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Bill Clinton Rides to Obama Rescue

In a rare return to the White House, Bill Clinton on Friday urged unhappy Democrats to unite behind President Barack Obama's embattled plan to avert a massive New Year's tax hike. "I personally believe this is a good deal, and the best he could have gotten under the circumstances," the former president said as he and Obama paid a surprise visit to the White House briefing room after private talks. Obama praised his guest – "he presided over as good an economy as we've seen in our lifetimes" – but quickly excused himself to go join his wife, First Lady Michelle Obama, at a holiday party.

Source: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/world/view/2010121...

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Close the Education Department!

This week’s release of the latest international education test comparisons makes me wonder why there aren’t more calls to kill off the U.S. Department of Education. Eight years ago, Bush signed the “No Child Left Behind Act,” which costs the government $25 billion a year. He promised that this would fix the K-12 education problem: “We've spent billions of dollars with lousy results. So now it's time to spend billions of dollars and get good results.” But of course, his central planning did not bring the good results. The US spends more than $100,000 on a kids’ entire K-12 education.

Source: http://stossel.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2010/12/10/close-the-ed...

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Judge Dismisses Part of Challenge to Arizona Law

A federal judge has dismissed parts of the U.S. Department of Justice's challenge to Arizona's new immigration law. U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton's ruling on Friday struck down the federal government's challenge to the portion of the law that prohibits the transport of illegal immigrants. But Bolton's ruling didn't have any effect on the portions of the law that she previously prevented from taking effect, including a requirement that immigrants get or carry immigration registration papers.

Source: http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/ImmigrationArizonaLaw/2010/...

News:

Huffington Post Blogger David Epstein Accused Of Incest

A Columbia University political science professor that blogs at the Huffington Post was charged Thursday with having a sexual relationship with his 24 year old daughter. As the Columbia Spectator reported: [David Epstein] was arrested Wednesday morning and charged with one count of incest in the third degree at an arraignment hearing on Thursday. According to police, the relationship appears to have been consensual.

Source: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2010/12/10/huffin...

Media:

Is WikiLeaks the Beginning of a New Form of Media?

As WikiLeaks continues to release classified diplomatic cables, and fights to remain online and solvent, it’s becoming increasingly clear what’s happening has less to do with WikiLeaks itself, and more to do with what seems to be a new form of media emerging: not a news or journalism entity specifically, but a kind of media middleman that exposes secret or undiscovered information, which can then become a source of news. Could WikiLeaks — and similar efforts it appears to be spawning — become a crucial new part of the digital media ecosystem?

Source: http://gigaom.com/2010/12/10/is-wikileaks-the-beginning-of-a...

Media:

Creators of 'Fireproof' Announce New Film on Fatherhood

Fresh off the unprecedented success of feature films "Facing the Giants" and "Fireproof," the moviemaking team of Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, Ga., has announced that it's next creation, "Courageous," will be released in theaters on Sept. 30, 2011. The church's executive pastor and executive producer of the popular Christian-themed films, Jim McBride, told WND "Courageous" follows the lives of 5 men of diverse races, ages and family situations to deliver a powerful message on fatherhood.

Source: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=238325

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Why Isn’t Sarah Palin Selling More Clothes?

Regardless of what you think about Sarah Palin’s politics, it’s a little difficult to get around the fact that the woman is, at this point, an institution unto herself. She’s written a New York Times Bestseller, her reality show on TLC sometimes gets good ratings, and hardly a day goes by when she doesn’t generate a handful of headlines across multiple mediums. Like it or not, the woman has fans. So why isn’t she inspiring the same kind of apparel sales as, say, Michelle Obama or Kate Middleton? We refuse to believe that the answer to that question is that conservative women just don’t like fashion.

Source: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tom-blumer/2010/12/11/burning-s...

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Obama Gets Busted on Mythbusters!

Super-fan President Barack Obama makes a guest appearance on a very special episode of Mythbusters this week. But will he still like Jamie and Adam after they bust his first two years in office? Check out this super-secret Reason.tv trailer for this Wednesday’s show. Approximately 45 seconds long. Written by Austin Bragg, Nick Gillespie, and Meredith Bragg. Produced by Meredith Bragg.

Source: http://biggovernment.com/reasontv/2010/12/10/obama-gets-bust...

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Tax Cut Bill Loaded With Deals for Lobbyists, Lawmakers

In the spirit of the holiday season, President Obama's tax-cut deal with Republicans is becoming a Christmas tree tinseled with gifts for lobbyists and lawmakers. But that hardly stopped the squabbling on Friday, with Bill Clinton even back at the White House pleading the president's case. While Republicans sat back quietly, mostly pleased, Democrats and other liberals were going at each other ever so publicly. As Clinton lectured on Obama's behalf, Vermont independent Bernie Sanders castigated the agreement for the TV cameras in the mostly empty Senate chamber.

Source: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/12/11/tax-cut-loaded-de...