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Behold the Power of a Fully Operational Press Secretary

Politics
February 6, 2009 – 12:27 am

It’s hard to get the full flavor of this without the video (don’t worry, it’s on YouTube), but check this out to see how Jake Tapper abuses the Poor Man’s Scott McClellan, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs.

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And the Sun Rises in the West: UN Admits It Was Wrong on Gaza Shelling

News
February 6, 2009 – 12:26 am

Sure, it took a month, and didn’t get quite the front-page treatment that the original allegation did, but the UN has finally conceded that Israel did not, in fact, shell the UNRWA school in Gaza. So, to recap: Israel unjustly accused of war crimes, the world shrugs.

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Federal Judge Releases Evidence List in Bonds Perjury Trial

February 6, 2009 – 12:25 am

Cue the baseball beat writers lamenting the damage done to the sport. Failed drug test results, witness lists, and transcripts of doping trainers are among the highlights of the government’s case. With a pending motion to suppress, some of it might never see a trial, but is there anything in this we didn’t already know?

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Iraqi PM Al-Maliki’s Bloc Sweeps Through Provincial Elections

News
February 6, 2009 – 12:23 am

While not a rout — in a parliamentary democracy, there’s arguably no such thing — al-Maliki’s governing bloc handily beat all comers, even in the Shi’i south. There are plenty of caveats (some provinces were too unstable, a suicide bombing on the elections’ heels), but here’s hoping the trend keeps up.

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Mexican Drug Cartels Becoming the Government in Mexico

News
February 6, 2009 – 12:22 am

In further proof that Mexico never recovered from the peso crisis (or Pancho Villa, or Santa Anna), the drug cartels have started toting military-class weapons, recruiting military deserters, and attacking police and military units in pitched battles. Worse: The problem isn’t confined to Nuevo Laredo any more.

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Obama Reverses Course on Stem Cells

Politics
February 6, 2009 – 12:13 am

While POTUS had originally promised to “defer to Congress” on the stem cells issue, he tells a closed door meeting of House Democrats in Williamsburg, Virginia that he will guarantee embryonic stem cell funding via executive order.

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Losing Control

Politics
February 5, 2009 – 12:21 am

The new President came in with incredible momentum – but you can forget 100 days, he started stalling after 10. The lesson to Michael Hirsh and many of Obama’s supporters? POTUS was wrong to start off talking about post-partisanship. It’s time to play the same old game.

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The Economy: We’ll Be Honest, This Doesn’t Look Good

Market
February 5, 2009 – 12:16 am

The good news about the latest economic reports: Health care and insurance did better. The not-as-good-news: Every other service sector declined less than expected. The bad news: There’s no sign of light yet, and retail took it on the chin.

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Google’s Data Hording Raises Privacy Concerns

Tech
February 5, 2009 – 12:10 am

The tradeoff with all of Google’s apps is sacrificing a degree of privacy – a large one – for their free use. But in the case of their latest release, Google Latitude, some tech observers are saying it goes a step too far.

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Obama Signs SCHIP Bill

Politics
February 5, 2009 – 12:06 am

While POTUS has already talked openly about delaying his health care agenda in the wake of the Daschle withdrawal, signing the SCHIP bill today put 3.5 million children in a nationalized health system – exactly the sort of step many concerned parents will demand in this economy.

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Feature: Tracking the Most Wanted Nazi

News
February 5, 2009 – 12:02 am

An interesting, if unusually glancing for the NYT, story about the effort to track down and account for one of the last true butchers of the Nazi regime. That the monster appears to have escaped justice by dying in Egypt almost twenty years ago is only offset by the certainty that he’s somewhere hotter now.

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This is Why You Bought That JesusPhone

Edge
February 4, 2009 – 11:59 pm

MC Hammer reinvents himself as a cutting edge iPhone app. Seriously. There’s no punchline.

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