memeorandum: How Immigrants Create More Jobs (Tyler Cowen/New York Times)

8:30 AM ET, October 31, 2010

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Brian Montopoli / CBS News:

Jon Stewart Rally Attracts Estimated 215,000 — An estimated 215,000 people attended a rally organized by Comedy Central talk show hosts Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert Saturday in Washington, according to a crowd estimate commissioned by CBS News. — The company AirPhotosLive.com based …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, The Huffington Post, TPMDC, Blue Virginia, TBD All News, Mediaite, Comments from Left Field, The Mahablog, Firedoglake, Examiner, Runnin' Scared and Capitol Hill Blue

New York Times:

At Rally, Thousands — Billions? — Respond — WASHINGTON —Part circus, part satire, part holiday parade, the crowds that flooded the National Mall for Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's “Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear” on Saturday made it a political event like no other.

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Examiner:

Rally to Restore Sanity - Jon Stewart's closing speech (full text) — Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert responded to the America's culture of punditry Saturday with their Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear. — After three hours of musical performances, comic bits and taped video tributes …

Discussion: The Caucus, The Huffington Post, Power Line and TPMDC, more at Mediagazer »

Louise Radnofsky / Washington Wire:

Counting the Crowd: Hard to Do for Jon Stewart's Rally — How many people are on the National Mall for Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert? The final answer? We don't know. — Mr. Stewart opened the rally with an allusion to the difficulties of figuring this out, proposing to the assembled crowd, “We're going to count them all.”

Discussion: Gateway Pundit, The Moderate Voice and Patterico's Pontifications

Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:

Fatwa-endorsing singer featured at “Restoring Sanity” rally? — I tuned in to the “Restoring Sanity” rally on the National Mall today during the prep time before the NARN broadcast this afternoon, just in time to see “Peace Train” performed live — and I said to my radio partner Mitch Berg …

Discussion: Pajamas Media, Weekly Standard, Power Line, alicublog, Everyone Draw Mohammed, AmSpecBlog and Althouse

Washington Post:

Rally to Restore Sanity: ‘If we amplify everything, we hear nothing’ — Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, the first names in fake-news anchormen, drew throngs of exuberant supporters to Washington on Saturday for a televised and live-streamed joint rally that shut down streets, overloaded the transit system and flooded the Mall.

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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:

Cat Stevens Appearance At Sanity Rally Rankles Right Winger — Conservative bete noir Yusuf Islam (a.k.a. Cat Stevens) made a guest appearance at the Comedy Central rally today, inspiring an instant backlash from at least one right winger, a group fond of accusing the musician of sympathizing with terrorists.

Colby Hall / Mediaite:

Yusuf Islam (AKA Cat Stevens) And Ozzy Osbourne Battle At ‘Sanity Rally’ — Wow. The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear just had a Battle of the Bands between Yusuf Islam (also known as Cat Stevens and Ozzy Osbourne. The 'pro-sanity" part of the rally (lead by Jon Stewart) …

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Hope Yen / Associated Press:
Stewart-Colbert rally draws tens of thousands

Discussion: TBD All News, msnbc.com, Doug Ross, Big Hollywood and Weasel Zippers

Aaron Worthing / Patterico's Pontifications:
WTF?! Islamofascist at the Rally to Restore Sanity?! …

Discussion: City Journal, Pajamas Media, No More Mister Nice Blog, Outside the Beltway, American Power, Theo Spark and Atlas Shrugs

Ed Driscoll / Pajamas Media:
Video: Riding the Peace Train

Discussion: Biased BBC, blogs.telegraph.co.uk, Bookworm Room and American Power

J.P. Freire / Beltway Confidential:
“Rally to Restore Sanity” pledges to “strictly prohibit filming” at National Mall

Discussion: Moonbattery, Associated Press, Gateway Pundit, theblogprof, Big Government, protein wisdom, The Other McCain, Yahoo! News, Confederate Yankee and Riehl World View

Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Democrats Recruit Volunteers Outside Stewart-Colbert Rally

Discussion: Associated Press, Beltway Confidential, JammieWearingFool and TPMDC

Dave Itzkoff / The Caucus:
Live Blog: At the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear

Discussion: The Nation, Joe. My. God. and Guardian

BBC:

Bomb was designed to explode on cargo plane - UK PM — The printer found in Dubai had a circuit board linked to a mobile phone card — Prime Minister David Cameron says the device in a package sent from Yemen and found on a US-bound cargo plane was designed to go off on the aircraft.

Discussion: Atlas Shrugs, Gawker, New York Times, Guardian, ABCNEWS and New York Magazine

Mirna Sleiman / Wall Street Journal:
Dubai Police: Device Bears ‘Hallmarks’ of Al-Qaeda

Discussion: Associated Press

msnbc.com:
Yemen: Woman detained in terror bomb plot

Discussion: Hot Air and THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS

Coordinator / ABC News' Press Room:

Breitbart's Participation in ABC News Digital Town Hall Event Draws Fire — The following is attributable to Andrew Morse, Executive Producer, ABC News Digital: — Since conservative commentator Andrew Breitbart announced on his website that he was going to be a participant …

Discussion: Liberty Pundits Blog, Comments from Left Field, Doug Ross, Firedoglake, The Plum Line, TPMDC, Media Matters for America and Mediaite

Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Source: ABC's newsroom upset with decision to tap Andrew Breitbart

Discussion: Media Matters for America, The Moderate Voice, The Reid Report, Weasel Zippers, Big Journalism, Crooks and Liars, Pajamas Media and SpeakEasy

Vicki Needham / The Hill:

Obama fires back at AIDS protesters, tells them to hassle GOP — President Obama deflected heckling by AIDS protesters during a Saturday rally, suggesting they take up their cause with “the other side” that's opposed to funding. — A group of people interrupted Obama's speech before 9,000 in Connecticut chanting “Fund Global AIDS.”

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Ben Smith's Blog and Gateway Pundit

Tyler Cowen / New York Times:

How Immigrants Create More Jobs — IN the campaign season now drawing to a close, immigration and globalization have often been described as economic threats. The truth, however, is more complex. — Over all, it turns out that the continuing arrival of immigrants to American shores …

Discussion: Modeled Behavior and Christian Science Monitor

Josh Kegley / Lexington Herald-Leader:

Former Rand Paul volunteer scheduled to appear in court Nov. 18 — The Paris man accused of stepping on a liberal activist at a U.S. Senate candidate debate in Lexington on Monday will go before a district court judge next month. — Timothy Mark Profitt, 53, is charged with fourth-degree assault …

Discussion: The Reid Report, Raw Story, Towleroad News #gay and TPMDC