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10:30 AM ET, December 27, 2013

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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Be prepared: Wall Street advisor recommends guns, ammo for protection in collapse  —  WASHINGTON SECRETS GUN CONTROL OBAMACARE NSA SURVEILLANCE WALL STREET SOCIALISM  —  A top financial advisor, worried that Obamacare, the NSA spying scandal and spiraling national debt is increasing the chances …
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Jordan Weissmann / The Atlantic Online:
Why Gold Would Be Useless in an Economic Apocalypse  —  Since November, financial advisor David Marotta has been publishing a series of blog posts on how to manage your money in the event of a financial apocalypse—as in a world of hyperinflation, governmental collapse, and anarachic mobs.
Tracy Jan / The Boston Globe:
Mass., Vt. halt payments to firm behind health sites  —  WASHINGTON — Even as President Obama's health insurance website limps to recovery, at least two states that used the same contractor and are still plagued with malfunctions — Massachusetts and Vermont — are taking preliminary steps to recoup taxpayer dollars.
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
With Health Law Cemented, G.O.P. Debates Next Move
Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
ObamaCare sales surge
Marco Garcia / Associated Press:
President Obama's Hawaii Vacation: Day 6  —  How President Barack Obama spent the sixth day of his holiday vacation in Hawaii on Thursday:  — GYM: The president woke up early for a morning workout at a gym at Marine Corps Base Hawaii.  After about an hour, Obama returned to his vacation home.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
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The Hill:
Obama signs budget pact
Discussion: CNN
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Obama signs budget, defense bills in Hawaii
Discussion: The Hill and Politico
Patricia Murphy / The Daily Beast:
Five Tea Party Challengers: The Ted Cruz Wannabes  —  By Patricia MurphyDecember 27th 20135:45 AM  —  Come 2014, these five ambitious senate hopefuls might storm their way onto Capitol Hill and change the Republican Party, with Ted Cruz as their hero.  —  If Ted Cruz seems like a one-of-a-kind, give it time.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Fear Economy  —  More than a million unemployed Americans are about to get the cruelest of Christmas “gifts.”  They're about to have their unemployment benefits cut off.  You see, Republicans in Congress insist that if you haven't found a job after months of searching, it must be because you aren't trying hard enough.
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Washington Post
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Utah Ruling Means No Respite for the Supreme Court on Same-Sex Marriage  —  WASHINGTON — In June, when the Supreme Court stopped short of deciding whether the Constitution guaranteed a right to same-sex marriage, many thought the court had bought itself several years before it had to confront the question again.
Andy Soltis / New York Post:
Professor admits faking AIDS vaccine to get $19M in grants  —  An Iowa State University professor resigned after admitting he falsely claimed rabbit blood could be turned into a vaccine for the AIDS virus.  —  Dr. Dong-Pyou Han spiked a clinical test sample with healthy human blood …
Discussion: americanthinker.com
Doug Powers / Michelle Malkin:
Caption time: John Kerry meets Snoop Dogg  —  Faux shizzle:  —  That's just begging for a caption.  If Kerry's wife Teresa was in that picture I'd suggest “Gin (soaked raisins) & juice.”  —  The quick meeting was good enough for Kerry to add his initials signifying that he personally wrote this State Department tweet:
Discussion: CNN, Post Local and Twitchy
Ryan Cooper / The Plum Line:
Hey Dems: the only way out on health care is through  —  A new poll shows that the Democratic edge on the generic congressional ballot has evaporated, and Republicans now have a slight edge.  Unsurprisingly, this is stoking panic in moderate Democratic circles, where they rightly blame …
Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
2016 CNN Poll: Clinton deadlocked with Christie but leads other GOP presidential possibilities  —  Washington (CNN) - In a potential preview of the next presidential election, a new national poll suggests Hillary Clinton and Chris Christie would be neck and neck if the 2016 contest were held today.
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Sam Kleiner / The Daily Beast:
The GOP's History of Sexist Hillary-Bashing
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Associated Press
Karl Rove:
My Fearless Political Predictions For 2014  —  It's time to see how well I did with my predictions for 2013 and to offer a set of 2014 forecasts.  —  I got 10 predictions for this year right.  President Obama's job approval rating did drop—from 53% at year's start to 40% this week.
InSerbia News:
Orthodox Church In Kosovo Turned Into Public Toilet And Garbage Dump  —  Kurir, Telegraf  —  Find story with similar tags:  —  Orthodox church dedicated to the Beheading of St. John the Baptist in the village of Samodreza near Vucitrn, was desecrated and turned into a garbage dump.
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Federal authorities charge white ‘knockout’ suspect with hate crime  —  Federal authorities said Thursday they have arrested and charged a Texas man in connection with the “knockout game,” accusing him of a hate crime for targeting a black man for a vicious street attack.
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Katy / KTRK-TV:
Katy man charged with hate crime for attack
Discussion: CNN and The Hinterland Gazette
Washington Monthly:
After Obamacare  —  A frenzy of hospital mergers could leave the typical American family spending 50 percent of its income on health care within ten years—and blaming the Democrats.  The solution requires banning price discrimination by monopolistic hospitals.
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Fox News:
The doctor won't see you? Analysts warn ObamaCare plans could resemble Medicaid
Discussion: Betsy's Page, Hot Air and Hit & Run
 
 
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World News:
Russia ‘not really concerned’ about Obama's absence from Sochi Olympics
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In a Car-Culture Clash, It's the Los Angeles Police vs. Pedestrians
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The Francis factor: Pope's economic ideas rattle GOP
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