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2:10 PM ET, September 5, 2011

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Michelle Malkin:
Happy Labor Day: Top 10 union thug moments of the year  —  As the MSM whitewashes Big Labor's ugly threats, Tea Party smears, and history of coerced dues-subsidized racketeering this Labor Day, what better way to mark the holiday than with an illustrated list of top 10 union thug moments of the year.
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E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
The last Labor Day?  —  Let's get it over with and rename the holiday “Capital Day.”  We may still celebrate Labor Day, but our culture has given up on honoring workers as the real creators of wealth and their honest toil — the phrase itself seems antique — as worthy of genuine respect.
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Perry to skip DeMint forum  —  (CNN) - Republican presidential candidate and Texas Gov. Rick Perry will not attend the Palmetto Freedom Forum of GOP candidates Monday night, sponsored by Sen. Jim DeMint, and will instead return to Texas to deal with the wildfires in the state, DeMint and the Perry campaign told CNN.
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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Perry to skip DeMint's presidential forum, will return to Texas to deal with wildfires  —  Republican presidential candidate Texas Gov. Rick Perry will detour from campaigning to return to his state to oversee relief efforts in the wake of devastating wildfires.
Discussion: CNN and Austin American-Statesman
CBS News:
“Doesn't appear” Palin will run: DeMint  —  The Labor Day weekend marks the unofficial start of the presidential campaign season, and many of the leading candidates for the Republican nomination have started to take shots at each other, not just at President Obama, reports CBS News political correspondent Jan Crawford.
Meghashyam Mali / Ballot Box:
Poll finds Perry and Romney tied for lead with GOP Calif. voters
Patricia Bosworth / Daily Mail:
Rebel without a bra: Jane Fonda said her biggest regret was not sleeping with Che Guevara... but that was to please her husband  —  One day, at the height of her fame in the mid-Seventies, Jane Fonda turned up on the doorstep of her ex-husband, Roger Vadim.  She was lugging a bulging sack.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and ParaPundit
Steven Greenhouse / New York Times:
Postal Service Is Nearing Default as Losses Mount  —  The United States Postal Service has long lived on the financial edge, but it has never been as close to the precipice as it is today: the agency is so low on cash that it will not be able to make a $5.5 billion payment due this month …
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Christina Caron / ABCNEWS:
U.S. Postal Service Nears Default
Wolfgang Schäuble / Financial Times:
Why austerity is only cure for the eurozone  —  In recent weeks, debt markets have undergone wild gyrations, leading some analysts and commentators to question the progress achieved in taming the sovereign debt crisis in the eurozone.  More recently, economic data and forward-looking indicators …
Discussion: AMERICAN FUTURE and Paul Krugman
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International Monetary Fund
Discussion: Guardian
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Fatal Distraction  —  Friday brought two numbers that should have everyone in Washington saying, “My God, what have we done?”  —  One of these numbers was zero — the number of jobs created in August.  The other was two — the interest rate on 10-year U.S. bonds, almost as low as this rate has ever gone.
Washington Examiner:
You have a right to record the police  —  Tiawanda Moore was vindicated after a jury acquitted her of the “crime” of recording the police.  (AP photo)  —  All over America, police have been arresting people for taking video or making sound recordings of them, even though such arrests are pretty clearly illegal.
Discussion: Hit & Run and Don Surber
Ynetnews:
Israelis held in Istanbul airport  —  Passengers arriving in Turkey detained by local police after their passports taken away from them; passenger: Everyone was in shock  —  About 40 Israeli passengers on board a Turkish Airlines flight from Tel Aviv to Istanbul were held for several hours …
Andrew Orlowski / The Register:
Green energy and jobs will cripple the UK economy  —  Can't stay a top-ten manufacturer on expensive power  —  The UK's headlong rush into renewable energy - one ignored by the rest of the world - will hit British jobs and then general incomes, an economic study finds.
Discussion: Right Wing News and Pirate's Cove
Josh Hafner / Iowa Caucuses:
Sarah Palin runs unannounced in Iowa half-marathon  —  Sarah Palin's short-lived and unannounced run began and ended today in Storm Lake, Iowa.  —  The morning after Palin's speech at a tea party rally in Indianola, Greta Van Susteren of Fox News posted a photo she said was snapped of Palin during the …
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Greta Van Susteren / Gretawire:
Above is a picture of Governor Sarah Palin this morning....in Iowa with a crowd.
The Caucus:
Romney Draws Sparse Protest at Tea Party Event  —  Mitt Romney's keynote speech Sunday night at a Tea Party Express rally in Concord, N.H., was perhaps more notable for what did not happen — there were no fiery clashes with Tea Party protesters, or angry hecklers — than for what did …
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Vicki Needham / The Hill:
Sen. DeMint: Obama speech to Congress ‘going to be hard for me to watch’
 
 
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Christopher Hitchens / Slate Magazine:
A decade after 9/11, it remains the best description and most essential fact about al-Qaida.
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New York Times:
A Debate Arises on Job Creation and Environment
Mark A. Siegel / Washington Post:
How closed primaries further polarize our politics
Discussion: Hot Air
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Bachmann bunked at S.C. gov's mansion
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Globe and Mail:
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Guardian:
Libyan papers show UK worked with Gaddafi in rendition operation
Discussion: msnbc.com
ABCNEWS:
‘This Week’ Transcript: Sen. Jim DeMint
ForexCrunch / Business Insider:
Senior IMF Economist Expects Hard Default For Greece. Soon.
Matt Stoller / Salon:
What Democrats can do about Obama  —  From the debt ceiling fiasco …