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25 Sep 2009 10:19

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Politics: Karl Rove doesn’t like when Obama uses the tactics he used

  • Obama In a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed, the political kingmaker criticized Obama for being out in the press too much, saying the constant “chattering runs the risk of making him boring and stale.”
  • Bush Ironically, though, former Bush speechwriter Matt Latimer writes in “Speech-Less” that Rove believed “that the president needed to be out speaking every day no matter what the subject.” Hmm. source
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25 Sep 2009 10:07

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Politics: Anonymous CNN exec: Obama’s not talking about OUR cable news

  • I get the sense, when you listen to what he’s actually saying, that he’s talking mostly about the ideological-leaning networks rather than CNN. He’s talking about the back and forth and sometimes one-sidedness that you might get on other cable channels.
  • An anonymous CNN executive • Discussing Obama’s recent criticism of the cable news cycle and how damaging it is for the political process. Now, we could be wrong about this, but, doesn’t CNN dwell on one issue for six hours just like MSNBC or Fox? If so, you guys are complicit in the crime. This Politico article does a good job breaking down the issue. • source
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25 Sep 2009 09:57

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U.S., World: J’accuse! Obama and his buddies gang up on Iran at G20

This is the most bizarre gang ever. But more power to Obama, Sarkozy and Brown for being willing to take on Iran sharply on that nuclear plant. source
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25 Sep 2009 09:40

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World: Playing with uranium: Has Iran been hiding a nuclear facility?

  • one number of uranium enrichment plants the world knew Iran had before Monday
  • one number of uranium enrichment plants Iran revealed to the UN on Monday; ooh source
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25 Sep 2009 00:40

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U.S.: She’ll be OK: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg hospitalized

  • It’s a precaution. Ginsburg, who was being treated for an iron deficiency, fell ill today and passed out. They took her to the hospital, where she is currently being held. The 76-year-old Ginsburg revealed earlier this year that she’s suffering from pancreatic cancer, so everyone’s on pins and needles about the Supreme Court justice’s health. source
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25 Sep 2009 00:34

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Culture: Randy Quaid’s hijinks lead to an arrest over an unpaid hotel bill

  • $10,000 size of the Quaids’ collective hotel bill that they hadn’t paid
  • $20,000 size of the bail facing Randy and his wife Evi – each source
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