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11:35 AM ET, December 18, 2010

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Amelia Hill / Guardian:
WikiLeaks: Cuba banned Sicko for depicting ‘mythical’ healthcare system  —  Authorities feared footage of gleaming hospital in Michael Moore's Oscar-nominated film would provoke a popular backlash  —  Cuba banned Michael Moore's 2007 documentary, Sicko, because it painted such a “mythically” …
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Guardian:
US embassy cables: US castigates much-vaunted Cuban health system  —  C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 06 HAVANA 000103  —  TAGS PGOV, PINR, PREL, ECON, AMED, SOCI, AMGT, CU  —  SUBJECT: CUBAN HEALTHCARE: “AQUI NADA ES FACIL”  —  Classified By: COM: Michael E. Parmly: For reasons 1.4 b/d
Discussion: Hot Air, NO QUARTER and Hit & Run
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
GOP Senator to Dems: If you try to pass DADT, Republicans won't pass START  —  UPDATE, 4:11 p.m.: In an interview with me just now, Senator Bob Corker doubled down on his contention that if Dems move on DADT, Republicans will be less likely to support START.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Obama aims for second lame-duck victory with START treaty push
Discussion: The Politico
Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
Lieberman: Votes are There to Repeal “Don't Ask, Don't Tell”
Discussion: Examiner and Indecision Forever
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
McConnell uncertain GOP can block New START, 'Don't ask, don't tell' repeal
Discussion: Hot Air
New York Times:
Newly Built Ghost Towns Haunt Banks in Spain  —  YEBES, Spain — It is a measure of Spain's giddy construction excesses that 250 row houses carpet a hill near this tiny rural village about an hour by car outside of Madrid.  —  Most of these units have never sold, and though they were finished …
Nick Davies / Guardian:
10 days in Sweden: the full allegations against Julian Assange  —  Unseen police documents provide the first complete account of the allegations against the WikiLeaks founder  —  Documents seen by the Guardian reveal for the first time the full details of the allegations of rape and sexual assault …
CNN:
Richardson presents proposals to North Korea aimed at easing crisis  —  Pyongyang, North Korea (CNN) — New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson provided North Korea with a series of proposals Saturday in what he described as a “good meeting” with the country's chief nuclear negotiator …
Discussion: The Hill
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BBC:
US envoy Bill Richardson warns of Korea tinderbox
Discussion: FrumForum
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Lame-duck sessions supposed to be a thing of the past, historians say  —  Here's the funny thing about this month's lame-duck session of Congress, in which frantic lawmakers have pinballed from tax cuts to “don't ask, don't tell” to a nuclear weapons treaty:  —  It's not supposed to exist.
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
‘MCWEASEL’ BLASTS 9/11 HEALTH BILL.... It's not enough for Senate Republicans to block a vote on the Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act.  Now, members like John McCain (R-Ariz.) are condemning Democratic efforts to even try to pass the bill. … Let's unpack this a bit, because I think it's important.
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Molly Ball / The Politico:
John Bolton eyes 2012 presidential run  —  No, it's not just an attention-getting stunt.  John Bolton is seriously considering running for president.  —  Bolton, the fiery, archconservative former United Nations ambassador, sees an opening in the 2012 Republican field.
Discussion: FrumForum and Balloon Juice
Simon Vozick-Levinson / EW.com:
Captain Beefheart, a.k.a. Don Van Vliet, dies at 69  —  Avant-garde rock legend and visual artist Don Van Vliet, who performed under the name Captain Beefheart, passed away today at age 69.  A representative of New York City's Michael Werner Gallery, which showed his paintings, confirms the sad news to EW.
