Today

Patrik Jonsson / Christian Science Monitor:
International Assistance Mission slayings: part of Taliban war strategy

Discussion: National Review and The Jawa Report

Kevin Carey / The Quick and the Ed:

UC.world — It's often hard to predict the future. But not always. For example, I'm certain that in 2050, barring global catastrophe, there will be a place called “the University of California, Berkeley” where exceptionally bright student will come to live and study.

Discussion: Matthew Yglesias and The Reality-Based Community

Adambink / Prop 8 Trial Tracker:

In Atlanta, a two-faced NOM: songs of unity while trashing same-sex families — We arrived here in Atlanta curious about what direction NOM would go today. Our arrival came on the heels of NOM refusing to allow us or openly affectionate same-sex couples into their rally in St. Louis …

Discussion: Joe. My. God., Truth Wins Out and AMERICAblog Gay

Christopher Caldwell / Financial Times:

A mosque that wrecks bridges — Urban planning votes do not usually garner widespread attention in the US. But this week, when New York City's Landmarks Preservation Commission okayed the demolition of a 19th-century coat factory on Park Place, the story made front pages.

Discussion: The New Republic and xpostfactoid

Pat G. / Think Progress:

Dodd: It's Not Worth A Fight To Get Elizabeth Warren Confirmed As CFPB Director — When it first looked like Harvard Law professor Elizabeth Warren might stand a serious chance of getting appointed at the first director of the newly-created Consumer Financial Protection Bureau …

Discussion: DownWithTyranny!, Taylor Marsh, The Confluence and The Political Carnival

Adam Nagourney / New York Times:

Watergate Becomes Sore Point at Nixon Library — YORBA LINDA, Calif. — The sign at the entrance to the largest exhibition room devoted to a single subject at the Nixon Presidential Library and Museum reads “Watergate.” But on Friday, the exhibit was nearly empty, dominated by a 30-foot blank slate …

Discussion: Matthew Yglesias, A plain blog about politics, Gawker, The Reality-Based Community and Balloon Juice

Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:

Democrats get little boost from stimulus — ELYRIA, OHIO — Republican House candidate Tom Ganley sold more than 800 cars last summer through the “Cash for Clunkers” government rebate program. But does Uncle Sam get a thank you? — “Let's talk about Cash for Clunkers,” the voluble millionaire …

Discussion: NewsBusters.org