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Is This Something? Obama Stump Speech in Reno Draws Dozens — Hmmm. Probably not. I'll call it “more Saturday Stupid.” … It would depend I suppose on the timing, and the pre-announcing or something. If it were completely spontaneous I can sort of understand the low numbers.. it's a neighborhood after all.
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Moe_Lane's blog
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Can't draw a crowd, Mr President? Obama makes speech in couple's GARAGE... and even they say they might not vote for him — As leader of the free world President Obama will be used to making speeches to millions of people around the globe. — So he might have felt the occasion …
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Power Line, Weasel Zippers, Pundit & Pundette, Michelle Malkin and Washington Wire


War not necessary to ‘destroy’ Israel - Ahmadinejad — Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said that there is no need for war in order to destroy Israel. He stated that if Israel's neighbors severed ties with the country it would bring the Jewish state to its knees.
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Weasel Zippers
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Ahmadinejad Calls Israel “an Insect Challenging Iranian Nation” — TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad downplayed the Zionist regime's warmongering rhetoric against Iran, and said Israel is nothing more than a mosquito trying to challenge the Iranian nation.
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The Times of Israel, Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit and Israel Matzav


Democratic Party chairman resigns, then unresigns — ROB CHRISTENSEN - RCHRISTENSEN@NEWSOBSERVER.COM — GREENSBORO — David Parker, the besieged state Democratic Party chairman, said Saturday that he would remain in his post after the party's ruling committee voted not to accept his resignation.
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Politico, Moe_Lane's blog and The Daily Caller

Cranbrook and Romney — I went to Cranbrook, the boys' prep school outside Detroit that Mitt Romney attended, about seven years before he did; I graduated in 1958. It was one of the most beautiful campuses in America. In 1984, the Metropolitan Museum had an important exhibition …
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Washington Post, more at Mediagazer »


Degrees of Debt: Student Loans Weighing Down a Generation With Heavy Debt — ADA, Ohio — Kelsey Griffith graduates on Sunday from Ohio Northern University. To start paying off her $120,000 in student debt, she is already working two restaurant jobs and will soon give up her apartment here to live with her parents.
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Power Line, naked capitalism and Truthdig

On The Lamb — Ah, a nice, leisurely weekend of working in the garden — Actually, even in the suburbs, I have discovered that there is a fine line between gardening and farming, and I think I just pole-vaulted over it — and perusing backed-up editorials in the Times.
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Balloon Juice


U.S. May Scrap Costly Efforts to Train Iraqi Police — BAGHDAD — In the face of spiraling costs and Iraqi officials who say they never wanted it in the first place, the State Department has slashed — and may jettison entirely by the end of the year — a multibillion-dollar police training program …
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Politico and Prairie Weather


California deficit has soared to $16 billion, Gov. Jerry Brown says — Gov. Jerry Brown announced on Saturday that the state's deficit has ballooned to $16 billion, a huge increase over his $9.2-billion estimate in January. — The bigger deficit is a significant setback for California …
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New York Times, L.A. NOW, The Gateway Pundit and Calculated Risk

TRENDING: Sen. Paul: I didn't think Obama's ‘views on marriage could get any gayer’ — (CNN) - Sen. Rand Paul on Friday brushed off Barack Obama's recent reversal on same-sex marriage by saying he didn't think the president's views “could get any gayer.” — The remarks from the Republican senator …
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Towleroad News #gay, The Reaction, Outside the Beltway, The Other McCain and American Power

Poll: Obama leads Romney in Michigan; more voters support same-sex marriage — Poll shows president ahead by 5.6%; support strong in Oakland Co. — President Barack Obama is ahead of presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney among Michigan voters in the race for president, a new poll shows …
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Politico and Ballot Box