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10:45 PM ET, September 4, 2010

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Jamie Stiehm / Washington Post:
Oval Office rug gets history wrong  —  A mistake has been made in the Oval Office makeover that goes beyond the beige.  —  President Obama's new presidential rug seemed beyond reproach, with quotations from Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy …
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
In defense of Alan Simpson  —  (updated below)  —  The President's Deficit Commission is designed to be as anti-democratic and un-transparent as possible.  Its work is done in total secrecy.  It is filled with behind-the-scenes political and corporate operatives who steadfastly refuse to talk to the public about what they're doing.
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
America has a cow over Alan Simpson's candor on deficits  —  There was a time, not too long ago, when a politician could talk about tits in public.  —  In 1992, Sen. Alan Simpson, a Wyoming Republican, complained in a speech to the National Conference of State Legislatures about how Social Security …
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Loving Their Grandkids To Death — sacrificing them to the Market Gods
Dan / Riehl World View:
My Response To Stephen Bainbridge's Ad Hominem Attack  —  According to Stephen Bainbridge, suddenly I'm a holier than thou purist with no tolerance and an enemy of the good, ... along with my ilk.  It's difficult to see Bainbridge as the good here, given his mis-labeling me so falsely, while ignoring my arguments.
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
NO ONE SHOULD BE SURPRISED BY THE SHUTDOWN.... Josh Marshall had an item yesterday that I suspect represents the way many observers consider reports of a government shutdown next year: “When I first heard this talk of another ‘government shutdown’ in 2011, I figured it was just Democrats whipping it up as a cudgel for the election.
BBC:
Tony Blair pelted with eggs at book signing in Dublin  —  Activists clashed with Irish police as they tried to push down a security barrier outside the bookshop  —  Eggs, bottles and shoes have been thrown at the former prime minister Tony Blair as he attended a book signing in Dublin.
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What Kind of Socialist Is Barack Obama?  —  The assertion that Barack Obama is a socialist became a hallmark of the 2008 presidential campaign.  His opponent, John McCain, used Obama's own extemporaneous words to an Ohio plumber as Exhibit A: “When you spread the wealth around,” Obama had said, “it's good for everybody.”
Discussion: NewsReal Blog
Nick Gillespie / Hit & Run:
Glenn Beck's “Restoring Honor” Rally, a Week Later  —  Last Saturday, Glenn Beck held his “Restoring Honor” rally in Washington, DC.  Reason.tv's segment on the event, which went up a few hours after its conclusion, is above.  (Shot by Jim Epstein with help from Josh Swain …
Discussion: AmSpecBlog
Allysia Finley / Wall Street Journal:
Broke—and Building the Most Expensive School in U.S. History  —  Benches that talk, a Cocoanut Grove auditorium, and a marble slab engraved with quotes from Ted Kennedy.  —  Los Angeles  —  At $578 million—or about $140,000 per student—the 24-acre Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools complex …
Discussion: 24Ahead and GayPatriot
Adam B. Ellick / New York Times:
Afghanistan Tries to Help Nation's Biggest Bank  —  KABUL, Afghanistan — In a bid to fend off the threat of a nationwide financial crisis, the Afghan government scrambled to shore up Afghanistan's largest bank on Saturday after lines of frantic depositors mobbed the bank for a third day.
Mark Hyman, MD / The Huffington Post:
Millions Die Due to Withheld Medical Treatment  —  What's Your Reaction:  —  Imagine we found the cure for heart disease or diabetes, but as a society chose to withhold that treatment from those who need it most.  Would it be ethical to withhold effective treatments when the result …
Discussion: protein wisdom
New York Times:
30 False Fronts Won Contracts for Blackwater  —  WASHINGTON — Blackwater Worldwide created a web of more than 30 shell companies or subsidiaries in part to obtain millions of dollars in American government contracts after the security company came under intense criticism for reckless conduct in Iraq …
Bridget Johnson / The Hill:
Clinton hosting dinner for Ramadan geared toward young Muslims  —  The administration's marking of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan continues Tuesday when the State Department hosts an event.  —  The administration's marking of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan continues Tuesday …
Gail Collins / New York Times:
The Ungreat Debate  —  We do not generally look to gubernatorial debates for excitement.  But this week there was a fascinating one in Arizona, where Gov. Jan Brewer gave a bad performance of epic proportions.  Really, Richard Nixon in 1960 was Demosthenes in Athens compared with this one.
Discussion: Prairie Weather
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Associated Press:
Ariz. governor says she was wrong about beheadings
Discussion: CNN and DownWithTyranny!
Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:
Democrats add fiscal austerity as a campaign issue  —  The candidate was outraged - just outraged - at the country's sorry fiscal state.  —  “We have managed to acquire $13 trillion of debt on our balance sheet,” he fumed to a roomful of voters.  “In my view, we have nothing to show for it.”
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Directorblue / Doug Ross:
Keith Olbermann and Nate Silver at 538.com get faced by former …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
DeLay: GOP in ‘big trouble’ if health law not repealed
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Kathy Kristof / moneywatch.bnet.com:
Cut My Pay — Now!  —  Ann Kirkpatrick wants a pay cut …
David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Arizona colleges accused of immigrant discrimination
Discussion: NO QUARTER
Tara Parker-Pope / Well:
Sunday Shopping Linked With Less Happiness
Robin Abcarian / Los Angeles Times:
The man behind the Sherrod affair
CNN:
Salahi in Playboy? Just ‘another rumor.’
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Kathleen Lucadamo / NY Daily News:
Embattled Rep. Charles Rangel's legal tab is $1.8 million and rising
Discussion: The Hill and JammieWearingFool
New Zealand Herald:
Mayor: Quake hit city ‘like an iceberg’
Discussion: Crooks and Liars, CNN and This Just In
Yasir Ghazi / At War:
Punk'd, Iraqi-Style, at a Checkpoint
Discussion: Gawker and Hot Air
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Sen. Graham reaches out to Tea Party
Rob Crilly / Telegraph:
Pakistan Taliban threaten attacks on US and Europe
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Reuters:
Taxpayers likely to face initial loss on GM IPO: sources
Samuel Goldsmith / NY Daily News:
Former President Bill Clinton: Democrats need more time to undo …
 

 
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