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NOTABLE & QUOTABLE: Mitch Daniels on the duty of freedom’s friends – WSJ
By MB Snow at December 4, 2012 | 9:43 am
NOTABLE & QUOTABLE, December 3, 2012, 6:45 p.m. ET -- Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels speaking to a conference of the William F. Buckley Jr. Program at Yale University, Nov. 30: Over the next few years and maybe just months, the debts we have accumulated and that this presidency has doubled will begin to assert themselves. We must hope and work to see that an easily ... Go To Article
REVIEW & OUTLOOK: Motown’s Mental Breakdown – WSJ
By MB Snow at December 4, 2012 | 9:28 am
REVIEW & OUTLOOK, December 3, 2012 -- The political gospel according to Democrats is that the auto bailout saved Detroit. If only it were so. Alas, costly labor agreements have driven Motown like GM GM -2.53% and Chrysler to disrepair. Perhaps the only fix now is to let Detroit go bankrupt. Michigan lawmakers have kept Detroit on life support for the past six ... Go To Article
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INTERNET: These Are The 61 Countries Most Vulnerable To An Internet Shutdown – Forbes
By MB Snow at December 4, 2012 | 9:23 am
SECURITY | 12/03/2012 -- Renesys' map of Internet shutdown risk by country. For 52 hours last week, Syria joined the small and unfortunate club of countries whose governments have chosen, however briefly, to return their citizens to the digital dark ages. That club, which also includes Egypt and Myanmar, remains small for now. But if you live in any of these five ... Go To Article
MSM: New York Times Axing Newsroom Jobs
By MB Snow at December 4, 2012 | 9:18 am
Don Irvine — December 4, 2012 After years of cutting jobs on the business side of the newspaper,The New York Times announced in a memo from executive editor Jill Abramson that it needs to start trimming back the newsroom operations, and is looking for 30 non-union newsroom managers to take a voluntary buyout: There is no getting around the hard news that the ... Go To Article
ROGER AILES:: Fox News chief’s failed attempt to enlist Petraeus as presidential candidate – WaPo
By MB Snow at December 4, 2012 | 9:16 am
By Bob Woodward, Published: December 3 -- Roger Ailes, the longtime Republican media guru, founder of Fox News and its current chairman, had some advice last year for then-Gen. David H. Petraeus. AUDIO: Petraeus: ‘I’m not running’ for president So in spring 2011, Ailes asked a Fox News analyst headed to Afghanistan to pass on his thoughts to Petraeus, who ... Go To Article
INTERNET: We’re trying to stop the UN from regulating the Internet, Ambassador Kramer says – Fox News
By MB Snow at December 4, 2012 | 9:08 am
By Maxim Lott, December 03, 2012 FoxNews.com -- We’re trying to stop the UN from regulating the Internet, Ambassador Kramer says A U.N. conference that kicked off today in Dubai has sparked fear of Internet censorship in the U.S. -- something U.S. Ambassador Terry Kramer said he is doing everything in his power to prevent. “Nothing regarding the Internet do ... Go To Article
OBAMA: I am the law | WashEx
By MB Snow at December 4, 2012 | 8:38 am
December 3, 2012, Gene Healy -- "The president is not going to negotiate with himself," White House spokesman Dan Pfeiffer insisted last week. As Tom Friedman, the New York Times' Maestro of Mixed Metaphors, might put it, it's hardball time, the clock is ticking, and the GOP had better come to the table before we go over the fiscal cliff. The good news for the ... Go To Article
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PATRICK CADDELL: Obama’s Arrogant Overreach—and the Republican Opportunity
By MB Snow at December 4, 2012 | 12:55 am
by PATRICK CADDELL 3 Dec 2012 -- In the “fiscal cliff” negotiations, the Republicans are in desperate need of a game-changer. That is, the current dynamics in Washington DC are so bad right now for Republicans that they are likely to go off a political cliff. President Obama and the Democrats have always been looking to push the GOP into the abyss, of course, but ... Go To Article
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GEORGE SOROS Wins Big Over Karl Rove
By MB Snow at December 4, 2012 | 12:50 am
By Cliff Kincaid — December 3, 2012 -- Fox News contributor Karl Rove was criticized in the media for objecting to the channel calling Ohio for Barack Obama on election night. The state of Ohio did in fact go for Obama and the channel was correct in making that prediction. Like many other Fox News commentators, Rove had mistakenly forecast a Romney victory. He ... Go To Article
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STIREWALT: OBAMA Risks it All for Tax Hike | FoxNews
By MB Snow at December 4, 2012 | 12:45 am
By Chris Stirewalt, December 03, 2012 FoxNews.com -- “So our view here is the president won’t sign a deal that doesn’t have higher rates for the wealthy. Until they cross that bridge, nothing else is relevant.” -- White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer talking to The New York Times. We know President Obama’s insistence on making higher tax ... Go To Article
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