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11:55 PM ET, November 21, 2010

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TSA airport screeners gone wild in San Diego- again  —  In what can only be described as TSA handlers gone wild, the San Diego Harbor Police arrested an area resident for refusal to complete the screening/security process yesterday.  This is the same airport that created the TSA security catch phrase “don't touch my junk.”
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
TSA head: ‘Not going to change’  —  John Pistole, administrator of the Transportation Security Administration, said several times Sunday that no changes are planned in airport screening procedures, despite an online backlash.  —  “Do I understand the sensitivities of people?
Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Analyst: TSA methods ‘will kill more Americans on highway’
Discussion: Don Surber and Raw Story
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Deposition: Countrywide Never Sent Mortgage Notes to Trust; Mortgage-Backed Securities in Question  —  Christine at Foreclosure Industry gives her 10 reasons why the MERS problem cannot be fixed by legislation, and it's a pretty good list.  I would add that it's simply not the only problem …
Steve Clemons / The Washington Note:
The Impact Today and Tomorrow of Chalmers Johnson  —  Next week, Foreign Policy magazine and its editor-in-chief Susan Glasser will be releasing its 2nd annual roster of the world's greatest thinkers and doers in foreign policy.  I have seen the list — and it's impressively creative and eclectic.
Jimmy So / CBS News:
Clinton: I'd Avoid Airport Pat-Down if Possible  —  Secretary of State Says Limiting Number of Travelers Asked to Undergo Enhanced Security Should Be Considered  —  (CBS) Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she would not want to submit to an airport security pat-down, one of the new …
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Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
Gingrich: No debates moderated by Olbermann or Matthews  —  Newt Gingrich, a potential 2012 Republican presidential contender, said Sunday that he would not participate in a debate moderated by Keith Olbermann or Chris Matthews.  —  “There's no possibility that I would ever go to a debate …
Discussion: CNN
Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
Carter: Fox commentators have ‘deliberately distorted’ news  —  Jimmy Carter said Sunday that Fox News commentators including Glenn Beck have “deliberately distorted” the news.  —  Speaking on CNN's “Reliable Sources” Sunday, the former Democratic president took aim at the cable news channel climate …
Adrian Chen / Gawker:
Special Underwear Makes Your Privates Invisible to TSA Scanners  —  Citizens, take heart: Even as our country falls under the total domination of our new TSA overlords, capitalism continues unabated.  A Colorado man has developed undergarments with special body scanner-blocking fig leafs to hide your privates.
Juliann Neher / Bloomberg:
Buffett Tells ABC Rich Americans Should Be Paying ‘A Lot’ More in Taxes  —  Billionaire Warren Buffett said that rich people should pay more in taxes and that Bush-era tax cuts for top earners should be allowed to expire at the end of December.  —  “If anything, taxes for the lower …
Jeff Sommer / New York Times:
A Forecast That Obama Could Love  —  THINGS are looking up for Barack Obama.  —  You might not think so, given the flow of news lately.  His foreign policy has met with limited success, at best.  And, back home, unemployment is mired at 9.6 percent.  Earlier this month, in a major political blow …
Matt Richtel / New York Times:
Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction  —  REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — On the eve of a pivotal academic year in Vishal Singh's life, he faces a stark choice on his bedroom desk: book or computer?  —  Your Brain on Computers  —  Staying on Task  —  Articles in this series examine how a deluge …
Paul Krugman:
FDR, Reagan, and Obama  —  Some readers may recall that back during the Democratic primary Barack Obama shocked many progressives by praising Ronald Reagan as someone who brought America a “sense of dynamism and entrepreneurship that had been missing.”  I was among those who found this deeply troubling …
Gautham Nagesh / The Hill:
Jindal blasts Obama administration, calls TSA searches excessive  —  Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal (R) blasted the Obama administration's handling suspected terrorist and called the Transportation Security Administration's controversial search procedures excessive during NBC's Meet the Press on Sunday.
Discussion: Michelle Malkin
CNN:
Mullen: Marines will comply with 'don't ask, don't tell' repeal  —  Washington (CNN) — The head of the U.S. Marine Corps will fully cooperate with a repeal of the “don't ask, don't tell” policy barring openly gay and lesbian soldiers from the military, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen said Sunday.
Discussion: Raw Story and Towleroad News #gay
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL  —  Top political scientist: U.S. voters are ‘pretty damn stupid’  —  Political reporters often rely on University of Wisconsin political scientist Charles Franklin for expertise.  In just the past few months, his insights have appeared in articles in the New York Times …
Discussion: Althouse and American Power
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
A Madison liberal struggles to understand the 2010 elections …
 
 
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