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Ewen MacAskill / Guardian:
Captain Beefheart dies aged 69
Discussion: First Draft and Boing Boing
The Huffington Post:
House Republicans Block Child Marriage Prevention Act  —  What's Your Reaction: … WASHINGTON — On Thursday, the House took up the International Protecting Girls by Preventing Child Marriage Act of 2010.  The bill would ensure that child marriage is recognized as a human rights violation …
Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
Study: Some Viewers Were Misinformed by TV News  —  News organizations can educate voters about public policy and economic conditions, but they can also misinform voters.  As if to prove the point, a study released Friday found that “substantial levels of misinformation” …
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Make Julian Assange irrelevant  —  Julian Assange was insufferable as he left a London courthouse Thursday.  —  “During my time in solitary confinement in the bottom of a Victorian prison, I had time to reflect on the conditions of those people around the world also in solitary confinement …
Discussion: Salon, Prairie Weather and Firedoglake
Joe Nocera / New York Times:
Explaining the Crisis With Dogma  —  What was that about?  —  I'm talking about that odd 13-page “report” issued on Wednesday by the four Republican members of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission.  The F.C.I.C., of course, is the 10-member, supposedly bipartisan panel that was created …
Discussion: JustOneMinute and The Big Picture
Pwinn / CNSNews:
Napolitano Says DHS to Begin Battling Climate Change as Homeland Security Issue  —  (CNSNews.com) — At an all-day White House conference on “environmental justice,” Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced that her department is creating a new task force to battle the effects …
ABCNEWS:
What The Tax Cut Extension Means for You  —  Unemployment Benefits Get Extended While President Obama Concedes on Tax Cuts for Everyone  —  When President Obama officially extended tax cuts enacted by his predecessor in a Rose Garden ceremony today, he ensured the average American will pay …
Discussion: Right Wing News
Richard E. Cohen / The Politico:
House GOP: Bills will have to cite Constitution  —  Fulfilling one of their most prominent campaign promises, House Republican leaders have unveiled a new rule to require that each bill filed in the House “cite its specific constitutional authority.”  —  And for those who may have skipped …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Doug Ross
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Conservatives Continue to Outnumber Moderates in 2010  —  Long term, Republicans growing more conservative, Democrats more liberal  —  PRINCETON, NJ — The political composition of U.S. adults held fairly steady in 2010 compared with 2009.  Conservatives remained the largest group, followed by moderates and then liberals.
Declan Walsh / Guardian:
CIA chief identified in drone trial  —  Jonathan Banks, station chief In Islamabad, back in US after calls for him to be charged with murder over drone attack  —  The CIA has pulled its station chief from Islamabad, one of America's most important spy posts, after his cover was blown …
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Washington Post:
Top CIA spy in Pakistan pulled amid threats after public accusation over attack
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Ezra Klein:
Republicans embrace ObamaCare, call it Ryan-Rivlin  —  If you're looking for a description of the Ryan/Rivlin Medicare reforms that have gained so many admirers on the right, Matt Yglesias has a good write-up of the idea.  But I'd add another way of explaining the proposal: The Ryan-Rivlin plan basically turns Medicare into Obamacare.
 
 
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Wilfred M. McClay / Wall Street Journal:
Rebuilding Noah's Ark, Tax-Free
Discussion: Power Line and Pharyngula
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Lieberman says he would likely pursue reelection as an Independent
Danna Harman / Haaretz:
Bloggers claim WikiLeaks struck deal with Israel over diplomatic cables leaks
Discussion: FrumForum
Steve Clemons / The Washington Note:
Chatting with Joe Manchin on DADT
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Biden surprises birthday boy Chris Matthews
Discussion: Michelle Malkin and Weasel Zippers
Alan S. Blinder / Wall Street Journal:
Our Dickensian Economy
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Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
When it comes to politics, Obama's ego keeps getting in the way
Kos / Daily Kos:
DREAM Act whip count
The Politico:
Obama signs tax-cut bill in White House ceremony
Discussion: ABCNEWS, The Hill and Hot Air
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
New Post blogger is expert in everything
Discussion: Gawker
Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:
Why Is This Tax Different From All Other Taxes?
Discussion: EconLog
David Weigel / Weigel:
How They Learned to Start Worrying and Stop Appropriating